Matthew 24:35 Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away.

I am asked often about what the bible says about the end times. I understand that the concerns being expressed are fear based and an earnest desire for everything to be put right. I am reluctant to be dragged into an endless conversation of eschatology. Nothing good has ever come out of it.

What does the bible say?

Here is my answer. Love one another. Love God. Love your enemies. Love is the only answer that makes any real difference in anyone’s life.

I get frustrated with what is going on but I boil it all down to the one issue that is the problem.

Sin.

Sinners do not want to admit they are sinners. “The law says I can, so it is not a sin.”

Man’s law is not universal. Man’s law is a rubber band that can be stretched until it breaks.

How do you love a sinner that refuses to acknowledge divine judgment?

I think I would begin by asking them if they are truly happy with the life they are leading?

The issue of a life lived to satisfy self is that it will use up the life energy of the sinner until they have nothing left in their life but the sin that is killing them. They are feeding the beast that cannot be satisfied. It consumes them.

Everyone has something that eats at them. Yes, even me.

Isaiah 61:10 I will greatly rejoice in the Lord; my soul shall exult in my God, for he has clothed me with the garments of salvation; he has covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decks himself like a priest with a beautiful headdress, and as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.

While I am here in this body I keep finding at least one spot that seems to reappear on my robes and no matter how many times I wash them, it comes back.

Romans 7:15 For I do not understand my own actions. For I do not do what I want, but I do the very thing I hate.

“Thanks be to God through Jesus Christ our Lord! “ You know the rest so just love Him.

Psalm 77:2 In the day of my trouble I seek the Lord; in the night my hand is stretched out without wearying; my soul refuses to be comforted.

Psalm 86:17 Show me a sign of your favor, that those who hate me may see and be put to shame because you, Lord, have helped me and comforted me.

Which one are you? Are you the one that refuses to be comforted or has the Lord comforted you? We are all equal in His sight and yet we do not all react to stress the same way. That is not because of who God is, it is because of who we are in this relationship.

Parents with children may have had experience with a child that just cannot be comforted and their cries go on no matter what we do to try and comfort them. I am not making an accusation that if we cannot be comforted we are cry babies, not at all.

 I lift up my eyes to the hills.
    From where does my help come?
My help comes from the Lord,
    who made heaven and earth.

He will not let your foot be moved;
    he who keeps you will not slumber.
Behold, he who keeps Israel
    will neither slumber nor sleep.

When we cast our eyes down we cannot look up.

Trembling feet have forgotten where their real help comes from.

God does not sleep, we do, and we must not look God through our own weakness.

John 14:14 If you ask me anything in my name, I will do it.

While this is true we ask what we want, what we fear, and forget that asking in His name does not come from a place of fear and trembling.

John 16:33 “I have said these things to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take heart; I have overcome the world.”

Speaking in Christ’s name comes from a place of peace, not fear.

If our hearts are troubled, pray for peace of heart before asking in His name.

Sometimes all you can do for a crying child is to hug them and let them know they are loved.

John 17:26 “I made known to them your name, and I will continue to make it known, that the love with which you have loved me may be in them, and I in them.”