Have No Fear, Jesus Is Coming

Matthew 13:24-30, 47-53

The parables of the weeds and the net affirm that the church, and those who in it are not .

Matthew 20:1-16

is sometimes referred to as a vineyard (i.e. Isaiah 5:1-7)

All the workers receive the same no matter how long they worked.

Matthew 24-25

Jesus informing the disciples that the will be destroyed is unthinkable.

Jesus is vague about His return.

The root theme of chapters 24-25 build on the concept of be and .

Above all, trust in the slow work of God. We are quite naturally in everything to reach the end without delay. (Pierre Teilhard de Chardin)

How can we be diligent with our , as we wait for the return of Jesus?