The End, The Beginning, The Rennaisance

The end is when?

26 “Just as it was in the days of Noah, so also will it be in the days of the Son of Man. 27 People were eating, drinking, marrying and being given in marriage up to the day Noah entered the ark. Then the flood came and destroyed them all.

28 “It was the same in the days of Lot. People were eating and drinking, buying and selling, planting and building. 29 But the day Lot left Sodom, fire and sulfur rained down from heaven and destroyed them all.

30 “It will be just like this on the day the Son of Man is revealed. 31 On that day no one who is on the housetop, with possessions inside, should go down to get them. Likewise, no one in the field should go back for anything. 32 Remember Lot’s wife! 33 Whoever tries to keep their life will lose it, and whoever loses their life will preserve it. 34 I tell you, on that night two people will be in one bed; one will be taken and the other left. 35 Two women will be grinding grain together; one will be taken and the other left.” [36] [a]

37 “Where, Lord?” they asked.

He replied, “Where there is a dead body, there the vultures will gather.”-Luke17:26-37

Nobody knows exactly when the end will come. They said it was in 2000. Some said it was in 2012. And still we are alive, doing our thing, and the year is 2014 already.

They said that when Jesus comes again, there will be much destruction and pain. Maybe yes, maybe no. But for me, when that day comes, it will be a day of rejoicing because the blind will see, the lame walk, the dead will rise again, perhaps many miracles will happen. When Jesus will come again and I would be there to witness it, I would say, "Lord, thank You! I'm coming home! Finally, I can see what Your disciples saw when they were with You." However, the coming of Jesus will spell destruction, panic and doom for those who live in sin and wickedness. Why? Because anybody who committed sin and wickedness, remained unrepentant until the end, knows that the time for judgment is at hand and it is not favorable. Their sins alone speak of the kind of judgment they deserve.

I believe I am saved. I know I have my own sins, but I repent and strive to be better. I am not saying that the sinners are doomed already - hey, I am a sinner myself. Rather, it is not too late to repent. It is not too late to change. It is not too late to acknowledge that God is alive and here with us. It is not too late to accept that Jesus is our Savior.

Do you want to be saved? Or do you want to suffer in eternal damnation?

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