2012

I was thinking about the end of the world today. It's a pretty sobering topic. We've probably all been asked, "What would you do if you knew you would die tomorrow?" Probably gave some deep or not so deep answer and moved on assuming we've still got a good 50 years or more.

Those apostles, they always seemed to think the end was coming before the weekend. I was mulling over that today. Jesus said that only the Father knows the time, He talked about the signs, He even said he wouldn't return until every nation heard the gospel...so what was with all the end times stuff? Paul even told people, making clear that it wasn't a command from God but just his wise advice, they should just remain as they are when they were called to the faith. Unmarried, married, slave...whatever. "...the time has grown very short...For the present form of this world is passing away."

Was Paul wrong? 'God's time is not our time, he is not late in fulfilling his promises as some consider it. One day is like 1000 years and vice-versa.' I think I'm ok with that...but if I got to the end of my life nearly 2000 years ago, hadn't married, lived like every day was my last...then came to find out we still had about 100 generations to go before the end, how would I feel?

Then I saw the trailer for the movie 2012... It's one thing to consider your own mortality, but the above question is a little different than, "What if you knew that everyone was gonna die tomorrow...or next year." Hmm...then I looked around my room and began thinking of what my life is full of. How much would I still care about if this were the case. Those souvenirs in the corner...my degree...possible vacations in the future...learning piano? I think I would have bigger concerns while facing the Apocalypse. Maybe that's what it was really about for the apostles...they probably were aware that they had no idea when Christ would return, but I bet they wasted a lot less time living like it was tomorrow.