NEARER
THAN YOU MIGHT THINK
When
I was small, summers would be spent at the homestead of my
Grandfather and Grandmother. Grandma Elsie May was the family Bible
scholar and each evening, just before bedtime, she would read
scripture out loud to us. Many of the evening bedtime Bible sessions
would be reflective of the days events, usually events involving me,
and often, the scripture was from Proverbs! More than once, I feared
that by the time morning returned, I would awake and find my
seven-year-old body in the fires of hell. Elsie was powerful in
sharing Solomon's life lessons.
One
evening, following a thunder storm, Grandma Elsie began reading about
the end times. “They are nearer than you might think”, she said.
Moving from book to book, verse to verse, Elsie painted a mental
image that had me spellbound, and scared out of my wits! Woe is me, I
thought.
In
the days of our Savior Jesus, the end times were near. Mat
24:3 As He was sitting on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to
Him [Jesus] privately, saying, "Tell us, when will these things
happen, and what will be the sign of Your coming, and of the end of
the age?" In
the minds of those listening then and reading those words now, we
certainly are quickly approaching the end times today. Assuredly, we
are much nearer to the end today than where we were two-thousand
years ago.
God
is eternal. He does not wear a wristwatch. While in this flesh, we
are tied to the clock. God is not. Don't be lulled into a false
sense of security that two-thousand years after Christ revealed His
Revelation to Saint John, that we still have plenty of time. 2Pe
3:8 But do not let this one fact escape your notice, beloved, that
with the Lord one day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years
like one day.
This is a deadline you should not miss!
How
close are we? Well, let's look around at events that paint a truly
frightening picture; (ripped from the news headlines):
TEEN
KILLS SISTERS, MOTHER THEN SELF
ENTIRE
FAMILY OF THREE SHOT DEAD BY DAD
SON
SUES MOM AND DAD FOR ALLOWING HIS BIRTH
MOTHER
SAYS TO DAD, I'VE KILLED THE GIRLS
BOY
SAYS, I SHOT HIM TO WATCH HIM DIE
And
the Bible says: Luk
12:53 "They will be divided, father against son and son against
father, mother against daughter and daughter against mother,
mother-in-law against daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law against
mother-in-law."
The
hatred, the nastiness, the absence of moral responsibility and evil
is off the charts. It gets worse by the day. The endless 24-hour
news cycle and quality 4G service keeps our brains bathed in this
wretched slop. We know how its going to end. Its in THE BOOK. No
one knows when. My sense is that its nearer than you think!
HAVE
YOU READ YOUR BIBLE TODAY?
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