Preparation for Christ’s Return

That we might be prepared for His coming, what admonition did Christ give?BR-ASI9 413.1

“Take ye heed, watch and pray: for ye know not when the time is. . . . And what I say unto you I say unto all, Watch.” Mark 13:33-37. (See also Luke 21:36.)BR-ASI9 413.2

Why are watchfulness and prayer especially imperative in the last days?BR-ASI9 413.3

“Woe to the inhabiters of the earth and of the sea! for the devil is come down unto you, having great wrath, because he knoweth that he hath but a short time.” Revelation 12:12.BR-ASI9 413.4