The Hour Is Near...

On May 20th, I was in a doctor's office waiting. While I was waiting I watched the news on TV, which I rarely do and I’m sometimes oblivious to current events. Anyway, they announced that some "Christians" believed that the rapture was going to be tomorrow, the 21st. I thought it was a bunch a malarky, since people have previously said the world will end in year of 2012. Not only that, but it says in the Bible that we won't know when the day or hour will be.

But about that day or hour no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father. Be on guard! Be alert! You do not know when that time will come.- Mark 13:32-33

So that night I was having some fun on Twitter about how the next day wasn't going to be the end of the world. I had a lot fun, although the next time they declare when the world is going to end, I'll have a good list of jokes.

But as funny as it seems, it can be sad. Funny, because people actually believe that stuff. Sad, because people actually believe that stuff. So, then I got more serious about it and thought, "I know tomorrow isn't going to be the rapture, but all at the same time how do I know that?" Don't get me wrong, the rapture didn't happen...yet. What I'm trying to hint at is that you're not guaranteed tomorrow. Sure if Christ came back that'd be great. I wouldn't have to take those finals on Monday. But the main point is that we honestly don’t know what will happen the next day. So, when the rapture does come, I pray that God will save me with His grace and that I enter the kingdom of heaven, I know I surly don’t deserve. So know where you are going. If I died tonight I know where I’m going, but do you? Or what about those around you? This one post is like a bigger reflection of my previous post.

Live life to the fullest in optimism and out of love for God. When that day does come and I stand before the throne to testify, I know that I want to hear “Well done, good and faithful servant.”

My life verse:
And do this, understanding the present time: The hour has already come for you to wake up from your slumber, because our salvation is nearer now than when we first believed.- Romans 13:11

"Every breath is a second chance."- Lecrae