 The quest for a savior usually ends badly. Messiah figures break their promises, they fail us, they cheat us out of our hope. And if a special Messiah comes along, an extraordinary Messiah, a God in the flesh, we kill them. But Jesus, Jesus tells us to wait for apocalyptic days, not watching and waiting for someone to make it right. But watching and waiting for our chance to be awake, when it all goes down. Like staying up to see the sunrise, refusing to fall asleep. If we want to see the Messiah in all of this madness, we have to stay awake.