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32“但那日子、那时辰，没有人知道，连天上的使者也不知道，子也不知道，惟有父知道。33你们要谨慎，警醒祈祷，因为你们不晓得那日期几时来到。34这事正如一个人离开本家，寄居外邦，把权柄交给仆人，分派各人当作的工，又吩咐看门的警醒。35所以你们要警醒，因为你们不知道家主什么时候来，或晚上、或半夜、或鸡叫、或早晨，36恐怕他忽然来到，看见你们睡着了。37我对你们所说的话，也是对众人说：要警醒！”
耶稣是真神，但根据他的人性，却不知道最后审判的日子或时辰，这对我们来说是一个难题。但是，如果我们能完全明白耶稣如何在一个位格中既是真神又是真人这个难题，那我们也能解决末日时刻这个难题。有人在圣经课上问我圣灵是否知道耶稣再来的日子或时刻，因为耶稣说“只有父知道”。我得承认我不知道那个问题的答案。有时候，在我们人类非常有限的理性中，最好留下一些未解之谜。我愿意等待，直到我最终站在神的宝座前，那时所有问题都会有答案。
然而，耶稣教导我们的重点却是非常清楚的。那日子，那时辰，我们不知道，所以就当儆醒。不要让自己沉浸在这个世界的事情中，而失去了对上帝国度的关注。对于大多数失去信心的人来说，这不会立刻发生。随着时间的推移，这是一个缓慢发生的过程，所以往往没有被注意到。我们的心就像那些慢慢漏油的旧车一样。除非经常检查汽车机油，及时添加机油，否则最终会一起漏出来，发动机就毁了。当信心没有藉着神的话语不断地恢复时，也会发生这样的事。所以要警醒!经常检查你的信心!每天都要在神的话语中得到更新!
祷告:主耶稣啊，愿你快来!当我们等待你再来的时候，主啊，求你提醒我们要一直活在在你的话语中，使我们的信心永不流失。阿们。
Mark 13:32-37: “But about that day or hour no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father. 33 Be on guard! Be alert! You do not know when that time will come. 34 It’s like a man going away: He leaves his house and puts his servants in charge, each with their 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. 36 If he comes suddenly, do not let him find you sleeping. 37 What I say to you, I say to everyone: ‘Watch!’” (NIV)
It’s a puzzle to us how Jesus could be true God and yet, according to his human nature, not know the day or the hour of the final judgment. But then, if we could solve the puzzle of how Jesus could be both true God and true man in one person, we could solve this puzzle as well. Someone in a Bible class asked me if the Holy Spirit knows the day or hour, since Jesus says “but only the Father.” I have to confess that I don’t know the answer to that question. Sometimes in our very limited human reason, it is best to leave some mysteries unsolved. I am content to wait until I stand before the throne to have a lot of questions answered.
The point of what Jesus is teaching us, though, is very clear. Because we do not know the day or the hour, we should keep watch. Don’t immerse yourselves with the things of this world and lose focus on the kingdom of God. For most who lose faith, it doesn’t happen all at once. It happens slowly over time because it is not attended to. Our hearts are like those old cars that are slowly leaking oil. Unless you check the oil often and add more in a timely way, it will eventually leak out all together and the engine will be ruined. That’s what happens to faith, too, when it is not continually restored by the Word of God. So keep watch! Check your faith often! Be renewed daily in the Word!
Prayer: Even so, come, Lord Jesus! And while we wait, Lord, remind us to continue in your Word so that our faith may never leak away. Amen.