No One Knows the Day or Hour — Matthew 24:36-44
Matthew 24:36-44 · Berean Standard Bible
Jesus says that about that day or hour no one knows — not even the angels or the Son, but only the Father. He compares his return to the days of Noah, when life carried on until the flood swept everyone away, and warns that 'two men will be in the field; one will be taken and the other left.' The point is not date-setting but readiness: 'Keep watch... the Son of Man will come at an hour when you do not expect him.'
36No one knows about that day or hour, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father.
37As it was in the days of Noah, so will it be at the coming of the Son of Man.
38For in the days before the flood, people were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, up to the day Noah entered the ark.
39And they were oblivious until the flood came and swept them all away. So will it be at the coming of the Son of Man.
40Two men will be in the field: one will be taken and the other left.
41Two women will be grinding at the mill: one will be taken and the other left.
42Therefore keep watch, because you do not know the day on which your Lord will come.
43But understand this: If the homeowner had known in which watch of the night the thief was coming, he would have kept watch and would not have let his house be broken into.
44For this reason, you also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour you do not expect.
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