Uncertain Certainty


January 6, 2010 @ 11:40 PM EST | Category: Just Bloggin'

Most solid and very intelligent theologians would admit that figuring out end-time events is very difficult. It personally makes Jell-O Pudding (now imagine Bill Cosby saying "pudding" in that distinct voice) out of my brain.

Here is something though that is clearly understood: Jesus Christ is returning.

2 Thessalonians 1:5 "This is evidence of the righteous judgment of God, that you may be considered worthy of the kingdom of God, for which you are also suffering— 6 since indeed God considers it just to repay with affliction those who afflict you, 7 and to grant relief to you who are afflicted as well as to us, when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with his mighty angels 8 in flaming fire, inflicting vengeance on those who do not know God and on those who do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus. 9 They will suffer the punishment of eternal destruction, away from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of his might..."

I really think Christians are certain that Christ is returning. Notice that I didn't give a qualifier as to "when" Christ is returning. But if I had to stick an evangelistic urgency thermometer in the mouth of most Christians to gauge this matter I am afraid it would be ice cold. Why? You answer to God for that one.

We as Christians are called to live as if Christ would be returning at any moment. We are to live in expectance of it, at any time. This produces urgency in our lives to reach the lost, but for most I see this loose, lax, and lazy approach like we've gotten a phone call from Jesus saying that He would be back around 1:45 AM Tuesday November 4th 2025 and we've got plenty of time...why rush, eh?

If anything about end-time events in scripture is clear, the passage above is very clear.

So with that in mind, I would like to ask you a simple question.

If that "thermometer" were in your mouth, what temperature would it be?