Series: Advent
Matthew 24:36-44 ESV
Years and years go I remember a revival (if you can call it that) of material and movies about the end times.
I was a young adult and it wasn’t a subject I knew much about. Even though I had read it in scripture, I hadn’t studied it a lot. I certainly hadn’t thought a lot about it.
Matthew 24:36-42 tells us, “But concerning that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, nor the Son, but the Father only. For as were the days of Noah, so will be the coming of the Son of Man. For as in those days before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day when Noah entered the ark, and they were unaware until the flood came and swept them all away, so will be the coming of the Son of Man. Then two men will be in the field; one will be taken and one left. Two women will be grinding at the mill; one will be taken and one left. Therefore, stay awake, for you do not know on what day your Lord is coming.”
To be honest, all the material about the day when people will be swept away made me uneasy.
Okay…it freaked me out.
The movie, Left Behind totally freaked me out, so I asked my dad about it.
He hadn’t heard about the movie but when I told him about it he asked me a series of questions.
He started by asking me if God had told me anything about the subject. He knew that God spoke with me in dreams and visions. I was 12 years old when I had my first dream that came true.
I told him I hadn’t had any dreams or visions about it.
He asked me how many times God had not warned me when something big was about to happen. I thought about it he I realized since the time I started having dreams and visions God had always warned me.
He asked me if it would make sense for God to not warn me or prepare me.
Hummm…well no it wouldn’t make sense.
We ended the conversation by him advising me to pray about it and ask to God reveal ‘truth’ to me.
So…that’s what I did.
I prayed.
I listened.
I asked God specifically to send a dream if something was about the happen that was described in Matthew 24.
I didn’t have a dream or a vision.
I asked God to help me to trust Him with my future.
Then I started to relax.
As it turned out fifty years later, I can look back and see that it was a phase. It probably served a good purpose by reminding this generation it will happen some time.
Only God knows when.
Today I kinda think there won’t be a lot of publicity about it.
No movies will come out.
There won’t be a warning because we won’t know when.
Spiritual Practice: Trust God
Trust God to prepare you for that day.
In God, Deborah
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