Today is Advent Sunday, marking four weeks before Christmas, traditionally a season of anticipation, watching and waiting. As we anticipate the great celebrations of Christmas in the birth of a saviour, so it is also a time for the church to be watching and waiting for Jesus to return as judge and King. Our Bible teaching for these next four weeks will be from Matthew 24 and 25 in a short series called, ‘Ready for the King,’ with a focus on what it means to live in the light of the return of Jesus. The instruction from Jesus is, ‘keep watch, because you do not know on what day your Lord will come.’