On reaching the place, he said to them, “Pray that you will not fall into temptation.”
In his Disciples' prayer Jesus taught his followers to pray what is often translated "Lead us not into temptation". The word temptation there is more precisely translated "the time of testing"... perhaps a reference to The Tribulation Jesus' spoke about in Matthew 24 where he again says in verses 20 & 21
Pray that your flight will not take place in winter or on the Sabbath. 21 For then there will be great distress, unequaled from the beginning of the world until now—and never to be equaled again.
So really both The Lord's prayer and this request for prayer in Matthew 24 are eschatalogical prayers whereby believers are implicitedly taught that there prayers can have some effect on The End of Days. Backs up what Jesus' taught elsewhere that we can "speed its coming" 2 Peter 2:32 by sharing Christ with the nations from Matthew 24:14.
When was the last you prayed about the return of Christ?
Here is the latest sermon from the pastor of the church my brother works at about the return of Christ. I listen to Pastor Tim each week on his podcast from Liquid Church. He has funny hair, but loves Jesus.
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