All Christians should obey the advice of Jesus, remain on the alert and PRAY for strength to escape all that’s about to come and stand before The Son of Man.
Luke 24:33 “Heaven and earth will pass away, BUT MY WORDS will never pass away. 34 But watch yourselves, or your hearts will be weighed down by dissipation, drunkenness, and the worries of life—and that day will spring upon you suddenly like a snare. 35 For it will come upon all who dwell on the face of the whole earth.
36 So keep watch at all times, praying that you may have the strength to escape all that is about to happen and to stand before the Son of Man.”
Notice THE WORDS OF JESUS PROVOKE US TO PRAYER and ALACRITY (watchfulness)— not relax us to sedation.
Apparently, Jesus knows our weakness and the power of the evil one during intense spiritual warfare enough to stir us to prayer. We may, like the disciples in the garden, and Peter, think we are ready for what’s coming and The Lord knows we are not.
World News and Christian prophecy have a tendency to wake up the rocking chair believers to a place of attention — that is the context of “Heaven and earth will pass away, but My Words will not pass away.”