37 Indeed, as were the days of Noah, so shall also the coming of the Son of man. 38 Indeed, days before the flood, people were eating and drinking, marrying and marrying their children until the day Noah entered the ark; 39 and doubted they did nothing until the flood came and took them all away, so shall also the coming of the Son of man. 40 Then two men will be in the fields, one is taken and the other left 41 two women grinding at the mill , one will be taken and the other left.
42 Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come.
43 Make no mistake, if the householder had known in what watch the thief would come, he would have watched, and we would not divide his house. 44 Therefore you also be ready for the Son of man cometh at an hour that you do not.
This is not because the gloom sets the tone for our society than the sermon on the end times and must add that it makes your pessimism is increased. On the contrary, even if the tone of the text is provocative, it assures us of God's presence in the future. And where is God, there is also life and hope. So be sure, we're in good hands. If God is for us, who can be against us?
course, as its Usually, Jesus challenges us to better guide our thinking. It then lists common places we used to share in this type of thinking. What happens to it great evening of evenings we ask ourselves? Will we all die from the wave of a deadly tsunami, as was the case during the biblical flood. Will we suddenly from our sleep by an earthquake, so that one will be taken and the other left? Will we be surprised the midst of our daily activities by a disaster that we find it difficult to imagine? We review mentally planes hit the twin towers or a volcano bursting where we do not expect it. Everyone makes his "Apocalyopse Now" version of Me!
Let's stop here because this is the wrong method to imagine the unimaginable. All of these behaviors fall the functioning of a "machine to be afraid" is well established and has already worked many times. One word is enough for Jesus evil to stop its operation: Watch!
sure about that? Look what ? , Still need to know what is meant by the term "ensure", as there are several ways to watch. There are good and there is bad. There is one that is to put in permanent state of alert as if we were constantly threatened by an imminent risk. We would then refer to the attitude of the watchman perched on the ramparts, a pair of binoculars in hand, eyes glued to the eyepiece fixing the horizon and watching the cloud of dust announced the arrival of the Tartars, such as watchmen once the borders of the eastern steppes. Closer to us, we think watchmen Middle Ages a rattle in his hand through the city during the night and announcing at the crossroads, the inhabitants of the sleeping city that nothing happens. "Everything is quiet good people sleep in peace! "
These methods usually performed and confirmed by tradition are to determine the right time this happens. It is a passive method and wait. In terms of end of time, nothing will change. Such a state of mind is only to maintain anxiety. That is the wrong method. 
ago therefore, inevitably another way to watch. Instead of waiting for the event happen and be ready when it happens, it is to act so that the event does not occur. It is a constructive method of the future that holds in advance the time come for them to be happier and feared that disasters do not occur. This is the method of the mother who ensures that her children are well educated so they can build their future existence for her to be happy. This is her ensure an active way. It is the right approach and it also works for situations proposed for the end of time, and we will see it is that Jesus is advocating.
Historically, we tend to imagine a tragic end times, as if God had decided destroy everything in a gesture of anger by throwing the world into a general frustration that would mark a return to chaos primitive, while maintaining a happy future a number of elected officials who have found favor with him. But that does not work like that!
To understand how Jesus appeals to our intelligence. It is therefore necessary for us to think before reacting. He began his by mentioning the episode of Noah's ark. It tells the story, stopping before the end when humanity is engulfed in the waves, not because he does not know how the story ends, but because he knows that we know the end . We leave it to us as a souvenir. It does not tell the episode the dove and olive branch, he tells us especially not the episode of the rainbow and repentance to God and his promise not to seek to destroy humanity because it on this point is that our understanding of the future.
The catastrophic end of the world does not make a decision of God. The texts of Scripture are the guarantors. From that day until our time of Noah, we must be convinced that God has not planned for such a purpose in the world. If Scripture sometimes seems to say otherwise is to make us better to see how we build the future so that men do not they accuse God of intending to do. That man is dangerous for the future and not God. When Jesus asks us to see is that it appeals to our sense of responsibility. We actually an absolute imperative for building the future. We are responsible for this turn of events and we should not attribute to God the responsibility for our lack of vigilance.
Here an injunction against churches so they know their program to be seen in the message they have to give the world. they must constantly remind basic rules against which the world can be built harmoniously. These rules are simple and we know them. The future can not be built on justice, sharing and brotherhood. If these simple elements are respected in the future will open with a happy destiny and build according to the wish of God. We must also use these principles to our own account so that all people coming and going on the planet know how direction they should direct their steps.
Based on this hope, we must not hesitate to denounce the slogans of contemporary societies that advocate accumulation of wealth in the knowledge that not everyone will benefit. These slogans contribute to unbalance relations between men at risk to raise hatred and conflicts of tomorrow. It will be inappropriate and contrary to the promises of God to preach resignation, saying that was provided by God.
Each rising day should be considered a new beginning. Each rising day saw the birth of children will be adults tomorrow we must hope structure. Each day there appear new inventions, for which we need to ensure 
whether developed solely for the purpose build a better life for all mankind. That's all that our vigilance must be kept on the alert so that the harmony between human beings is the only mobile presiding intended for our humanity.
God put hope at our disposal. She can relax in the Scriptures and build on this promise that God makes all things new. Our calling as believers is to make sure visible the newness of God in everything that men seek to undertake.
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