Fallen tree, fallen world.
On the weekend my friend was telling me about how a tree fell on his house last week.He said that all of a sudden, everything went white (lightning), there was a really loud noise (tree falling) and then everything went really black (tree blocking light into window). And he said, "I really thought Jesus was coming back!"
And you know, I really admired him at that point. The shameful truth is, if a tree fell outside my window, I don't think that thought would've come into my head. My mind is so preoccupied with the things of this world that I would never formulate that as a explanation to what I was witnessing.
But He is coming back! It's not just fable, it could be any day now. What he hypothesised was a very feasible possibility. Jesus is going to come back to earth, one of these days, and that will be the end. The old will cease, the new will come. And it really will be the definitive moment, when those who are his people will live, and those who are not will not survive. As a Christian, I look forward to this day; as someone who has friends and family who are not Christian, this thought scares me very much.
"But you, brothers, are not in darkness so that this day should surprise you like a thief. You are all sons of the light and sons of the day. We do not belong to the night or to the darkness. So then, let us not be like others, who are asleep but let us be alert and self-controlled." - 1 Thess 5:4-6
When I have in mind the realisation that this world is temporary, and that we live in hope for the world to come, everything suddenly looks so different -- stuff just become so insignificant by comparison...
posted by me. @ 6:11 PM
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