We are starting a new Discussion series this week titled, Advent & Christmas ‘08, not original, but it is still a good one! here is the overview and then the text for this week:

Overview:
Week 1: Mark 13:24-37 Pardon Me, What Time is It?
Week 2: Mark 1:1-8 “Ring, Ring”…It’s For You.
Week 3: John 1:6-8, 19-28 You Got The Wrong Guy.
Week 4: Luke 2:1-14  Favor and Peace!
Week 5: Matthew 25:31-46 “You Need?” Nope, Its “They Need!”
Week 6: John 1:10-18 Knowing Without Sight!

“But why dwell on the commonplace rubbish which the starving were driven to feed upon, giver that what I have to recount is an act unparalleled in the history of either the Greeks or the barbarians, and as horrible to relate as it is incredible to hear?” –Josephus

Here is the text for this week:

Mark 13:24-37

24″But in those days, following that distress,

” ‘the sun will be darkened,

and the moon will not give its light;

25the stars will fall from the sky,

and the heavenly bodies will be shaken.’[a]
26″At that time men will see the Son of Man coming in clouds with great power and glory. 27And he will send his angels and gather his elect from the four winds, from the ends of the earth to the ends of the heavens.
28″Now learn this lesson from the fig tree: As soon as its twigs get tender and its leaves come out, you know that summer is near. 29Even so, when you see these things happening, you know that it is near, right at the door. 30I tell you the truth, this generation[b] will certainly not pass away until all these things have happened. 31Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away.
32″No one knows about that day or hour, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father. 33Be on guard! Be alert[c]! You do not know when that time will come. 34It’s like a man going away: He leaves his house and puts his servants in charge, each with his assigned task, and tells the one at the door to keep watch.
35″Therefore keep watch because you do not know when the owner of the house will come back—whether in the evening, or at midnight, or when the rooster crows, or at dawn. 36If he comes suddenly, do not let him find you sleeping. 37What I say to you, I say to everyone: ‘Watch!’ ”
Footnotes:
1. Mark 13:25 Isaiah 13:10; 34:4

2. Mark 13:30 Or race

3. Mark 13:33 Some manuscripts alert and pray

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