For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they said, ‘He is possessed by a demon.’ The Son of Man came eating and drinking and they said, ‘Look, he is a glutton and a drunkard.

This is one of those readings that really indights humanity. The jewish people have a long history of rejecting and killing prophets, then later discovering that the prophet was right all along. Then after they are dead, those prophets are held in great esteem. Isaiah, is the greatest of all the prophets, and he was definitely not loved in his own time. He was, in fact so hated, that the sawed him in half upside down from butt to head.

The Jews always said that they we are waiting for the return of elijah, but when John arrives and starts crying out in the wilderness, instead of repenting and participating in his baptism, they threw him in jail, and then later cut off his head.

Similarly the Jews always said that they were waiting for thousands of years for the messiah to come, and save them. But when He arrives, instead of embracing Him, they accused Him of being a sinner that surrounds Himself with sinners, and they brutally tortured Him and nailed Him to a cross to die.

We today say that we want the Lord to return and bring justice to the world, but I wonder if we would we recognize Him if He actually comes.

This is why the anti-christ will be so readily followed and loved by his followers, because he will come preaching the ways of the world, and he will affirm everyone in their sin, and many will fall for his lies, and false hope. But when the Lord comes will He find faith? will we even recognize Him. I pray that on that day, I will see the truth

Oh Lord, help me today to get to know you better, to know your voice, to stay in your flock, and to follow you, wherever you might lead me.