Something funny happened recently. At about 6:30 pm on
Thursday, 27th of March, the weather suddenly changed. The clouds
became thicker than I have ever seen in a long time. They were extremely dark
and seemed like it was going to rain heavily. I was out that day, walking back
to my hostel when I heard a sound and then it was followed by people screaming.
A fellow was walking at my back and he made a joke. He said that the trumpet
just sounded. At that time, I looked up coincidentally trying to decide if I should
continue my journey or look for shelter before the rain started pelting. My friend
who was with me on the walk started laughing at me. He claimed I was scared I had
missed the rapture, I found this funny so I started laughing with him. But frankly,
it wasn’t funny. I started thinking: “what if that was actually the rapture? What
if it actually happened?” I looked around me at that moment and I saw a large
number of people walking around. I thought to myself: “what if all these
people, all of us, had actually missed the rapture? What would life be like?”
This question bugged me and made me understand how far away I
have been from God…how far away a whole lot of us have been from God. I
will never forget the early 2000s when so many movies centered on this
phenomenon called the Second Coming of Christ. So many people were careful then
but that is not the case now. We have gotten so carried away with the things of
the world that we are slowly forgetting that this life is just a phase. A transient
phase that will soon come to an end. A transient phase that will determine
where each of us will spend our eternity.
It burdens my heart that churches of these times are
focusing too much on materials and blessings and many are forgetting that our
primary goal is to make heaven. Churches focus so much on giving and receiving
that hardly anyone ever preaches about the real things that matter most in
life: things like Love for God and our fellow man. Even the people of the world
have valid, logical arguments at times when they say there is nothing special
about Christianity. We have forgotten that the Rapture- the Second Coming of
Christ- will happen in the twinkling of an eye, at any time unknown to any man-
even the Messiah Himself. I hope this serves as a wake-up call for us all. This
earth is not the final destination, we are just passing through. Every man will
give account to God of all actions and thoughts done while in this physical
body. Jesus will come soon and at anytime. He doesn't need your permission for it. Gt right with Him. Remember He will come as a Lion, no as a lamb or sheep. As a King, not as a baby or a pauper
Selah.
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