"Be
dressed for service and keep your lamps burning, as though you were
waiting for your master to return from the wedding feast. Then you will
be ready to open the door and let him in the moment he arrives and
knocks. The servants who are ready and waiting for his return will be
rewarded. I tell you the truth, he himself will seat them, put on an
apron, and serve them as they sit and eat! He may come in the middle of
the night or just before dawn. But whenever he comes, he will reward the
servants who are ready."
"He may come in the middle of the night or just before dawn."
Matthew 25:13 "So you, too, must keep watch! For you do not know the day or hour of my return."
Mark 13:32-33 "However, no one knows the day or hour when these things will happen, not even the angels in heaven or the Son himself. Only the Father knows. And since you don't know when that time will come, be on guard! Stay alert!" (see verses 1-37)
"But whenever he comes, he will reward the servants who are ready."
Luke 13:29-30 "And people will come from all over the world--from east and west, north and south--to take their places in the Kingdom of God. And note this: Some who seem least important now will be the greatest then, and some who are the greatest now will be least important then." (see verses 18-30)
Luke 22:28-30 "You have stayed with me in my time of trial. And just as my Father has granted me a kingdom, I now grant you the right to eat and drink at my table in my Kingdom. And you will sit on thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel."
Revelation 19:9 And the angel said to me, "Write this: Blessed are those who are invited to the wedding feast of the Lamb." And he added, "These are true words that come from God."
(parentheses are mine)
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