Yesterday I was watching Memorial Day fireworks with my family and some others. I heard someone comment in the middle of the show: “is this the finale?” I smiled and thought to myself, ‘If you have to ask “is this the finale?” then it’s not the finale.’
People have this fascination with the world ending, and they think it’s predictable. It’s not. It’s just going to end, and no one is going to have any idea what’s going on. For example: 9/11. No one had any idea what was going on. Everyone in New York was running around screaming in complete terror. The rest of the country watched and tried to figure out what could possibly be happening. Okay, I’m sure some people knew what was about to happen. But I’m sure they were just as horrified, and there was obviously no way for them to stop it.
1 Thessalonians 5:2 says that the day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night. Matthew 24:36 says no one knows the day or the hour, not even Jesus himself. God will just say “go” and here He’ll come.
