There is a poem that’s been
around a long time that says:
Star light, star bright,
The first star I see tonight;
I wish I may, I wish I might,
Have the wish I wish tonight.
It has a nice jingle, but is
certainly nothing to be taken seriously. I can assure you I
won’t be peering at
the sky tonight looking for a bright star and quoting this poem.
A few weeks or so ago I was
driving down the road and just began thinking how nice it would be if some
things in this world were different. I found myself almost saying out loud, “I
wish there were no trash.” (Someone had thrown trash out on the road.) Then
other things came to mind, such as:
Wouldn’t it be nice if there
were no sicknesses? How about no death, no evil, no blight, no bad tempers, no
lying, no crooked politicians, no hurtful words, no pot holes, no hunger, no
wars, no jealousy, no hate, no commercials, etc. I suppose we could continue
page after page making a list of all the things we could do without.
There is a day coming when it
will all be true. None of these things I mentioned, and many I didn’t mention,
will exist. It is a period of 1,000 years known as the Millennium. If the
Rapture would occur today, it is possible that it could be as close as seven
years away. Wow! 1,000 years of total bliss, and then it continues into
eternity.
If you really think about it,
we really don’t have to put up with all the negativity that comes from a fallen
world very long. Yes, it has been going on now for about 6,000 years, but I’ve
only been around for a very short time. How about you? My 70 plus years is even
less than a drop in the bucket when we look at it from this angle. Hmmm. I feel
better already.
As I’ve said, repeatedly, I
do not know when Jesus will come back for His bride (Church) and remove us (Rapture)
from this earth, but I strongly feel we are in the season of His return. Please
don’t ask me to define “season.” Let’s just say I’m getting a crick in my neck
looking up.
I do believe He could come in
my lifetime, what’s left of it, but I could be wrong. It may be in our
children’s lifetime or our grandchildren’s lifetime. I don’t think it will be
that long, but then again, I’m not God. So, if I’m not alive for the Rapture,
that’s okay. I’ll just pick up my new body and meet you in the air as we travel
upwards.
Before we arrive at that
glorious 1,000 year period the world, exit the Church, will suffer terribly. As
bad as things are now, the Tribulation that follows the Rapture will be seven
years of pure hell on earth. I don’t think anyone at that time will be
concerned about trash or commercials. It will all be about survival.
There was another time when
our first parents were upon the earth (Adam and Eve), when everything was just
perfect, and then guess who showed up? This fallen angel called by so many
names has really made a mess of things. From the time Adam and Eve fell to
temptation, everything has been going south. Now here we are saying, “I wish.”
I say “I wish” with tongue in cheek, because I know we also have so much to be
grateful for. If you think about it, we could actually use a lot more paper
listing all the things we have to be thankful for than the things we wish were
different.
God has been very good to us,
and it reached a pinnacle upon the cross. One wonders how God could have so
much love for us when we have been so very unloving toward Him. Even those of
us who are His children, can be very unappreciative at times.
Yes, it would be nice to see
good triumph over evil. (That day is coming.) It would be nice to have no more
immorality, suffering, fear, evil of any kind. (That day is coming.)
I look back over the years of
my life and see a change in society that is so extreme, it is almost
unbelievable. No, for many things we face today, it isn’t just “almost,” it is unbelievable. For those who are
younger, I guess all I can say is, “You had to be there,” to see the contrast
between yesterday and today.
I see and hear things today
that would never have been made public when I was a young lad. We see and hear
things today that would never have entered the mind of man a mere 70 years ago.
It has become so obvious many are realizing that what God said through Isaiah has
actually come to pass in our day.
“Woe to those who call evil
good and good evil, who put darkness for light and light for darkness, who put
bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter. Woe to those who are wise in their own
eyes and clever in their own sight.” (Isaiah 5:20-21)
I have been pleasantly
surprised to hear of those who I thought were not paying attention, are
actually realizing that society is doing exactly what God said they would do
nearly 2,800 years ago.
I believe there are millions
of my fellow Americans today who are also saying, “I wish” to all the satanic
uprisings we are witnessing today. You too are tired of the satanic garbage
that is being dumped on us from every side. “I wish” is being bellowed out to
the heavens in exasperation. Amongst our anxiety comes a voice from Heaven
reminding us of Jesus’ words:
“Do not let your hearts be troubled.
You believe in God; believe also in me. My Father’s house has many rooms; if
that were not so, would I have told you that I am going there to prepare a
place for you? And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and
take you to be with me that you also may be where I am. You know the way to the
place where I am going.” (John 14:1-4)
Grant Phillips
Email: Phillip5769@twc.com
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