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Is this world a safe place to live in?
NO! Since Adam sinned against God, mankind was cursed.
“… cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou
eat of it all the days of thy life” (Gen 3:17b).
Our Lord Jesus Christ has warned His disciples
while He was on earth that there will be signs for the coming
of the Son of man, which has been foretold and recorded in the
Bible for our understanding, and we are forewarned. “For
many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall
deceive many. And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of
wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must
come to pass, but the end is not yet. For nation shall rise
against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall
be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes,
in divers places” (Matt 24:5-7).
Is there peace and safety in our life?
NO! Our life is like a vapour. In this wicked world,
we don’t know when the next suicide-bomber will strike. Thus,
everyday we are living in fear. We live in fear of terrorism,
wars, natural disasters, pestilences, etc. Just ponder over
the last five years — what were the wars, terrorism, disasters
and pestilences that we have encountered? There was the 11
Sept 2001 in US, the Bali bombing on 12 Oct 2002, the Iraq war
which started on 17 Mar 2003, SARS in 2003, bird flu, pig
virus, mad-cow disease, earthquakes, tsunami on 24 Dec 2004,
bomb blasts in London on 7 Jul 2005, then bomb
blasts in Saudi &
Egypt on 22 Jul 2005, flooding in India from Jun to Sep 2005,
Hurricane Katrina in US in Aug/Sep 05,
Hurricane Rita in Sep 05, Typhoon Longwang hit Taiwan and
China in early Oct 2005, earthquakes in Japan on 16 Oct 2005,
Dengue Fever in Singapore (more than 11,000 infected in 2005)
and several Asian countries, Bali bombing again on 1 Oct 2005,
twin bomb blasts in Southern Thailand on 5 Oct 05, South Asia
earthquakes on 8 Oct 05 involving Pakistan, Afghanistan and
India (more than 40,000 killed, 65,000 injured, about 3
million lost their homes), carnage in Russian City by Chechen
rebels on 13 Oct 05, fear of Flu Pandemic, and latest
Hurricane Wilma which is reported to be more dangerous than
Katrina hitting US again. What’s next?
On Saturday 15 Oct 2005, the Straits Times
newspaper carried a Special Report entitled “Our Angry Earth?”
It feels like the last 11 months are the most shattering year
ever. There have been non-stop natural disasters, starting
from last December 2004’s tsunami, the March 2005 Sumatra
earthquake, Hurricane Katrina, Rita and Stan in the past two
months, the Kashmir earthquake and latest Hurricane Wilma. The
death toll and doomsday predictions are on the rise. Are you
not worried? Recent natural disasters do not spell the end of
the world, but watch out, for the Lord’s return is very near,
even at the door.
God wants us to obey His commandments but we
are weak and we sin against God now and then. Despite our
sinfulness, God still loves us and is graciously waiting for
us to repent.
All of us come into this world as a traveler,
sojourning through this planet earth day by day. There was
absolutely nothing that we brought with us, except our naked
body. Through the grace of God we grow but we have to labour
and toil in our life. One day we shall meet our Lord to give
an account of our doings. The question is: Are you doing His
Will and walking with Him daily? If you have not, come to Him
now, today. Why tarry? When the Lord Jesus returns, He will
ask you what you have done for Him. What would your reply be?
Are you ready for His coming again? Remember the Parable of
the Ten Virgins in Matthew 25:1-12 and the Lord’s warning “Watch
therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein
the Son of man cometh” (Matt 25:13).
Do you
have peace in your heart today? If not, why? God promised that
He would not leave us alone but we are confronted daily by the
disasters, pestilences, wars, murders, liars, fraud, hatred,
etc. Why? Isn’t this prophesised in the Bible? The Lord warns
of these occurrences in the end-times.
Dear
brethren, be not discouraged but look to God as He has
promised “Be of good courage, and he shall strengthen your
heart, all ye that hope in the LORD” (Psalm 31:24).
Obedience comes out of love and God wants us to be obedient to
Him.
Pray about it and ask God to help you. So, are you ready
for the Lord’s return? Remember God’s promise to His
children. “Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye
shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you” (Matt
7:7).
May the Lord be merciful and gracious to us!
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