When Christ Comes Again

These days, the observant surely takes notice of the wrong spicing our society. Take note of these:

1. The deafening hullabaloos anent the controversial RH Bill fertilized with Benedict XVI’s pregnant comment on condom.

2. The sad but accurate observation of retired Bishop Ted Bacani on the distortion of the meaning of Christmas because of its commercialization.

3. What we think or believe “in accordance with our conscience or knowledge is correct.”

4. That we should be practical now with our lives (and ready to sacrifice values to achieve a target).

5. Faith is slowly but surely metamorphosing into reason.

In one way or another, there’s something wrong with our personal perspectives as proven by our dispositions. Time and again, there are stories when doing good is laughed at or disparaged and applauded as good and even imitated when doing evil --- the metaphysical opposite of good.

Are these the result of modern times and modern way of thinking? Is our material inclination clouding what is nobler that should be pursued?

Religious pastors in the past decades have been suggesting that the end of time is near based from “their” Biblical and empirical interpretations. In fact there are those who pinpoint the exact date when the Son of Man comes for the second time. Thanks be to God, the world under the eagle’s wing is still around. Rapture, others say, is very soon but still they are doling away a lot of reading materials. If soon is indeed soon, how could a searching soul finish to read a lot of reading materials? And it’s funny to hear that there is an exact number of those to be saved.  As if God's power is limited

I do not agree in emphasizing the end of the world for that is a fact no one knows when to happen except the Father and therefore it should be a thing to live by and not be used as a "way of living". Instead, why not simply follow a simple command: “Repent and believe the Gospel.”? All of the ingredients for salvation is there but we are sometimes carefree and focus our attention and priorities to the market of finite things that has zero value after death.

“When the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on the earth?” (Luke 18:8)

Yes, he will but at the brink of extinction. He will come as a judge and he will reject those who have consistently rejected him. -30-