I’ve been humming R.E.M.’s ‘It’s the End of the World (as we Know it)’ for weeks … no, months. Ever since I first saw the signs on my way to Bellingham, Wa. (hum, but I haven’t seen any here, in Canada … maybe our part of the world is not going to end?).
So, only one day left! Tomorrow would appear to be it, the end, the day of judgment … according to a group who is very committed to numbers (my daughter, who hates math and numbers, would say … don’t trust the number people!). So, they are blowing their trumpets and warning the people! AND they guarantee it!
I love guarantees! That is why I shop at certain stores, like Costco and Walmart … they have always been there for me when a product that I have bought at their stores has failed to live up to my expectations. They greet me, as though they have been waiting all day, just to please me (and, other than my beast, there just ain’t another living creature whose goal in life is to please me). They smile, ask if they can help me, and I tell them my story … and they listen! To me! Then, they take my receipt, and open their cash register, and GIVE ME MY MONEY BACK! Because they have a money back guarantee! I love it! But … I digress.
I’m not sure exactly what the guarantee is, that they are offering, but they say it’s the Bible that is making the guarantee.
But I’ve got questions …
If Judgment Day is tomorrow …
-do I need to pay my bills, if they are due on May 22?
-should I get my tithing envelope ready for Sunday?
-do I need to eat my veggies today?
-do I need to shave my legs?
Okay, so I am being rather silly. And, really Judgment Day is a serious, sobering thing to consider. But, to declare a specific date? Is that … Biblical? Now, for me, and maybe you, a verse starts floating through your head about us (the angels, or even God’s Son) not knowing the hour or the day (Matthew 24:36).
And then there’s Revelation … the end of the Bible, considered to be apocalyptic writing. If there is one part of the Bible that can confuse me more than trying to remember what day it is, when my alarm clock goes off in the morning, it’s Revelation! How is it that something called Revelation, can be so … unclear in it’s revelation?
Here’s what I know, that I know … whether the world ends tomorrow, or not even in my lifetime …
– God is in control … I am not
– In the end, God wins! And, therefore, as his child, so do I
– I need to live today, as though I have many tomorrows … God didn’t put me here just to wait for Judgment Day, He put me here, because He has purpose in all of my days
“Always be ready!
You don’t know when the Son of Man will come.”
Matthew 24:44
itsawonderfilledlife 
stop scaring people you dumass. God is the only one that knows when the world is going to end so stop scaring people I’ll be laughing when its sunday and I’ll be drinking a beer.
Obviously you did not actually read what I wrote.
I’m with you, on God being the only one who knows when the world is going to end!
I wrote it, because it is insanity, to me, that anyone would think they know what only the Creator knows.
Enjoy your beer, on Sunday, I’ll be having a coffee to enjoy my day!
I do not think the world is going to end tomorrow because people are crazy with mental issues and you are going to believe them… wow i am a christian and i they are christians but God decides when the end is near not a crazy person if you think that it is going to end then you really need to pray for yourself BECAUSE THE WORLD IS NOT GOING TO END TOMORROW IF YOU ARE READING THIS AND STILL BELIEVE IT THEN YOU NEED SERIOUS HELP!!!plus if you believe a nutjob hobo at the side of the street screaming maybe because it is just a rumor and the media just wants to post it because they just are dumb and crazy
Obviously you did not actually read what I wrote.
I’m with you, on God being the only one who knows when the world is going to end!
I wrote it, because it is insanity, to me, that anyone would think they know what only the Creator knows.
I do expect to awaken to live life on Sunday, here, on planet earth.
Enjoy your day!
Y DO PEOPLE SAY THINGS LIKE THE WORLD IS COMMING TO AND END NO ONE REALLY KNOWS WHEN GOD IS GOING TO MAKE THE WORLD END NO ONE KNOWS SO WHY DONT PEOPLE STOP SAYING THAT AND SCARING PEOPLE LIKE THAT VERSE YOU POSTED SAYS
You don’t know when the Son of Man will come.”
Matthew 24:44
SO PEOPLE NEED TO STOP SAYING THESE THINGS CAUSE YOU DONT KNOW
I KNOW WAT U WROTE IS SO TRUE AND THAT U DONT ENDERSTAND EITHER BUT FOR THE PEOPLE THAT ARE RELIGIOUS OF ALL PEOPLE SHOULD NO THAT ONLY GOD CAN SAY WHEN THE WORLD WILL END FOR HIS SAKE HE CREATED IT HE CAN TAKE IT BACK
The Bible says “No man knoweth the hour”
I thought what you said is absolutely great. I agree with all of it. Although I’m not religious, I’m agnostic, I agree with what you said about preparations as to what we are supposed to be doing before the ‘end of the world’ occurs?
How ARE we supposed to prepare for something when we are all going to be either dead or in ‘heaven’? There is NOTHING to prepare FOR.
Thank you for sharing your thoughts. It’s about time someone did. 🙂
Thanks for your response. I love that many of us can share and read and even appreciate different opinions.
Carole
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