21:34-36
So what are we to do? Well first of all let’s focus on what we are not supposed to do, and that is to indulge in idle speculations. We are to take life seriously. We can easily let our hearts be weighed down either with drunkenness, or the worries of life. We need to remain focused. Jesus then makes it clear that these events will affect “all who dwell on the face of the earth”. This would seem to rather put the kibosh on the preterist interpretation. We are to be alert, and we are to pray. What does it mean when it says “strength to escape”? In terms of AD66-70 it meant literally that, having the wherewithal to escape the city in time. When the return of Christ occurs we will need to have our wits about us.
21:37,38
Remember that Jesus is about to go to the cross in the very near future, yet He spent His time teaching. This stresses once again how important Jesus considered teaching, and the people came to listen to Him. But in the evenings He went to pray to His Father. It doesn’t actually say here that He went to pray, but I think that is a fairly safe assumption that He did. Good teaching comes from a good relationship with God.
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