One Week Left For Man

One Week Left For Man 

According to the interpretation of some the end of the world will happen next week in accordance with a supposed prophecy from the Mayan culture long ago. The great event of 2012 will be another prognostication of the end of time. Like the Y2K fears and the myriad of religious leaders who have led many to believe in their own brand of “end-times” belief the Bible does tell us when the end of the world will be. If anyone would know when the earth will be destroyed it would have to be the One who created it and put it into motion. Since God is the sovereign power and authority to man’s existence (Daniel 5:23) He would be the one to tell us when the world will come to an end.

It must be understood in the beginning that man’s existence is limited. As life is characterized as a vapor (James 4:14) so the life of all things balance on the thin line of mortality. The earth itself is a living creature created by the will of the Almighty whose life is destined to end by the wish of the Creator. Genesis 6-9 is a testimony of the mighty power of how God can destroy all mankind (save eight souls) in one event. The grand scale of the flood and utter destruction pale in comparison to the final occasion of earth’s demise.

Peter describes the end of the earth in graphic terms. “But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night, in which the heavens will pass away with a great noise, and the elements will melt with fervent heat; both the earth and the works that are in it will be burned up … the heavens will be dissolved, being on fire, and the elements will melt with fervent heat” (2 Peter 3:10,12). No black hole, no meteor, no global warming effect and no nuclear holocaust. Man can never destroy his own world in a total event; that is left to the justice of the Lord.

The most important question of the earth’s end is when this will take place. The Bible clearly tells us the day and the time of the end of time. “Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will by no means pass away. But of that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father. Take heed, watch and pray; for you do not know when the time is” (Mark 13:31-33). I know when the world will come to an end! Isn’t that great! How wonderful is that knowledge. The end of all time will be in accordance with the will of the Father alone. No man knows, no angel knows and not even Jesus Christ. I don’t have to worry about when that will be because it will be the decision of my Father.

Do you not feel relieved to know that as long as God knows we don’t have to worry about when the world will come to an end? What I get to do is to watch for the coming of His Son and what a wonderful day that will be (2 Thessalonians 1:10). My life is filled with the prayer of “Even so, come, Lord Jesus” (Revelation 22:20). Many people worry about the end of time because they know that if it happens at the wrong time it would be a tragedy for them. For those who live in the grace of God death has no fear (1 Corinthians 15:50-58) and the end of the world is a blessing. “They shall see His face, and His name shall be on their foreheads. There shall be no night there: they need no lamp nor light of the sun, for the Lord God gives them light. And they shall reign forever and ever” (Revelation 22:4-5). Maybe the Lord will come today!! Praise God!