“…do not be quickly shaken in mind or alarmed…” Whether they
were quickly shaken or not the Thessalonians were certainly worried that they had
missed the boat or at the very least wondered why the immediate return of the Christ
was taking its own sweet time. Apocalyptic anxiety has come and gone ever
since. Hal Lindsey predicted the late great planet earth would come and go before
the turn of the last century but he was left behind by Tim LeHaye and Jerry Jenkins
and didn't make nearly as much profit. I have trouble understanding why people
still get worked up about this when the scriptures clearly tell us to chill.
Listen. What will be will be whenever it will be and you and I have no part to
play in it. We are to trust that no matter what happens whenever it happens God is for
us and that our passage from the present to the future is already booked and paid in full. In
the meantime the blessing of eternal comfort and good hope is given to us so
that we engage in good works and words in the here and now without worrying about the there and then. Or in other words - Jesus is coming
again. Look busy.
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