The Saviour’s Return

Some people scoffed at the idea

They claim it’s out of the way

Still others say it can’t be done

So away from the idea they run.

It is scientifically impossible

So say the astute intellectuals

Are you aware of what is involved?

Too many technicalities to resolve.

But yet stupid born again believers

Look for the coming of their king

As a matter of fact they even declare

That his coming appears quite near.

As you read this poetic piece

You might hold to one or neither

But bear in mind the acid test

The truth is one or the other.

Either Jesus will return or he won’t

They cannot both be the truth

So whatever side you decide to take

On you is the burden of proof.

 

Let’s first start with the impossibilities

And there are several; you will see

Believers say heaven is where Jesus resides

But the location of which they can’t provide.

If heaven is a place somewhere out there

To get here would take millions of years

Given the time that Jesus first came to earth

From whence came those angels at his birth?

They couldn’t have come from the nearest star

For that star we know is light years afar

And they would have to be flying for years

To coincide with the time they were said to appear.

So to believe that Jesus is coming again

One must believe there was a first advent

And since the first one was an impossibility

Then clearly there cannot be a second event.

  

Now let’s assume that there is a heaven

And let’s assume people are living there

What would be the life span of such a people?

Of what type would be their space vehicle?

And if it is a fact that all beings respire

And oxygen is depleted as one goes higher

How are these beings living wherever they are

Since it is established they would be mighty far?

Some argue there is life other than here

And concede that such beings can’t be near

But given the benefit of extensive research

The only such believers appear to be the church.

You ask are there angels and I would say no

But you would point out that the Bible says so

Your only evidence is from that book

And for all of the answers you say take a look.

But I don’t have time for such trivia

For even that book is fraught with error

At best it is an enthralling storybook

Made up strictly of fiction and horror.

Now tell me how possible is a virgin birth?

I refer to the first advent to our planet earth

How can a virgin give birth to a child?

How is this possible unless somebody lied?

At best it is a good children’s fiction

At worst this narrative is a terrible hoax

But Christian believers worldwide believe it

And spare no effort others to coax.

But if it is true where does that leave me?

For then there would be the matter of eternity

How would this square with my destiny?

I must admit that therein is a mystery.

 

What if Jesus did come the first time?

To the second event he would be so inclined 

However unimaginable or however impossible

The first event would make the second probable.

For if the impossible could happen once 

Why could it not happen a second time or a third?

Perhaps the impossible could be made possible

By the being who created the world.

Of course that would depend on one’s worldview

Regarding the origin of what we see

Whether someone created all that exists

Or whether this world just evolved from a mist.

One would be crazy to believe either one

But the fact remains that one of them has to be true

For of course there is the matter that we are here

And something or someone caused ‘me and you’.

If something, then life emerged from non-life

And this begs the question how can that be?

If on the other hand we decide it was someone

Then with that someone there is no impossibility.

 

Remember the book cited earlier in this poem?

Remember the book that is full of fiction and horror?

That book says with God there is no impossibility

With Him all is possible; He’s been around for eternity.

Whatever he says He can do

Whatever He promises he is able to perform

While we may have a difficulty with impossibility

With God impossibility is the norm.

Whatever the impossibilities or technicalities

Jesus, God’s Son came to this earth once

Having done it once he will do it the second time

So be away with the critics’ ridicule and taunts.

One of these days the impossible will occur

The Lord of all life will return to this earth

On that first occasion he did come as a babe

But the second event will be nothing like the first.

 

At the first advent he came to die for our sins

Back then he came to encounter great sorrow

When next he comes he will be the conquering lion

Coming to ensure the saints’ eternal tomorrow.

The scoffers and the critics will eternally regret

Theirs will be a destiny of eternal damnation

But the hope of those stupid born again believers

Will be realized in their glorious eternal redemption.

Scoff if you must and ridicule if so swayed

But bear in mind that there is coming a day

When the saints of all the ages shall truly rejoice

At the blast of the trumpet and the archangel’s voice.

The dead in Christ shall rise first

And then they that remain shall also take flight

Let these words be of great comfort to you

The return of the Saviour could be morning noon or night. 

Stewart Russell © 2016

This Light-Years Phenomenon

They tell me that a light-year

Is the measurement of the distance

That light travels

In a vacuum in a single year.

This amounts to 5.88 trillion miles

If you favour the imperial measure

Or 9.46 trillion kilometres

If the metric standard is your pleasure.

I find it quite amusing

When we spread these numbers around

And those twelve zeroes in the trillions

Can make one look like a clown.

Consider that this is one light-year

And we’re talking “at the speed of light”,

What if it were several light years?

This would be a little too much to bite.

The nearest star to planet earth

Is about ninety-three million miles away,

This is the sun within our galaxy

That brightens each and every day.

The next star in order of distance

Is approximately 4.3 light-years away

It’s really a dual star system

That comprises a binary pair.

That may not mean much to you

And it certainly does not to me

For when I consider things of this type

My head gets a little dizzy.

When I look into the night sky

Particularly on a bright and starry night

I wonder just like David the psalmist

About each of those twinkling lights.

Small they make look to us

Since they are so far away

But times bigger than our planet earth

Though not one you can see during the day.

  

I wonder which ones are planets

Like the nine in our solar system

And which ones are really stars

Like the sun that each of our days brightens.

There is a lot of argument

Pertaining to the age of planet earth

Which is extended even further

When determining the universe’s birth.

The Bible indicates thousands of years

Men argue it must be billions,

Billions of years for the universe

Considering its trillions of suns.

For when one considers the distance

That some stars are away from us

There is no way the earth could be young,

Now you see why all of the fuss.

How could the light from these stars

Ever have reached planet earth

When we are just thousands of years

And their distance suggests an earlier birth?

It would have taken millions of light years

For their light to reach right down to us

So this particular reasoning

Must give impetus to that thrust.

All this is quite mind-boggling

Even for the scientists

So you could well imagine

How much of it I have missed.

Then of course there are the “gap-theorists”

Who argue that this could very well be

Since no one knows the length of time

Between Genesis 1 verses 2 and 3.

A lot of this is lost on me

And there’s much I don’t understand

But at this point I would endeavour

To point out to you a fact in God’s divine plan.

Just stop for a moment and think!

Where is Jesus at this time?

Have you ever thought of his return?

Has it even crossed your mind?

The Bible says he is in heaven

Perhaps millions of light-years away

But read Matthew chapter 24 verse 27

And take note of what it says.

“For as the lightning comes out of the east

And shines even unto the west

So shall the coming of the Son of man be.”

The Bible is the absolute test.

He who spoke the world into being

Can traverse light years in one second

So while this moment is available to you

Why not come to him as he beckons?

Stewart Russell © August 2017