Sunday, May 22, 2011

So, It's still not over...yet

 Right, so the fact you are reading this means you weren't raptured yesterday.  I'm not surprised.  This was not my first predicted rapture... unfortunately, I don't think it will be my last.  People love to predict the end of the world:  some get "visions from God," some find the secret buried in scripture, some find it in the prediction of some ancient civilization, and some see science indicating a huge disaster.  Despite their differences, they all have one thing in common:  they are all wrong.

 32 “But of that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father. 33 Take heed, watch and pray; for you do not know when the time is. 34 It is like a man going to a far country, who left his house and gave authority to his servants, and to each his work, and commanded the doorkeeper to watch. 35 Watch therefore, for you do not know when the master of the house is coming—in the evening, at midnight, at the crowing of the rooster, or in the morning— 36 lest, coming suddenly, he find you sleeping. 37 And what I say to you, I say to all: Watch!” (Mark 13:32-37, New King James Version)

People try to say they know when the end will come, but Jesus said that even HE did not know when the end would be.  Talk about arrogance, claiming to know what not even the Son of God knows!  Why doesn't Jesus know when the end would be?  Because it doesn't matter.

Now you would think it would make a difference if the world was ending tomorrow.  You'd think there would be things that you would need, or want, to do.  That is the logic of procrastination!  If you do what needs to be done every day, then there is nothing that needs to be done before the end of the world.  This is the command of Jesus: be ready and watch.  If we are ready and watching, Jesus can return any day and we can rejoice.

The final problem with saying that the Jesus will return on a particular day is that I may die first. If my plan is to be ready for Jesus to return on Thursday, I won't be ready when I get hit by a truck on my way to work tomorrow.  I am promised nothing about the span of my life.  I am not guaranteed to live until Jesus returns.  I have to be ready for Jesus to call me home...Now!

Are you ready for Christ to Return?  Are you ready for Him to call you home?  Get to it, you don't know how long you have!

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