Interestingly, it is the scientific community, not Christian theologians, announcing that we are living on the precipice of destruction. Hollywood is heralding the news that the earth is about to encounter something cataclysmic.
A few brave prophetic voices are being heard, crying out in the wilderness of our world, warning us that our days are numbered. The earth itself is groaning and creaking, seemingly in anticipation of a major shakeup of the status quo.
Ironically, the one group with relatively little to say about Christ’s soon return is the evangelical church. Instead, we spend most of our time and energy trying to help people succeed in this life, rather than getting them ready for eternity.
Now is the time to get our lives aligned with God’s Word, to establish correct priorities, to invest in those things that will last a million years from now, rather than fickle, foolish, transitory material things. Even more important, now is the time for the Church, that group of true believers from every denomination, to begin functioning as the true body of Christ, caring for one another, helping one another as the family of God.
Knowledge that we are truly living in what the Bible refers to as “the last days” should also motivate Christians to more actively seek out opportunities to share the gospel with their unsaved friends and family members. In a very real way, the clock is ticking and time is running out.
