People discuss the end times
As though they have a knowledge when
And emerging from each opinion
There is an obvious problem.
None of them knows when
Since they are ignorant of the time
But they speak with such authority
They could even blow your mind.
They say these are the last days
And point to events unfolding
And the horrid outlook they paint
Makes it rather foreboding.
You could tremble in your boots
And be overcome by fear
The way these prophetic gurus
Show that the end is near.
From the COVID-19 pandemic
To the war up in the Ukraine
To some other silly everyday things
That quite frankly seem quite lame.
Anything and everything
That helps to make up their case,
They posit as substantial evidence:
Even the out of place.
And it’s no use telling them
All this was happening before
For they become the more convinced
The end is at the door.
Never mind that Jesus said
No one can know the day,
There are some with an inside track
That are in the prophetic way.
“Time’s clock is striking the hour
Jesus will soon descend”,
That’s a song we sang very often
As we anticipated the end.
Many years have since passed
And Jesus is yet to come
And the world keeps on mocking us
And having loads of fun.
We need to change this message
To propagate the more critical one
That the end of the world comes for one
When from this life he is gone.
The more critical end is death
Death is the end of everyone’s world,
Only Jesus has ever survived death
As shown in his written word.
Disagree on the end of time
For that is predictably uncertain
But when the grim reaper calls a name
He also draws the curtain.
That’s the end that really matters
Not the end of the world or time
For the way that one lives this life
Determines the eternity he’ll find.
The end of the world for you and me
Comes exactly when we die
Hence, make your calling and election sure
Before the eventual “by and by”.
Stewart Russell © March 29, 2022
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