The Beginning Is Near

We see them in comic strips and in the movies.

Bearded men wearing robes and carrying signs that proclaiming “The End Is Near”.

Whether it is or not is a matter of speculation.

The problem with this message is twofold.

First, scripture is very clear on who really knows when the end will occur.

Matthew 24:36 (NET) - But as for that day and hour no one knows it—not even the angels in heaven—except the Father alone.

Second, not many will take this message seriously.

Day after day, channel after channel offer up programming about the coming end.

They warn us about climate change, economic collapse, global conflict and a host of other means by which the world as we know it will end.

These warnings are not new.

They have been around for some time.

In 2012, we were warned about the Mayan calendar.

In the late 1990’s, we were warned about the year 2000.

Time goes by.

New warnings come and go all the while lives remain unchanged.

Maybe the time has come to change the message.

What would happen if we changed the message from “The End is Near” to “The Beginning Is Near”?

After all, a life changed by Jesus Christ is a life that begins anew.

It is a life forever changed.

It is a life changed for the better.

Let us set aside the negative.

Let us embrace the positive and help others to live life as Jesus intended.

John 10:10 (NET) - The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come so that they may have life, and may have it abundantly.

Blessings,

Jim Pokorny

The Other Brother Jim

Look for me at http://otherbrotherjim.blogspot.com/ on Friday, May 12, 2017.

I’ll be back here on Friday, May 19, 2017