The End: What Do We Do?

Send us Fan MailWe come to the Last Sunday of the church year before we switch to that season of waiting and watching for the celebration of the coming of the Saviour.We hear one of those parables Jesus tells to address a particular issue. In this case, it is the issue of how we Christians deal with the end of the world as we know it – the day that all the world and all the church will finally be fulfilled; or completed. In other words, ‘the end of the world’.Some around Jesus are thinking that this is it. They are on the way to the city. Things are getting hot in the kitchen. People are challenging Jesus. Jesus is speaking about suffering and dying and rising. Jesus is challenging some. Some don’t like that. Some love it. Could this be it?I have forgotten how many times I have heard so many people say ‘the world must be coming to an end’ and ‘Jesus must be coming back soon’. We do observe the world in all its trouble, suffering and lack of love and truth and we wonder...What does the ending do to our living? How do Christians live knowing there is an ending?Praying you find great comfort in Jesus’ word today and a reason to keep going until the day he completes everything.Pastor Adrian