SIGNS OF THE TIMES

Lectionary passage: Luke 12:54-56 (NRSV) - He also said to the crowds, "When you see a cloud rising in the west, you immediately say, 'It is going to rain'; and so it happens. 55 And when you see the south wind blowing, you say, 'There will be scorching heat'; and it happens. 56 You hypocrites! You know how to interpret the appearance of earth and sky, but why do you not know how to interpret the present time?


When we see clouds rising in the west, we’re very quick to say,
“It’s going to start raining,” and it happens just that way.
When we feel the south wind blowing, then with confidence we know
that a heat wave soon will follow, and it always happens so.

If we know how to interpret the appearance of the sky,
and can tell that rain is coming, or a scorching heat wave, why
can we not interpret all the signs before our eyes these days
of the judgment that is coming if we do not mend our ways?