Every Tuesday night the R.A. (good ol' Trevor Crego) gives us a small little message after Doc Rob leads us before the Throne in worship. Tonight Trevor spoke on Philippians 2, where we are called to follow Christ's example of humility. Trevor threw out good points, showing how Jesus washing the disciples' feet was so bewildering and confusing to them because they expected a Messiah who would kill people and destroy all their enemies and become a great and mighty worldly King. He said, "The people got it all wrong. Jesus came and did everything completely opposite of their expectations." Perhaps this is why Jesus said to John the Baptist's messengers, "Blessed is the man who doesn't fall away on account of me." Blessed is the man who doesn't turn from me because I'm not what he expected.

This got me thinking. The Jews who expected a militant overthrow used the scriptures to back up their beliefs. They knew the scriptures very well and probably figured, "We've got God's Word on this." But then it turned out they were interpreting the scriptures completely wrong. Jesus didn't fulfill their expectations. He fulfilled the scriptures, but not in the way the Jews thought he would.

And this line of thought drew me and continues to draw me to the second coming. So often we think we have it penned down, how and when it's going to happen. And we have scripture to back up our beliefs. I see a little bit of those Jews in ourselves, and I expect we are going to be more than surprised at how--and even when--it all happens.