I don’t mean to burst anyone’s Martin Luther bubble but recent
scholarship can find no evidence that he ever said “If I believed the world was
to end tomorrow, I would still plant a tree today.” It’s too bad because it’s a
great quote and if it wasn’t already well known I might claim it as my own. Of
course I don’t think whoever said it meant the last day is a good day to plant
a tree but that the last day should not change the way one lives every day
given that one should live each day as if it was one's last day even if the rest of the world was going to keep going on forever. But instead of
tree planting as the proper way to be ready people get goofy on this end time
stuff coming up with all kinds of theories as to the day and hour that Jesus
himself says only the Father knows. They should plant some trees for all the
paper wasted on books better left behind. The way to be ready for the second coming is to live in the love and
grace of the first appearing. I doubt very much that the God who so loved the
world the first time round has decided it was a mistake and what the world
really needs is a good thrashing. Therefore with every tree planted we pray,
Amen. Come, Lord Jesus.
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