“Beware that your hearts do not become drowsy from carousing and drunkenness and the anxieties of daily life, and that day catch you by surprise like a trap." (Luke 21: 34).
We are in the season of Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year! It is one big celebration. Yet the Church gives us the above Scripture always at this time. Why?
Today is the last day of the Church Year. The Church starts a New Year on Sunday with the Beginning of Advent.
Advent is the Season we wait for the Coming of the Lord. Two Comings of Jesus are always in our mind. The first Coming of Jesus as a poor child born in a Manger in Bethlehem. The second Coming is His Coming in majesty at the end of the ages to judge the world. Just as it is impossible to be unaware of a brilliant sunrise ☀, so will it be impossible to mistake the Second Coming of Jesus. His Second Coming will be thousands of times more dazzling than the most brilliant sunrise 🌅 you have ever experienced.
This season of joy and festivities cause anxiety to some people. Instead of trusting God and enjoying the present moment, they are filled with anxieties about the future. Some others see the season as a time of indulgence in sinful and carnal pleasures. Scripture warns that the Second Coming of Jesus the Christ will catch them unprepared as a trap catches a prey.
"Be vigilant at all times and pray that you have the strength to escape the tribulations that are imminent and to stand before the Son of Man.” (Luke 21: 36).
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