Matthew 24 has Jesus answering his disciples on when the end
times will be. Every generation as they age feels this is the end. I am sure
the generation that was old during WWII assumed that was the end times, now
those that lived through the 60’s are looking today and seeing it. Verse 6
talks about wars:
And ye shall hear of wars and
rumours of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to
pass, but the end is not yet.
We can go on dissecting this chapter and showing how it
applies today, heck people are now saying Yon Kippur is Judgment Day this year
(September 23, 2015). Like Harold Camping before, we cannot be sure if they are
right or wrong. We can look at Revelations 6:15 to see this happening:
And the kings of the earth, and the
great men, and the rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and
every bondman, and every free man, hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks
of the mountains;
The “elite” are making bunkers and getting ready for a
collapse. Many look at Ayn Rand’s Atlas Shrugged with Galt’s Gulch being the
haven for the elite as a blue print for what is happening today. It seems
incredible that a book where the newest writings are some 2000 years old predicted
what is happening today. With this I wonder if it is true for today or are we
going to wait?
Honestly it doesn’t matter because what happens will
happen and we must be calm. We should not be “hunkering down” for the calamities
but rather help through them. We need to remain calm and show people where our
hope rests. Run into the mess and show Jesus so others may gain salvation before
it is too late! Share and serve Jesus in these times, not run and hide.