Living in the end times

Living in the end times. Towards the end of last year I came to the realisation that I might be living in the end times. This had a paralysing effect on me. Because what I knew about the last days was based predominantly on heresay, suspicion, fear and sheer ignorance. My hope was to live my life  to the full and be rested well before the end came. However, in Acts 17:31; Paul says; For he has set a day when he will judge the world with justice by the man he has appointed. He has given proof of this to everyone by raising him from the dead.”  I have since revised my view. I believe the end times are the days leading up to that one day when God will sit and judge the whole earth and its inhabitants.

A place for us

Jesus in the book of John at the passover supper with his disciples said that He was going to prepare a place for us. And then come back and take us to be with Him. This gives me great comfort that Jesus has a plan for all of us who have put our faith in His name. We have believed in His death on the cross. That His death delivers us from the clutches of sin and gives us a free pass to eternal life. Jesus is an awesome leader, He is always several steps ahead of us. And so on the night He was betrayed as He prepared to die on the cross to deliver mankind from sin, He was already envisioning where we will be staying in eternity. There is no God like our God.

In the end times

As you can imagine now that I believed I was in end times, the first order of business was to dispel the fear. What is said in the book of Revelation is pretty scary. The end is coming whether I believe it or not, at an hour I do not know. May I be found waiting expectantly and not grudgingly, so I am working on my attitude. At the very least I should be overjoyed that I now know. And I will not be taken by complete surprise. Thank God that now I have time because I choose to heed the warning. Even if time feels fleeting , I can effect change in my life and in the lives of my loved ones.