Good morning on this day before the holiday! Ah, the smell of wet carpet begins to waft upstairs. Wars and rumors of wars abound in the world. The United States, Russia, and Iran agree on something? That must be a sign of the end times. We have a new caliphate, or a restored caliphate, or something that may not last long but shows how some folks feel. Earthquakes don't seem to make the news as often, but only because we are so accustomed to reading about them. So, yes, there are more signs of the end in the news, but no, it does not necessarily mean that we should drop everything and look to the skies just yet. Life goes on as it has since Paul's time when he wrote one of his churches and told them to get back to work.
As the struggle of tribulation grabs us for one more round, we may tend to look heavenward and think of how the present is a good time for Christ's return. For hundreds of years people in Israel and Judah did the same in their search for the promised Messiah. They thought, just as we might think, that all would be set right and they could just walk away from that cleanup awaiting them down below. Nope to getting out of that cleanup job; we may see the Lord coming tonight, or we may be celebrating the holiday weekend with some tough, nasty work. Whether the signs of the times are the signs of the end has everything to do with the Father turning to the Son and saying, "Now is the time!" We don't get to call it, but we are to watch for it. While we wait and watch, God gives us things to do.
Have a great Independence Day weekend!Bucky
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