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Galatians 4: 4 But when the time had fully come,
God sent his Son . . . (NIV)
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God does not tell you what He is going to do; He reveals to you Who He is.* |
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Jesus came when God determined that the time was right. What
made that time (and that place) so special? We might think that it would have
been better to choose a more sophisticated place in a more technologically
advanced era – but we would be wrong. Can you trust anything you see or hear
these days? A picture used to be worth a thousand words – now it’s probably
Photoshopped.
Everything
that God does is in his own good time; if he doesn’t tell us why – or when -
then we don’t know why – or when. Still, it’s fun to speculate. Consider this
thought-provoking quote: “He’s not
only the beginning and the end; he’s also the middle – the centerpiece of
history.”* My train of thought took off down the track when I read
this. If Jesus is the centerpiece of history, perhaps we could take this
literally. Will the number of years until his return be equal to the number of
years from creation until his birth? That would place Jesus’ birth and life in
the center of history. If creation occurred 6,000 years ago; and the flood was
4,000 years ago; and Jesus came 2,000 years ago, perhaps God works in 2,000
year increments.
Actually, I don’t really think that God is
going to wait another 2,000 years before he destroys the world with fire. But
he could – a thousand years is the same as one day to him. What we need to
understand is the importance of being ready. We don’t know when the fullness of
time will come again. God is patient – he wants everyone to have the chance to
repent and he doesn’t want anyone to perish (II Peter 3: 9). That just might
take another 2,000 years; but for you,
the time may already be fully come. Are you willing to gamble eternity on it?
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Live today like it wouldn’t be a shock if Jesus returned. After all, he did put in the syllabus.* |
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