The Last Days and boring sermons that make you wish Jesus came sooner...

I was at a lunch recently where my lunch buddy looked me straight in the eye and said, "I think Jesus is coming soon. Its the Last Days!" referring to the apoloclypic events in the Book of Revelation when Satan comes down and brands people on the head with his marque.

Well... maybe.

But consider this. How bad can it get?

Could it be worse than the Mongol invasion in the 13th century which resulted in the genocide of several races and cultures and the deaths of millions of people?

The Bubonic Plague? The Black Death that wiped out half of Europe and goodness knows how many others in the rest of the world?

What about the Inquisition, the French Revolution, the capture of Constantinople by the Muslims, the Holocaust, the Japanese Occupation in the 1940s, Pol Pot, Idi Amin, Stalin's Gulag, Mao's Great Leap Backwards, and having to sit through yet another boring sermon that doesn't seem to end??? I mean, oh, the humanity!!!

Just kidding.

But seriously, imagine you were in that situation. And having to endure what horrors those people went through. Imagine going back there in a Time Machine ... say Austerwitz in 1944 and telling them - Hey, chill bro, don't worry! It could be worse, it could be the Last Days!!

I'd reckon they'd would give you a beating you wouldn't forget.

I think the reality is that- whilst its good to ponder perhaps briefly about the Book of Revelation - and the Last Days - you might consider that all our days on earth are numbered. (Except for me, cos I'm an immortal, but I digress) One day, you will face your Last Day. And whilst you are here on Earth, you try and make it a better place for your family, friends, and neighbors.

Pray for Iraq. Pray for Africa. Pray for the person who lives down the street who has cancer. Pray for stubborn, stupid obnoxious relatives that the Evil Satan put here on Earth to torment you. And pray that God will use you to make things better.

Hence the phrase coined by Jesus - Be the Salt and Light of the World.

Small acts of kindess are miracles in this cruel world. Trying to show kindness to someone who doesn't deserve it - is truly an Act of God.