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Are you ready for the return of Jesus? Are you ready, willing and able, waiting, watching and working - living every day in the light of the fact that Jesus will one day revisit planet earth?

Jesus has inaugurated his Kingdom, salvation has come and Jesus himself is coming back.

Events might seem catastrophic, but God has not left the pitch - His plan will ultimately prevail.

Christ has died, Christ is risen, Christ will come again. In the light of that, what are we to do, how are we to live? Paul gives us three things: Look Up! Wake Up! Buckle Up!

Mark 13 is not about the ‘end of the world’. it is about the birth pain, the struggle of labour which happens as God’s kingdom breaks into history, through the life, death and resurrection of Jesus, bringing great joy and new life.

We can be certain Jesus' return is closer today than it was yesterday. Tomorrow, it will be even closer. Jesus is coming again. Will you be ready for His return, or will He catch you unprepared?

What we have here is the utter transformation of heaven and earth by means of God abolishing, from within both heaven and earth, everything that has to do with the horrible, disgusting and tragic effects of human sin.

There are things in this world that cannot be in the new world that God is in the business of creating if that new world is to be all that he promised it will be. In God's kingdom of justice and joy there is no space for certain acts and attitudes, nor anyone who will not let go of them. Judgement must come before the kingdom can come.

A tale of two cities, contrasting this present world and the new spiritual city, in order to show the true reality of the present and the reality of the future. Poetic symbolism helps us to reimagine the world we live in and its future.

This is cosmic drama. This is Christmas from a heavenly perspective. John wants to assure his readers that if you remain faithful to Jesus it will cost you, but you will be protected and you will receive the crown of life.