In this post-election sermon, based on Luke 21: 5-19, I look at Jesus' table values and the invitation to endure/persevere/abide in them. The narrow exclusive definitions of holiness - that are perpetrated by the religious establishment associated with the Temple - come into conflict with Jesus' own open understanding of God's hospitality that is enacted through Jesus' table fellowship with outsiders and sinners. Jesus uses apocalyptic imagery to assert that God is ultimately in charge of all creation. Even in divisive and tumultuous times - like we are experiencing post-election - Christians are to hope in God above all things. Hope and continue in the table fellowship/values of Jesus.