Thank you for your enlightening and entertaining
story on the end-of-the-millennium predictions.
Those who claim to accurately predict the end of
the world fool themselves and/or others; and if they stress
selfish preparations, they miss the whole point of the biblical
story.
"As for the exact day or hour, no one knows
it, neither the angels in heaven nor the Son, but the Father
only...The Son of Man is coming at the time you least expect
it." (Matthew 24, 36 & 44)
This Jesus Himself told His apostles, His
friends, knowing that He would soon be put to death, by the
powerful and corrupt hypocrites of His day. By promising He
would return, for The Last Judgment, Jesus not only foretold an
extraordinary event but more importantly touched our daily
lives.
"The King will say to those on his
right...'I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and
you gave me drink. I was a stranger and you welcomed me, naked
and you clothed me. I was ill and you comforted me, in prison
and you came to visit me...I assure you, as often as you did it
for one of my least brothers, you did it for me.'
"Then he will say to those on his left...'I
assure you, as often as you neglected to do it to one of the
least ones, you neglected to do it to me.' These will go off
to eternal punishment and the just to eternal life." (Matthew
25, 34-46)
The Last Day, whenever it comes, will indeed be
miraculous; but so is every day. "Happy that servant whom his
master discovers at work on his return!" (Matthew 24, 46)