Good Friday morning! Ach, can I quit going to stores and just not buy anything? Even necessities seem expensive when you start worrying about money. God says don't worry about it, that voice in our ear says, "Oh, heavens! You're going down." When will all of this end?
Just so happens that no man knows the date when Jesus will return. However, God did give us a tracking number for our package. The second coming of Jesus is something that has been ordered and paid for at the cross. We don't need to worry about whether we will be able to afford it when the time comes. We don't need to worry that someone forgot to put the order in or failed to call the manufacturer. We have only to watch the tracking information. Now, it would be nice if the tracking was simple like a UPS package. Day by day we would log on the web site and watch as our package moved from place to place as it came closer to our homes. However, the signs are given throughout the Bible. We can watch as these signs appear in the news or around us. The date for Jesus next arrival has not changed since God set His countdown. We will not know the exact date until that exact date is upon us. However, we can watch as a faithful guard watches on his post.
Have you noticed the government wants to manage our lives more these days? I do like the "Bail ME out!" buttons I see around now. :-) Proposals have been floated to require all employers to have employee retirement savings taken out of paychecks, tax refunds to go into bank accounts (if the person doesn't have one, the government will open one for them.), government medical care, and other mandatory measures to manage us. Do you see now how much people will want the mark of the beast when it becomes available? Free medical care, a good job, buying and selling, assured retirement money, all sorts of things will be offered to entice people to take the mark. It isn't like people will be forced to do this thing. I often take my public library for granted; sign up for a card, books by the thousands available for free. What if one day we had to present that mark to gain access to all that we now take for granted? Those who refuse the mark of this world's power would suddenly be left out in a big way. Tough to think about. Internet, television, radio, grocery stores, electronics, electricity... all available to those inside the system, nothing for those on the outside. The reasoning will of course be that only criminals would be on the outside.
Relax, this has not happened yet. Enjoy the day. However, we might want to think about warning those around us that a storm is coming. What a thought for a Friday! I may not know the date, but I can guess there is about a 1 in 7 chance that Jesus will return on a Friday. People buy lottery tickets believing in odds far worse than that. :-)
God bless you this fine weekend; the Memorial Day weekend is coming soon!
...like about 8 hours or less depending upon when you can sneak out! :-)
Bucky
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