In this sermon from Luke 21:29-38, Pastor Jamie Self closes out the last public teaching of Jesus by taking us back to Daniel 7, where the throne room of the Ancient of Days becomes a courtroom and the Son of Man coming on the clouds is given dominion over every nation. Jesus does not give His disciples the date of His return, but He gives them a guarantee: heaven and earth will pass away, but His words will not pass away. Pastor Jamie shows that the real danger is a heavy heart, weighed down either by numbing ourselves through drunkenness and entertainment or by trying to control everything through the cares of this life, which are two strategies with the same desire to save ourselves. The only way to stay awake and stand before the Son of Man is to beg for a strength outside of ourselves, trusting the Judge who was judged in our place, raised again, and is coming back.