Last Days

Just yesterday, another individual was confidently affirming that the Bible clearly predicted these are the last days.  The implication was that the end would be coming very soon.  Perhaps so, but the Bible is anything but clear on the time of the last days.

Just this morning, in my devotional reading time, the words of the Lord spoke clearly in the opposite direction: "I tell you, on that night two people will be in one bed; one will be taken and the other left. Two women will be grinding grain together; one will be taken and the other left" (Lk 17:34-35).

Did you notice that neither the ones left behind nor the ones taken up in glory had any notion that the end had come?  Both the just and the unjust were going about normal daily activities when the end came.

The simple truth is that Jesus is very firm in saying that no one will be able to figure out the time of the end in advance: “But about that day or hour no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father" (Matt 24:36).  Unless, of course, one believes he/she has more insight than the angels and the Lord Jesus Christ, none on earth will know when the end will come.

So, if we don't know when the end will be coming, how will we know when to get ready?  I can tell you that.  Get ready now.  Yesterday would have been even better.  Don't wait for tomorrow: "Why, you do not even know what will happen tomorrow. What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes: (Js 4:14).  Yeah, tomorrow might be too late.

Today, right now, is the time to get ready and stay ready.  This is precisely what Jesus says in light of the fact that we do not know when he will come, we are simply to be prepared always.  “Therefore keep watch, because you do not know on what day your Lord will come" (Matt 24:42).

So, are you?  Are you ready for the Lord to come?  Jus' Ask'n.