The Daily: Saturday December 2, 2023

Daily Lectionary Reading: Psalm 80:1-7, 17-19 (NRSV, The Message); Micah 2:1-13 (NRSV, The Message); Matthew 24:15-31 (NRSV, The Message)

In the midst of the Hebrew and Christian scripture apocalyptic warnings, an interesting proverb tucked into the gospel of Matthew. I don't know that I have ever noticed it before. It rings true. This phrase comes in the midst of Jesus reminding the disciples that no one knows when the messiah will come, when the day of the Lord will be. We are to pay little mind to what people say about the matter.

The crowds, the vultures, gather around the corpse, what is dead, what was. We are called to follow the risen Christ into the fullness of life.