Hello, my friends. Welcome to another follow him favorites. My name is Hank Smith. And I'm here with the incredible John by the way. Welcome John by the way.

I think it's a good day. John, we're going to take on a single question from this week's come follow me lesson. This question gets a lot of attention. John, it's when is the second coming and what does Jesus have to say about that? So we're in Matthew 24 and 25. How do you answer that question?

I let Jesus answer it. Yeah, if we had to answer that. Let's see Matthew 24, 36, but of that day and hour know it's no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my father only.

So thank you for joining us on follow him.

Yep.

But why are these parables here? He wants to give us some hints, some things to watch for some signs. Yep. Some instructions.

I think it's important to know that verse John because there's many people out there who claim that they do know when the second coming will be, but I think we can trust Jesus when he says I promise you nobody knows not the angels, nobody just the father, just the father knows.

And that can take back to keep us on the right path. But what instruction has he given us along with that?

Well, in Matthew 25, we have some parables of preparation. I think that helps us to say, hey, it's coming, but here's some ways that you might know. And here's what you ought to be doing in the meantime.

So which one would you, which one are you like in their hang?

Yeah, I am a big fan of the parable of the talents. I just think this, this can help us so much in preparing for the second coming.

Most people know this story, a guy with a lot of money is going away for a while. So he gives his money to financial people and he says, please grow this. He gives one guy five talents. That's five lifetimes worth of money.

He gives another guy two talents. He gives another guy one talent and he says go to work. I'll be back. And obviously coming back is the second coming.

And the guy with the five turns it into 10, the guy with the two turns it into four and the guy with the one did nothing. And of course, the guy with the one got in trouble for being lazy.

But I really like this other lesson that the guy with the five ended with 10, the guy with the two ended with four. It didn't even get to where the first guy started yet they get the exact same reward.

So that tells me in my own preparations for the second coming that I don't have any way to judge anyone else. I don't know where they started from.

I end up just working hard myself and cheering on everybody else.

Hmm. I like that a lot. I like the idea that we all had different starting lines and my dad joined the church at 24 never had a youth conference never went to a youth fireside. They never had that or a family home evening. The different starting. Yeah.

Another one is the parable. We all know of the 10 versions are sometimes we call it the wise and the foolish versions.

And you're going to take your lamp. So you should be prepared with enough oil. Well, the bridegroom Terry. It says in verse five. What does Terry mean?

He took longer than they thought he would longer than they thought. And so they slumbered and slept.

I guess this is a warning not to slumber and sleep when you're supposed to be watching so that you can be ready.

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