Jonathots Daily Blog
(2211)
If politicians want to scare up votes, they always alarm the public with a new “evil empire” which is poised to destroy us and the rest of humanity with a nuclear weapon.
Whenever religion senses apathy or diminishing capacity within the membership, it begins to tout proudly and enthusiastically, “Jesus is coming soon.”
And the entertainment industry, in the pursuit of displaying a social consciousness, makes movies, songs and plays about the destruction of the earth through environmental indifference, which leads us to live in caves and throw rocks at each other.
Meanwhile, real life goes on and doesn’t seem to have enough contestants for the game.
Yes, the POPULIE I am speaking of is the contention–or even insistence–that “the end is near.”
There are three main problems with this particular popular lie:
1. What advantage is it to us to be living in the end times?
If it’s true, it places a greater responsibility on us to be proficient. If not, we go down into the history books, filed away next to “the earth is flat” people and the judges at the Salem Witch Trial.
2. If we believe the world is going to end, we certainly do not want our lives to end.
You see the bigotry here? In other words, God should come and smite the earth while providing us an ark of safety. Why? Do we really want to believe in a God who is a respecter of persons and likes some folks better than others? Are we anxious to see a battle fought in the Middle East where the “blood is so thick that it comes up to the bridles on the horses?”
3. And of course, most important is the foolish, ongoing drivel that the future is determined by destiny.
I personally believe there have been many antichrists on Earth since the prophesy by John in the Good Book. But there have always been enough “christs” on earth to stop them.
I don’t view prophesy to be fact, but rather, warnings–and a word to the wise should be sufficient.
So what can we do in this crazed age of cataclysmic yearning?
A. Then.
Yes. Look at history. Learn from it. Study it. Know that the people who lived before us were humans also, and if you can avoid their mistakes, you don’t have to repeat them.
B. Now.
Live. Take what you’ve learned from “then,” apply it, and let the Spirit lead you every day into gentle conclusions that seek reconciliation instead of trying to foster all of your personal demands.
C. Tomorrow.
Well, tomorrow is decided by how well we learn and live.
I will not join in to the craze about the end of the world. I will not scream at the top of my lungs that “Jesus is coming soon,” nor that the polar ice caps are melting, and certainly will not be peering into the skies for missiles.
Then I learn.
Now I live.
Tomorrow is decided by my learning and living.
The producers of jonathots would humbly request a yearly subscription donation of $10 for this wonderful, inspirational opportunity
Click here to get info on the “Gospel According to Common Sense” Tour
Please contact Jonathan’s agent, Jackie Barnett, at (615) 481-1474, for information about scheduling SpiriTed in 2014.
Jonathots Daily Blog 