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June 24
Tuesday


FIRE MOUNTAIN

READ:
Matthew 24:36-44
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Be ready, for the son
of Man is coming at
an hour you do not
expect.
__Matthew 24:44
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Rising 2,900 meters (9,600 ft.) above the rainforest in Indonesia's southern Java, Mount Merapi (the Fire Mountain) is one of the world's most dangerous volcanoes.

As the Fire Mountain showed signs of renewed activity, authorities tried to evacuate local residents. Then on May 13, 2006, Merapi spewed a gray plume of sulfurous smoke that resembled a flock of sheep leaving the crater. Amazingly, villagers ignored the signs and returned to tending their livestock, apparently forgetting that in 1994 Merapi had killed 60 people. It's our human tendency to ignore signs.

When Jesus left the temple at Jerusalem for the last time, His disciples asked what would signal His return to earth (Matt. 24:3). He told them many things to watch for, but warned that people would still be unprepared.

The apostle Peter told us that in the last days scoffers would say of Jesus' return: "Where is the promise of His coming? For since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of cretion" (2 Peter 3:4).

Scoffers are with us today, just as Peter warned. Are you among them? Or are you ready for the Lord Jesus to return? Ignoring these signs is even more dangerous than living in the shadow of the Fire Mountain.
__C. P. Hia
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````````````````````Signs of His coming multiply,`````````````````
`````````````````Morning light breaks in eastern sky;``````````````
`````````````````Watch, for the time is drawing nigh__`````````````
``````````````````What if it were today? __Morris`````````````````
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To ignore the Bible is to invite disaster.

*****************Today's Bible Reading __ Matthew 24:36-44********

36 But of that day and hour
no one knows, not even the
angels of heaven, but My
Father only. 37 But as the
days of Noah were, so also
will the coming of the Son
of Man be. 38 For as in the
days before the flood, they
were eating and drinking,
marrying and giving in
marriage, until the day that
Noah entered the ark, 39 and
did not know until the flood
came and took them all
away, so also will the
coming of the Son of Man
be. 40 Then two men will be
in the field: one will be
taken and the other left.

41 Two women will be
grinding at the mill: one
will be taken and the other
left.

42 Watch therefore, for you
do not know what hour
your Lord is coming. 43 But
know this, that if the master
of the house had known
what hour the thief would
come, he would have
watched and not allowed
his house to be broken into.

44 Therefore you also be
ready, for the Son of Man is
coming at an hour you do
not expect.

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>INSIGHT<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<

The phrase "Son of Man" (vv.37,39,44) is a favorite self-designation
used exclusively by Jesus to refer to Himself in the Gospels. Daniel
7:13-14 leaves us no doubt that the "Son of Man" is a Messianic
title. When asked if he was the Messiah (Matt. 26:63), Jesus went
back to the apocalyptic visions of Daniel and declared Himself to be
the Son of Man (Matt. 26:64). It is a Messianic claim__He is Christ,
the Son of God. __Sim Kay Tee

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AMEN!