It's hard to believe it's actually 2013 now and once again I wonder just where does the time go? It's true what they say that as we age time flies and that's definitely the case for me. Or at least it sure feels that way. Whatever the case may be with the rise of technology here in America and around the world life in general is advancing for us all lately at an alarming rate. And in the process last year many assumed and falsely predicted once again that somehow 2012 was the year God would bring it all to an end. But obviously his plans never were and never are according to mans. Without a doubt however we are indeed quickly approaching the end of this age and his judgment will inevitably visit planet earth. Just look what God once spoke to the prophet Daniel long ago about life in our day, "BUT YOU DANIEL SHUT UP THE WORDS AND SEAL THE BOOK UNTIL THE TIME OF THE END. MANY SHALL RUN TO AND FRO AND KNOWLEDGE SHALL INCREASE (Daniel 12:4)." Today we're obviously experiencing a virtual explosion of medical and technological advances that one could only imagine a mere generation or so ago.
It's true we're living in the "last days" but many today stumble over the true meaning of the phrase. It's not to be taken literally but rather in the context of a general time-line, season, or generation. The apostle John referred to life in his day two-thousand years ago as the "last hour." Oviously he wasn't referring to a literal sixy minutes! No John was expressing the urgency of the hour he was living in. In fact from God's perspective and from his view a thousand years is only one day and one day is as a thousand years. That's because he sees life from an eternal perspective and not from a limited earthly one. And the truth is so should we. Seeing life from God's perspective and through his eyes will help us overcome in life against ever-increasing odds.
It never ceases to amaze me just how much misinformation there is on the subject today. But it doesn't surprise me. That's because it's just what God's holy apostles and prophets predicted would occur along with the Lord Jesus himself. And in all the confusion today I fear we're drifting farther from God instead of drawing near! I wonder lately if we still know his voice and can we still hear? It's easy of course to get distracted and stuck in the past tangled up in things that simply won't last. But here's what the apostle Paul writing from prison once said about the proper perspective and looking ahead, "BRETHREN I COUNT NOT MYSELF TO HAVE APPREHENDED BUT THIS ONE THING I DO, FORGETTING THOSE THINGS WHICH ARE BEHIND AND REACHING FORTH UNTO THOSE THINGS WHICH ARE BEFORE. I PRESS TOWARD THE MARK FOR THE PRIZE OF THE HIGH CALLING OF GOD IN CHRIST JESUS (Philippians 3:13-14)." In chains for preaching the gospel still Paul forged ahead keeping his eyes on an everlasting prize!
Recently on Facebook I posted a passage where Paul writing to Timothy describes how life will be at the end of this age. Someone apparently accessed my account however and deleted my post. In lieu of that I'd like to close with the same passage here where Paul had this to say about life in our day, "THIS KNOW ALSO THAT IN THE LAST DAYS PERILOUS TIMES SHALL COME. FOR MEN WILL BE LOVERS OF THEMSELVES, COVETEOUS, BOASTERS, PROUD, BLASPHEMERS, DISOBEDIENT TO PARENTS, UNTHANKFUL, UNHOLY, WITHOUT NATURAL AFFECTION, TRUCE BREAKERS, FALSE ACCUSERS, INCONTINENT, FIERCE, DESPISERS OF THOSE THAT ARE GOOD. TRAITORS, RECKLESS, CONCEITED, LOVERS OF PLEASURES MORE THAN LOVERS OF GOD, HAVING A FORM OF GODLINESS BUT DENYING THE POWER THEREOF FROM SUCH TURN AWAY (2 Timothy 3:1-5)." This sounds so much like the state of man today we'd have to be blind not to see it that way! Clearly we're nearing the end of this age and his return is at hand but will this be the year we truly draw near?
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