{
  "id": "MTOM-0058",
  "title": "End-times sensationalism instead of sober watchfulness",
  "slug": "end-times-sensationalism-instead-of-sober-watchfulness",
  "url": "https://ai-bible-commentary.com/modern-traditions-of-men/end-times-sensationalism-instead-of-sober-watchfulness/",
  "category": "Eschatology and Watchfulness",
  "severity": "2",
  "summary": "Prophecy becomes a tradition of men when headline excitement replaces holiness, endurance, mission, and sober readiness.",
  "diagnosis": "The New Testament does not use eschatology to feed novelty. It uses the coming of Christ to summon vigilance, purity, courage, and hope.",
  "primary_scriptures": [
    "Matt 24:36-44",
    "2 Thess 2:1-3",
    "2 Pet 3:11-14",
    "1 Thess 5:1-8",
    "Rev 22:12-14"
  ],
  "key_terms": [
    "parousia [coming, presence]",
    "gregoreo [watch]",
    "nepho [be sober-minded]",
    "hupomone [endurance]"
  ],
  "related_slugs": [
    "no-discerning-of-the-times-we-live"
  ],
  "translation_tooltips": "NET Bible local tooltip data",
  "status": "published_package_draft"
}