Luke 17:20–25
Once Jesus was asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of
God was coming, and he answered, "The kingdom of God is not coming with
things that can be observed; nor will they say, 'Look, here it is!' or 'There
it is!' For, in fact, the kingdom of God is among you." Then he said to
the disciples, "The days are coming when you will long to see one of the
days of the Son of Man, and you will not see it. They will say to you, 'Look
there!' or 'Look here!' Do not go, do not set off in pursuit. For as the
lightning flashes and lights up the sky from one side to the other, so will the
Son of Man be in his day. But first he must endure much suffering and be rejected
by this generation."
Reflection
Do I always hope that God will intervene and bring about a
better world without knowing that it all depends on me as well?
How often I am distracted by scaremongers and prophets who
claim private revelations about the end of the world?