⁴⁷ While he was still speaking, Judas, one of the Twelve, arrived. With him was a large crowd armed with swords and clubs, sent from the chief priests and the elders of the people. ⁴⁸ Now the betrayer had arranged a signal with them: “The one I kiss is the man; arrest him.” ⁴⁹ Going at once to Jesus, Judas said, “Greetings, Rabbi!” and kissed him. ⁵⁰ Jesus replied, “Do what you came for, friend.” Then the men stepped forward, seized Jesus and arrested him. ⁵¹ With that, one of Jesus’ companions reached for his sword, drew it out and struck the servant of the high priest, cutting off his ear. ⁵² “Put your sword back in its place,” Jesus said to him, “for all who draw the sword will die by the sword. ⁵³ Do you think I cannot call on my Father, and he will at once put at my disposal more than twelve legions of angels? ⁵⁴ But how then would the Scriptures be fulfilled that say it must happen in this way?” ⁵⁵ In that hour Jesus said to the crowd, “Am I leading a rebellion, that you have come out with swords and clubs to capture me? Every day I sat in the temple courts teaching, and you did not arrest me. ⁵⁶ But this has all taken place that the writings of the prophets might be fulfilled.” Then all the disciples deserted him and fled.  (Matthew 26:47-56)
Last time we talked about the Lord Jesus’ prayer in Gethsemane, and He asked the disciples to be alert and pray. After that, Judas, one of the twelve disciples, brought a group of people to arrest the Lord Jesus. Judas gave them a signal, kissing Jesus, and then let them arrest Jesus. Here it says that a man drew a sword and slashed the servant of the high priest, cutting off his ear. From the parallel passage, we know that this person is Peter. The Lord Jesus did not want them to use the sword, saying that whoever uses the sword must die by the sword. The parallel passage says that he immediately healed the ear of the high priest’s servant. The Lord Jesus said that he could ask the Heavenly Father to send twelve legions of angels. How many people are there for the twelve legions of angels? Each legion of the Roman army is divided into ten cohorts, and each cohort is 600 people (John 18:3, 12 says that Judas brought a cohort of soldiers, and it was led by a chiliarch). One legion is 6,000 people, and twelve legions are 72,000 people. Of course, they can defeat the cohort that captured Jesus. But the Lord Jesus did not do this. If he did so, the prophecies about him in the different prophetic books of the Old Testament would not be fulfilled. Just as the Old Testament predicted, when the Lord Jesus was arrested, the disciples all left him and fled.
⁴ Surely he took up our pain and bore our suffering, yet we considered him punished by God, stricken by him, and afflicted. ⁵ But he was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was on him, and by his wounds we are healed. ⁶ We all, like sheep, have gone astray, each of us has turned to our own way; and the Lord has laid on him the iniquity of us all. (Isaiah 53:4-6)
This is a prophecy about the Lord Jesus in the Old Testament. the punishment that brought us peace was on him, and by his wounds we are healed. In order to save the world, the Lord Jesus was arrested and then crucified on the cross, becoming the sin offering to save the world. I hope that more people will believe in Him and accept Him as the Lord and Savior, so that they can be born again, saved, and receive eternal life.
May God bless you and your family!

³⁶ Then Jesus went with his disciples to a place called Gethsemane, and he said to them, “Sit here while I go over there and pray.” ³⁷ He took Peter and the two sons of Zebedee along with him, and he began to be sorrowful and troubled. ³⁸ Then he said to them, “My soul is overwhelmed with sorrow to the point of death. Stay here and keep watch with me.” ³⁹ Going a little farther, he fell with his face to the ground and prayed, “My Father, if it is possible, may this cup be taken from me. Yet not as I will, but as you will.” ⁴⁰ Then he returned to his disciples and found them sleeping. “Couldn’t you men keep watch with me for one hour?” he asked Peter. ⁴¹ “Watch and pray so that you will not fall into temptation. The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.” ⁴² He went away a second time and prayed, “My Father, if it is not possible for this cup to be taken away unless I drink it, may your will be done.” ⁴³ When he came back, he again found them sleeping, because their eyes were heavy. ⁴⁴ So he left them and went away once more and prayed the third time, saying the same thing. ⁴⁵ Then he returned to the disciples and said to them, “Are you still sleeping and resting? Look, the hour has come, and the Son of Man is delivered into the hands of sinners. ⁴⁶ Rise! Let us go! Here comes my betrayer!” (Matthew 26:36-46)
The Lord Jesus and his disciples came to the Garden of Gethsemane, which is at the foot of the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem. There the Lord Jesus prayed earnestly, saying, “My Father, if it is possible, may this cup be taken from me. Yet not as I will, but as you will.” The content of his three prayers was the same. He knew that he would be arrested and crucified, and he asked the Heavenly Father to take away the bitter cup from him if possible, but he did not ask for his own will, but for the will of the Heavenly Father. The parallel passage in the Gospel of Luke says that he prayed earnestly, and his sweat was like drops of blood dripping to the ground. He also told his close disciples Peter, John, and James to watch and pray so that they would not fall into temptation. He told them that the spirit was willing, but the flesh was weak. Their spirits were willing, and they did not want to abandon the Lord, because they did not watch and pray, and they all fell asleep, when the Lord Jesus was arrested, they all fell and fled from him. Here the Lord Jesus taught his disciples to watch and pray. We should watch and pray every day, because the spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak. We should pray often so as not to fall.
May God bless you and your family!

³¹ Then Jesus told them, “This very night you will all fall away on account of me, for it is written: “‘I will strike the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock will be scattered.’  ³² But after I have risen, I will go ahead of you into Galilee.”s ³³ Peter replied, “Even if all fall away on account of you, I never will.” ³⁴ “Truly I tell you,” Jesus answered, “this very night, before the rooster crows, you will disown me three times.” ³⁵ But Peter declared, “Even if I have to die with you, I will never disown you.” And all the other disciples said the same.  (Matthew 26:31-35)
Here the Lord Jesus predicted that the disciples would all fall away on account of him that night. Peter said that even if all fell away on account of Him, he would never fall away, then the Lord Jesus predicted that Peter would deny Him three times.
“Awake, sword, against my shepherd, against the man who is close to me!” declares the Lord Almighty. “Strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered, and I will turn my hand against the little ones.(Zechariah 13:7)
The Old Testament predicted that the Shepherd Lord Jesus would be struck and the sheep would be scattered; when the Lord Jesus was arrested, the disciples all fled.
So, if you think you are standing firm, be careful that you don’t fall! (1 Corinthians 10:12)
Here the apostle Paul says that he who thinks he stands should take heed lest he fall. Here standing firm means standing firm spiritually. Peter thought he could stand firm, but he fell.
¹⁵ When they had finished eating, Jesus said to Simon Peter, “Simon son of John, do you love me more than these?” “Yes, Lord,” he said, “you know that I love you.” Jesus said, “Feed my lambs.” ¹⁶ Again Jesus said, “Simon son of John, do you love me?” He answered, “Yes, Lord, you know that I love you.” Jesus said, “Take care of my sheep.” ¹⁷ The third time he said to him, “Simon son of John, do you love me?” Peter was hurt because Jesus asked him the third time, “Do you love me?” He said, “Lord, you know all things; you know that I love you.” Jesus said, “Feed my sheep. (John 21:15-17)
The original language of the New Testament is Greek. Two different Greek words are used to describe love here: agape and phileo. Agape is God’s love for man, an unconditional, sacrificial love, and it is also man’s love for God in response to God’s love. Phileo is the love between brothers. When the Lord Jesus asked Peter, “Do you love me more than these?” the word used here was agape, and Peter’s answer was phileo. It seems that because he had denied the Lord three times, he felt that his love had not reached agape, so he used phileo. The word used by the Lord Jesus for Peter the second and third time was phileo. Because Peter denied the Lord three times, the Lord Jesus asked him three times whether he loved the Lord. When Peter said yes, the Lord asked him to shepherd the Lord’s sheep. He also predicted what would happen to him when he was old. Peter was finally martyred for the Lord and was also crucified on the cross. He was nailed upside down on the cross. He felt that he was not worthy of being nailed right-side up like the Lord Jesus.
I hope more people will accept the Lord’s love, believe in Him, accept the Lord Jesus as the Lord and Savior, and receive new life and eternal life.
May God bless you and your family!

²⁶ While they were eating, Jesus took bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it and gave it to his disciples, saying, “Take and eat; this is my body.” ²⁷ Then he took a cup, and when he had given thanks, he gave it to them, saying, “Drink from it, all of you. ²⁸ This is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins. ²⁹ I tell you, I will not drink from this fruit of the vine from now on until that day when I drink it new with you in my Father’s kingdom.” ³⁰ When they had sung a hymn, they went out to the Mount of Olives. (Matthew 26:26-30)
Here the Lord Jesus established the Holy Communion. The bread is the body of the Lord Jesus, and the cup is the blood of the Lord Jesus, the blood of the covenant, which was poured out on the cross for many for the forgiveness of sins.
¹⁹ And he took bread, gave thanks and broke it, and gave it to them, saying, “This is my body given for you; do this in remembrance of me.” ²⁰ In the same way, after the supper he took the cup, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in my blood, which is poured out for you. (Luke 22:19-20)
The bread is the body of the Lord, which was sacrificed for us on the cross. We take Holy Communion to remember the Lord and His great love. The cup is the new covenant between the Lord and His disciples, which was shed for us.
⁵³ Jesus said to them, “Very truly I tell you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you have no life in you. ⁵⁴ Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise them up at the last day. ⁵⁵ For my flesh is real food and my blood is real drink. ⁵⁶ Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood remains in me, and I in them. (John 6:53-56)
Here it says that eating the flesh of the Lord and drinking the blood of the Lord is to receive His life, to be united with the Lord, and to abide in him, and He abides in us.  When a person repents and be baptized, it is the beginning of a new life, the beginning of union with the Lord. We should often draw near to the Lord and be united with the Lord, so that the Lord’s life can be in us.
⁴² They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer. (Acts 2:42)
Here it talks about the four things that the early church did: keeping the apostles’ teaching, that is, keeping the apostles’ biblical teachings, fellowship with one another, breaking bread, that is, receiving Holy Communion, and praying, not only praying in the church as a group when they gathered, but also drawing near to the Lord, praying on their own. May God bless you and your family!

¹⁷ On the first day of the Festival of Unleavened Bread, the disciples came to Jesus and asked, “Where do you want us to make preparations for you to eat the Passover?” ¹⁸ He replied, “Go into the city to a certain man and tell him, ‘The Teacher says: My appointed time is near. I am going to celebrate the Passover with my disciples at your house.’” ¹⁹ So the disciples did as Jesus had directed them and prepared the Passover. ²⁰ When evening came, Jesus was reclining at the table with the Twelve. ²¹ And while they were eating, he said, “Truly I tell you, one of you will betray me.” ²² They were very sad and began to say to him one after the other, “Surely you don’t mean me, Lord?” ²³ Jesus replied, “The one who has dipped his hand into the bowl with me will betray me. ²⁴ The Son of Man will go just as it is written about him. But woe to that man who betrays the Son of Man! It would be better for him if he had not been born.” ²⁵ Then Judas, the one who would betray him, said, “Surely you don’t mean me, Rabbi?” Jesus answered, “You have said so.” (Matthew 26:17-25)
The Passover, also known as the Festival of Unleavened Bread, begins on the 14th day of the first month of the Jewish calendar, between March and April of the Gregorian calendar. According to the Old Testament “Exodus”, when Moses led the Israelites out of Egypt, God ordered the slaughter of lambs and the application of blood on the doors so that when the angels killed the firstborn sons of the Egyptians, they would pass over the houses marked with blood. This was called “Passover”, and the Jews established this festival to commemorate it.
Here it is about Jesus and the twelve disciples eating the Passover. The Lord Jesus is the Son of God, and He knows everything. He said, “One of you will betray me.” The disciple who betrayed the Lord was Judas, and he did not repent when he heard it.
²¹ After he had said this, Jesus was troubled in spirit and testified, “Very truly I tell you, one of you is going to betray me.” ²² His disciples stared at one another, at a loss to know which of them he meant. ²³ One of them, the disciple whom Jesus loved, was reclining next to him. ²⁴ Simon Peter motioned to this disciple and said, “Ask him which one he means.” ²⁵ Leaning back against Jesus, he asked him, “Lord, who is it?” ²⁶ Jesus answered, “It is the one to whom I will give this piece of bread when I have dipped it in the dish.” Then, dipping the piece of bread, he gave it to Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot. ²⁷ As soon as Judas took the bread, Satan entered into him. So Jesus told him, “What you are about to do, do quickly.” ²⁸ But no one at the meal understood why Jesus said this to him. ²⁹ Since Judas had charge of the money, some thought Jesus was telling him to buy what was needed for the festival, or to give something to the poor. ³⁰ As soon as Judas had taken the bread, he went out. And it was night. (John 13:21-30)
This parallel passage is from the Gospel John. Peter asked the disciple whom Jesus loved, that is John, who would betray Jesus. John asked Jesus, and Jesus told him that it was Judas. Here we see that Satan, the devil, entered Judas’ heart, and he went out to betray Jesus.
In order to save the world, Jesus was betrayed by his disciple and crucified. I hope more people will believe in the Lord and turn to him.
May God bless you and your family!

⁶ While Jesus was in Bethany in the home of Simon the Leper, ⁷ a woman came to him with an alabaster jar of very expensive perfume, which she poured on his head as he was reclining at the table. ⁸ When the disciples saw this, they were indignant. “Why this waste?” they asked. ⁹ “This perfume could have been sold at a high price and the money given to the poor.” ¹⁰ Aware of this, Jesus said to them, “Why are you bothering this woman? She has done a beautiful thing to me. ¹¹ The poor you will always have with you, but you will not always have me. ¹² When she poured this perfume on my body, she did it to prepare me for burial. ¹³ Truly I tell you, wherever this gospel is preached throughout the world, what she has done will also be told, in memory of her.” (Matthew 26:6-13)
Here it talks about a woman with an alabaster jar of very expensive perfume, she came and poured it on the head of the Lord Jesus. Here it does not say who this woman was.
Then Mary took about a pint of pure nard, an expensive perfume; she poured it on Jesus’ feet and wiped his feet with her hair. And the house was filled with the fragrance of the perfume. (John 12:3)
The parallel passage John says that this woman is Mary, Martha’s sister. Earlier it said that she poured the ointment on Jesus’ head, and here it says that she poured the ointment on Jesus’ feet. Matthew 25:12 says that she poured the ointment on the Lord’s body, that is, the whole body. The disciples were very unhappy when they saw what Mary did, thinking it was too wasteful. The ointment could be sold for a lot of money to help the poor. Jesus said: You always have the poor with you, but you do not always have me. There is always a chance to help the poor, because Jesus will soon leave the world, and there will not be many opportunities to do it directly on Jesus.
Mary poured the ointment on Jesus’ body for the Lord’s burial. She did this to express her love and gratitude to the Lord. wherever this gospel is preached throughout the world, what she has done will be remembered.
³⁸ As Jesus and his disciples were on their way, he came to a village where a woman named Martha opened her home to him. ³⁹ She had a sister called Mary, who sat at the Lord’s feet listening to what he said. ⁴⁰ But Martha was distracted by all the preparations that had to be made. She came to him and asked, “Lord, don’t you care that my sister has left me to do the work by myself? Tell her to help me!” ⁴¹ “Martha, Martha,” the Lord answered, “you are worried and upset about many things, ⁴² but few things are needed—or indeed only one. Mary has chosen what is better, and it will not be taken away from her.” (Luke 10:38-42)
Here we see that Martha was distracted by all the preparations, but Mary was listening to the Lord’s words attentively, she knew the Lord’s will and the heart of the Lord, the Lord said that Mary has chosen what is better.
May God bless you and your family.

³¹ “When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, he will sit on his glorious throne. ³² All the nations will be gathered before him, and he will separate the people one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats. ³³ He will put the sheep on his right and the goats on his left. ³⁴ “Then the King will say to those on his right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father; take your inheritance, the kingdom prepared for you since the creation of the world. ³⁵ For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in, ³⁶ I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me.’ ³⁷ “Then the righteous will answer him, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you something to drink? ³⁸ When did we see you a stranger and invite you in, or needing clothes and clothe you? ³⁹ When did we see you sick or in prison and go to visit you?’ ⁴⁰ “The King will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.’ ⁴¹ “Then he will say to those on his left, ‘Depart from me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels. ⁴² For I was hungry and you gave me nothing to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me nothing to drink, ⁴³ I was a stranger and you did not invite me in, I needed clothes and you did not clothe me, I was sick and in prison and you did not look after me.’ ⁴⁴ “They also will answer, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or needing clothes or sick or in prison, and did not help you?’ ⁴⁵ “He will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did not do for one of the least of these, you did not do for me.’ ⁴⁶ “Then they will go away to eternal punishment, but the righteous to eternal life.” (Matthew 25:31-46)
The Son of Man here is the Lord Jesus, and the above parable is about what will happen when the Lord Jesus comes again. From the prophecies in the Bible and what is happening in the world, we know that the day of the Lord’s return is near. At that time, all nations will be gathered before Him. He will separate them, just as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats. The sheep are those who help their brothers when they are in need, and the goats are those who do not help their brothers when they are in need. The Lord Jesus said that what you do to the least of your brothers is what you do to Him. When the least of your brothers is in need, what we do to them is what we do to the Lord, and we will receive the blessings and reward from the Heavenly Father.
⁴⁰ “Anyone who welcomes you welcomes me, and anyone who welcomes me welcomes the one who sent me. ⁴¹ Whoever welcomes a prophet as a prophet will receive a prophet’s reward, and whoever welcomes a righteous person as a righteous person will receive a righteous person’s reward. ⁴² And if anyone gives even a cup of cold water to one of these little ones who is my disciple, truly I tell you, that person will certainly not lose their reward.” (Matthew 10:40-42)
Here we see that anyone who welcomes the disciples welcomes the Lord, and anyone who welcomes the Lord welcomes the Heavenly Father. Whoever welcomes a prophet or a righteous person will receive their rewards. Doing things for one of the little ones who is the Lord’s disciple, is doing things for the Lord. Even if you do small things, like giving a cup

¹⁴ “Again, it will be like a man going on a journey, who called his servants and entrusted his wealth to them. ¹⁵ To one he gave five bags of gold, to another two bags, and to another one bag, each according to his ability. Then he went on his journey. ¹⁶ The man who had received five bags of gold went at once and put his money to work and gained five bags more. ¹⁷ So also, the one with two bags of gold gained two more. ¹⁸ But the man who had received one bag went off, dug a hole in the ground and hid his master’s money. ¹⁹ “After a long time the master of those servants returned and settled accounts with them. ²⁰ The man who had received five bags of gold brought the other five. ‘Master,’ he said, ‘you entrusted me with five bags of gold. See, I have gained five more.’ ²¹ “His master replied, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant! You have been faithful with a few things; I will put you in charge of many things. Come and share your master’s happiness!’ ²² “The man with two bags of gold also came. ‘Master,’ he said, ‘you entrusted me with two bags of gold; see, I have gained two more.’ ²³ “His master replied, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant! You have been faithful with a few things; I will put you in charge of many things. Come and share your master’s happiness!’ ²⁴ “Then the man who had received one bag of gold came. ‘Master,’ he said, ‘I knew that you are a hard man, harvesting where you have not sown and gathering where you have not scattered seed. ²⁵ So I was afraid and went out and hid your gold in the ground. See, here is what belongs to you.’ ²⁶ “His master replied, ‘You wicked, lazy servant! So you knew that I harvest where I have not sown and gather where I have not scattered seed? ²⁷ Well then, you should have put my money on deposit with the bankers, so that when I returned I would have received it back with interest. ²⁸ “‘So take the bag of gold from him and give it to the one who has ten bags. ²⁹ For whoever has will be given more, and they will have an abundance. Whoever does not have, even what they have will be taken from them. ³⁰ And throw that worthless servant outside, into the darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’ (Matthew 25:14-30)
The man, the master in the parable is the Lord Jesus, and his servants are the servants of the Lord Jesus, that is, Christians. There are three servants here. The master gave them gold according to their ability: one given five bags of gold, one given two bags of gold, and one given one bag of gold. What does this mean? Here the Lord Jesus is not talking about he gave them the money to do business, but about the different gifts He gave to each servant. Some were given more, some were given less. Some used the gifts given by the Lord to serve the Lord, while some buried the gifts and did not use them. Because of the faithfulness of the first two servants, the master said: You good and faithful servant, you have been faithful in a few things, I will put you in charge of many things; come and share your master’s happiness. This is the master’s reward to the faithful servants when they meet the Lord in the future, and they can share the master’s happiness.
Luke 19:12-27 is similar to the above parable, but there are some differences. It talks about ten servants, and the master gives each servant a mina. The master gives different rewards to each servant for their different profits.  He gives us different rewards based on how faithfully we use the gifts  Here it says that whoever has, more will be given to him; whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken away from him. What does this mean? This is a summary of

1 “At that time the kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom. ² Five of them were foolish and five were wise. ³ The foolish ones took their lamps but did not take any oil with them. ⁴ The wise ones, however, took oil in jars along with their lamps. ⁵ The bridegroom was a long time in coming, and they all became drowsy and fell asleep. ⁶ “At midnight the cry rang out: ‘Here’s the bridegroom! Come out to meet him!’ ⁷ “Then all the virgins woke up and trimmed their lamps. ⁸ The foolish ones said to the wise, ‘Give us some of your oil; our lamps are going out.’ ⁹ “‘No,’ they replied, ‘there may not be enough for both us and you. Instead, go to those who sell oil and buy some for yourselves.’ ¹⁰ “But while they were on their way to buy the oil, the bridegroom arrived. The virgins who were ready went in with him to the wedding banquet. And the door was shut. ¹¹ “Later the others also came. ‘Lord, Lord,’ they said, ‘open the door for us!’ ¹² “But he replied, ‘Truly I tell you, I don’t know you.’ ¹³ “Therefore keep watch, because you do not know the day or the hour. (Matthew 25:1-13)
Who is the bridegroom here? The Lord Jesus is the head of the church, and the church is the body of Christ. The bridegroom is the Lord Jesus, and who are the virgins? The virgins are Christians. Here it is about Christians waiting and preparing for the second coming of Lord Jesus. Here it says that the foolish virgins took their lamps but did not take any oil with them, while the wise took their lamps with oil in their jars. That is to say, the foolish did not prepare themselves in advance, while the wise prepared themselves in advance to welcome the arrival of the bridegroom. Here it says that the bridegroom’s arrival will be delayed. He will come at midnight, and the time of his coming is unexpected, so we must prepare ourselves now. This parable shows that the Lord knows the five wise virgins, but not the five foolish virgins. Knowing represents an intimate relationship, that is, the five wise virgins have an intimate relationship with the Lord, while the foolish virgins do not have an intimate relationship with the Lord. In the Bible, oil represents the Holy Spirit, the presence of the Holy Spirit, and the presence of the Lord.
You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies. You anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows. (Psalm 23:5)
The oil here represents the Holy Spirit. To anoint my head with oil is to anoint my head with the Holy Spirit.
²⁴ “Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock. ²⁵ The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall, because it had its foundation on the rock. ²⁶ But everyone who hears these words of mine and does not put them into practice is like a foolish man who built his house on sand. ²⁷ The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell with a great crash.” (Matthew 7:24-27)
Here it says that the wise are those who listen to the Lord’s words and obey, just like building a house on a rock. This rock is the Lord Jesus, that is they have an intimate relationship with the Lord. Those who do not listen to the Lord’s words are foolish, just like building a house on the sand.
We must be wise virgins, holding lamps with oil. Always obey the Lord and seek the presence of the Holy Spirit and the Lord. The Lord Jesus wants us to be alert because we don’t know when he will come. The coming of the Lord Jesus is unexpected, so we must prepare in advance and be

³² “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. ³³ Even so, when you see all these things, you know that it is near, right at the door. ³⁴ Truly I tell you, this generation will certainly not pass away until all these things have happened. ³⁵ Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away. ³⁶ “But about that day or hour no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father. ³⁷ As it was in the days of Noah, so it will be at the coming of the Son of Man. ³⁸ For in the days before the flood, people were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, up to the day Noah entered the ark; ³⁹ and they knew nothing about what would happen until the flood came and took them all away. That is how it will be at the coming of the Son of Man. ⁴⁰ Two men will be in the field; one will be taken and the other left. ⁴¹ Two women will be grinding with a hand mill; one will be taken and the other left. ⁴² “Therefore keep watch, because you do not know on what day your Lord will come. ⁴³ But understand this: If the owner of the house had known at what time of night the thief was coming, he would have kept watch and would not have let his house be broken into. ⁴⁴ So you also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour when you do not expect him. (Matthew 24:32-44)
Here the Lord Jesus said that when you see the branches of the fig tree become tender and leaves come out, you know that summer is near. When you see all these things, you know that the Son of Man is near. What are all these things? All these things are what the Lord Jesus said earlier about the things will happen before his coming. The Lord Jesus continued to say: This generation will not pass away until all these things are fulfilled. What does this generation mean? This generation is obviously not the generation of the Lord Jesus’ audience at that time, because the Lord Jesus has not come yet. The Lord Jesus meant that the signs before His return mentioned earlier will occur in a generation, that is, when you see these signs, the Lord will come again in your generation. But no one knows that day or hour, not even the angels know, and the Lord Jesus himself does not know either, only the Heavenly Father knows. The Lord Jesus continued to say that the day of His return will be as unexpected as the day of Noah. At that time, two men will be in the field; one will be taken and the other will be left; Two women will be grinding at a hand mill; one will be taken and the other will be left. This is talking about the rapture, one of the two will be raptured and the other will be left behind.
¹⁶ For the Lord himself will come down from heaven, with a loud command, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet call of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first. ¹⁷ After that, we who are still alive and are left will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And so we will be with the Lord forever. ¹⁸ Therefore encourage one another with these words. (1 Thessalonians 4:16-18)
This is talking about the rapture, the Lord’s coming again, he will descend from heaven, and believers will be caught up in the clouds to meet the Lord in the clouds and will be with the Lord forever.
The Lord Jesus said that his return is unexpected, so we must be alert, be prepared, prepare ourselves.
May God bless you and your family!

¹⁵ “So when you see standing in the holy place ‘the abomination that causes desolation,’ spoken of through the prophet Daniel—let the reader understand— ¹⁶ then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains. ¹⁷ Let no one on the housetop go down to take anything out of the house. ¹⁸ Let no one in the field go back to get their cloak. ¹⁹ How dreadful it will be in those days for pregnant women and nursing mothers! ²⁰ Pray that your flight will not take place in winter or on the Sabbath. ²¹ For then there will be great distress, unequaled from the beginning of the world until now—and never to be equaled again. ²² “If those days had not been cut short, no one would survive, but for the sake of the elect those days will be shortened. ²³ At that time if anyone says to you, ‘Look, here is the Messiah!’ or, ‘There he is!’ do not believe it. ²⁴ For false messiahs and false prophets will appear and perform great signs and wonders to deceive, if possible, even the elect. ²⁵ See, I have told you ahead of time. ²⁶ “So if anyone tells you, ‘There he is, out in the wilderness,’ do not go out; or, ‘Here he is, in the inner rooms,’ do not believe it. ²⁷ For as lightning that comes from the east is visible even in the west, so will be the coming of the Son of Man. ²⁸ Wherever there is a carcass, there the vultures will gather. ²⁹ “Immediately after the distress of those days “‘the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light; the stars will fall from the sky, and the heavenly bodies will be shaken.’ ³⁰ “Then will appear the sign of the Son of Man in heaven. And then all the peoples of the earth will mourn when they see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven, with power and great glory.³¹ And he will send his angels with a loud trumpet call, and they will gather his elect from the four winds, from one end of the heavens to the other. (Matthew 24:15-31)
The Lord Jesus said that in the last days, you will see the “abomination that causes desolation” mentioned by the prophet Daniel standing in the holy place. That is, the abomination of desolation will occur in the holy place, in Jerusalem.
²⁷ He will confirm a covenant with many for one ‘seven.’ In the middle of the ‘seven’  he will put an end to sacrifice and offering. And at the temple  he will set up an abomination that causes desolation, until the end that is decreed is poured out on him. (Daniel 9:27)
The Book of Daniel predicts that the Antichrist will appear in the last days. He will make a firm covenant with many people within seven years. Three and a half years later, he will stop the sacrifices in the temple and setup the abomination of desolation.
³¹ “His armed forces will rise up to desecrate the temple fortress and will abolish the daily sacrifice. Then they will set up the abomination that causes desolation. (Daniel 11:31)
This also speaks of what will happen in the holy place of Jerusalem, where the daily burnt offering is removed and the abomination of desolation is established. The prophecy of the abomination of desolation is fulfilled three times.
In 167 B.C. Antiochus erected a statue of the Greek god Zeus in the Jerusalem temple. He also ordered that swine, biblically unclean animals, be offered on the temple altar, desecrating the holy place (fulfilling Daniel’s prophecy). These acts were loathsome, abhorrent and detestable to the Jewish people and were the first fulfillment of the abomination of desolation.
A second fulfillment of the abomination of desolation occurred in A.D. 70 when Roman armies under Titus sacked the city of Jerusalem. In the process, Titus’ forces destroyed the temple building and altar. It has not been rebuilt to this day.
¹¹ “From the time that the daily sacrifice is abolished and the abomination that causes desolation is set up, there will be 1,290 days. ¹² 

³ As Jesus was sitting on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to him privately. “Tell us,” they said, “when will this happen, and what will be the sign of your coming and of the end of the age?” ⁴ Jesus answered: “Watch out that no one deceives you. ⁵ For many will come in my name, claiming, ‘I am the Messiah,’ and will deceive many. ⁶ You will hear of wars and rumors of wars, but see to it that you are not alarmed. Such things must happen, but the end is still to come. ⁷ Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be famines and earthquakes in various places. ⁸ All these are the beginning of birth pains. ⁹ “Then you will be handed over to be persecuted and put to death, and you will be hated by all nations because of me. ¹⁰ At that time many will turn away from the faith and will betray and hate each other, ¹¹ and many false prophets will appear and deceive many people. ¹² Because of the increase of wickedness, the love of most will grow cold, ¹³ but the one who stands firm to the end will be saved. ¹⁴ And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come. (Matthew 24:3-14)
The disciples asked Jesus in private what was the sign of his coming and the end of the age, and Jesus spoke of the appearance of many false Christs and false prophets.
There is a sect in China called Eastern Lightning or The Church of Almighty God, which was founded in China in 1991. The core doctrine is that Jesus Christ has returned to the earth and lives as a Chinese woman. The sect even kidnaps people and is considered a cult.
Another sect that is very popular in North America is Jehovah’s Witnesses. Their beliefs are also very different. They do not believe that people have spirits, saying that heaven is full and they will live on earth forever. They do not believe in the divinity of the Lord Jesus, and do not believe that the Holy Spirit is one person of the Trinity God. They are also called heretics.
This is what the Lord Jesus said about the appearance of false Christs and false prophets in the last days, wars and rumors of wars, nation against nation, kingdom against kingdom, famines and earthquakes in many places, and Christians will be persecuted. Because of the increase of lawlessness, the love of many people will grow cold. Another very important sign is that the gospel of the kingdom of heaven will spread throughout the world. With the emergence of the Internet, the gospel is more easily spread. We know that the day of the Lord Jesus’ return is near.
There will be great earthquakes, famines and pestilences in various places, and fearful events and great signs from heaven. (Luke 21:11)
In the Gospel of Luke, it predicts that there will be earthquakes, famines, and pestilences in many places in the last days. The global pandemic a few years ago also shows that the day of the Lord Jesus’ return is near.
May God bless you and your family!