World: beginning, middle and END
Autor: Unknown | Publicado: 2011-05-29T08:58:00-07:00

I believe in the Bible.&nbsp;I believe at the end of the world.&nbsp;I do not believe in predictions.
 
See everyone mocking the prediction of Harold Camping made me want to raise my hand and say, "Hey, but the world will end."&nbsp;It is what I do now.
I believe in the Bible, and although there are some disagreements among theologians about the details of the last days, one thing is certain: God will destroy the earth and will judge men.
I do not feel confident to discuss eschatology and neither is the purpose of this post, but to show I'm a good BI student I will include relevant information about the last days.Two things will happen for sure next to Christ's return (which marks the beginning of the end):&nbsp;Apostasy and the beginning of the Ecumenical Church (Charles Ryrie).
The Apostasy will be characterized by the denial of the Trinity, the Incarnation of Christ and, guess what!, The return of Christ.&nbsp;(2 Thessalonians 2:3, 1 John 2:22-23, 2 Peter 3:4)
As a result of it we have the bases of the Ecumenical Church which I believe is not wrong to define by the following common phrase: "all roads lead to God."

But, hey!&nbsp;This has always existed, why they are just now signs that the end is near?&nbsp;I did not say that the end is near, read it again up there: "I do not believe in predictions."&nbsp;But of course, is closer today than yesterday.&nbsp;Knowing when it will be does not matter, dates will not change the facts.&nbsp;But knowing that it will happen matters and these signs described in the Bible as an indicative of the last days help us to see reality in a more palpable way.
But how it affects us now?&nbsp;Throw the first stone Christians that never thought, "I'm safe anyway ..."

Knowing that the end of the world is coming is an important reminder that God is working since the Creation for the redemption of mankind.&nbsp;His actions and even certain purposes are sometimes unreachable, but we who trust in the His sovereignty should be reminded of their control over time and that we are part of His plans.
In 2 Corinthians 5, Paul shows that the certainty of future life brings hope, but not only that, it moves him to act.&nbsp;It is in this chapter that we read about the ministry of reconciliation:

And he died for all, that those who live should no longer live for themselves but for him who died for them and was raised again.So from now on we regard no one from a worldly point of view. Though we once regarded Christ in this way, we do so no longer.Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come!&nbsp;All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation:&nbsp;that God was reconciling the world to himself in Christ, not counting men’s sins against them. And he has committed to us the message of reconciliation.&nbsp;We are therefore Christ’s ambassadors, as though God were making his appeal through us. We implore you on Christ’s behalf: Be reconciled to God.&nbsp;God made him who had no sin to be sin&nbsp;for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.
We are Christ’s ambassadors, we have a function in this earth that is not wait until the end.&nbsp;It is not living like there is no eternity, is not close our eyes to God's plans.&nbsp;What is the breadth and depth of them?&nbsp;We do not know.&nbsp;But we know our role: to become reconciled with God and others call for reconciliation.

I speak it as if I were speaking for you, but it's mostly for me.
And he died for all those who live should no longer live for themselves but for Him who died for them and rose again.
In this sense I fight every day against selfishness.