<p>24:50&nbsp;<i>The lord of that servant shall come in a day when he does not expect him and in an hour-&nbsp;</i>The implication is that the unfaithful servant should have &lsquo;known&rsquo; and &lsquo;been aware of&rsquo; his Lord&rsquo;s coming. He should have lived every moment as if&nbsp;<i>this&nbsp;</i>were the day and hour of the Lord&rsquo;s coming; even whilst recognizing that he does not finally know it. There is another possibility, discussed in a separate digression- and that is simply that the faithful in literally the very last few days&nbsp;<i>will&nbsp;</i>in fact know that the day and hour. The language of the Olivet prophecy brims with certainty as to the faithful&nbsp;<i>knowing</i>&nbsp;the time: &quot;When ye shall see these things come to pass,&nbsp;<i>know</i>&nbsp;that it is nigh... ye&nbsp;<i>know</i>&nbsp;that Summer is near...&nbsp;<i>when</i>&nbsp;ye shall see Jerusalem compassed with armies, then&nbsp;<i>know</i>&nbsp;that the desolation thereof is nigh... when ye therefore shall&nbsp;<i>see</i>&nbsp;(same Greek translated &quot;know&quot;) the abomination of desolation... when ye&nbsp;<i>see</i>&nbsp;(Gk. know, understand, perceive) all these things come to pass,&nbsp;<i>know</i>&nbsp;ye that the Kingdom of God is near&quot;. The idea is that we will understand clearly certain signs, and know&nbsp;<i>therefore</i>&nbsp;that the Lord is imminent. This all seems in marked contrast to the Lord's conclusion to the prophecy: &quot;of that day and that hour&nbsp;<i>knoweth</i>&nbsp;no man&quot;. There is a marked connection here with the fact that he has just been saying that it will be possible to know once the signs are seen and understood. Surely he must be talking specifically to the twelve;&nbsp;<i>they</i>&nbsp;didn't&nbsp;<i>then</i>&nbsp;know the time, neither could they; but those who saw the signs by implication&nbsp;<i>would</i>&nbsp;know. In the context of these words about them not&nbsp;<i>then</i>&nbsp;knowing the day and hour, the Lord said that the believer&nbsp;<i>at the time of his return</i>&nbsp;who didn't know the day and hour of his coming would be found unprepared (Mt. 24:50). This is surely proof enough that the last generation&nbsp;<i>will</i>&nbsp;in some way know the day and hour, i.e. the appointed time (cp. Rev. 9:15), of the Lord's return. This point is a very powerful one.</p><p>&nbsp;<br /><i>When he does not know</i>- This is&nbsp;<i>ginosko</i>, used of how the world of Noah&rsquo;s day did not &ldquo;know&rdquo; until all too late (:39). We are to &ldquo;know&rdquo; the time (:33 &ldquo;know that it is near&rdquo;, &ldquo;know this&rdquo; :43; Lk. 21:31). And yet we cannot know the time in terms of a calendar date. Therefore we are to &ldquo;know&rdquo; the time in living according to the principle that the Lord&nbsp;<i>could&nbsp;</i>come imminently, at this very moment.&nbsp;</p>