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Lord Jesus says to His disciples, '' It is as when a man sojourning in another country, having left his house, and given authority to his servants to each one his work, com manded also the porter to watch. Watch, therefore; for ye know not when the Lord of the house cometh, whether at even, or at midnight, or at cock-crowing, or in the morn ing; lest coming suddenly he find you sleep ing.'' Again in Luke 12 :35, 36 our Lord is recorded as saying, ''Let your loins be girded about, and your lamps burning; and be ye yourselves like unto men looking for their lord, when he shall return from the marriage feast; that, when he cometh and knocketh, they may straightway open unto him.'' Still again we read in Matt. 25 :13, these words of our Lord, "Watch there£ore, for ye know not the day nor the hour." In the preceding chapter, Matt. 24 :42, 44, we read, "Watch therefore, for ye know not on what day your lord cometh. Therefore be ye also ready, for in an hour when ye think not the Son of man cometh.'' If we knew that there were any event, or series of events, that must occur before our Lord comes to receive His own unto Himself, we could not be watching as our Lord in these passages bids
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