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| the Mayans predicted today was the end |
As you
read these thoughts you might realize that it is December 21, 2012. Some years ago the Mayans predicted that
today would be the end of the world. So
I guess by our still being here and reading these thoughts that they were
wrong. I am not knocking the Mayan
people or those who agree with them, but I simply want to point out that we
need to be ready for the end of the world.
Matthew 25:13
NLT
So you, too, must keep watch! For you do not know the
day or hour of my return.
Those
words came out of Jesus’ mouth. Earlier
we would have read this:
Matthew 24:36
NLT
However, no one knows the day or hour when
these things will happen, not even the angels in heaven or the Son himself.
Only the Father knows.
There
is no room for us to gloat that the Mayans or anyone else who predicted the end
of the world were wrong. In fact those
predictions remind us to be ready for Jesus’ return to earth. There are so many scholarly thoughts about
the end of the world, the rapture of the church and the end times happenings.
What I
am more concerned about is the fact that people are ready to die, ready for the
end of the world and will spend eternity in heaven. People say Christians are narrow-minded. So be it because our God is narrow-minded
since Jesus is the only way to heaven. I
believe that truth, preach that truth and tell others to get to know Jesus.
That
is why the end of the world and the coming of Christmas seem to be strange but
great bedfellows at this time. The
coming of Jesus is celebrated at Christmas.
Without the baby of the manger who was born of a virgin as the prophets
predicted, we would not have the ability to be saved. Jesus went to the cross 3 decades later and
died for our sins. He was buried in a
brand new tomb, but on the third day Jesus came back to life.
Jesus’
story, our Savior’s truth is something that reminds me that I am lost without
God, and that I must be thankful and mindful of all God has done for me. He wants to do the same for others. God’s desire is to save even more people. He died for them just as he died for me.
To be
ready for the end of the world, to be ready for the rapture of Christians is to
share our faith, the truth about Jesus, with everyone we can. Share this with grace and with compassion. We don’t share by beating people up with our
Bibles or by tricking them into making a decision for Jesus. We share by allowing our lives to be filled
with and overflowing with His love. We
share by taking the opportunities that come our way to share our story about
Jesus’ story that brought us spiritual life.
It will happen in a moment, in the blink of an eye,
when the last trumpet is blown.
For when the trumpet sounds, those who have died will be raised
to live forever. And we who are living will also be transformed.
Colossians 4:5
NLT
Live wisely among those who are not believers, and
make the most of every opportunity.
So the
end of the world didn’t come. But are
you ready if it does happen? Are you
ready to meet Jesus?
Praise
God for the fact that salvation is secure as we trust Jesus. He didn’t come to each to be the punisher of
sins or the judge that does away with everyone who does wrong. Jesus came to offer life. To be ready for the end is to know Jesus and
to share Him with others.
John 14:6
NLT
Jesus told him, “I am the way, the truth, and
the life. No one can come to the
Father except through me.”
John 3:17
NLT
God sent his Son into the world not to judge the world, but to save the world through him.
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