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The world ends daily

December 7, 2024

Isaiah 4:2-6| 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18| Luke 21:5-19

‘When you hear of wars and insurrections, do not be terrified; for these things must take place first, but the end will not follow immediately.’…. So looking all around I guess the end is near….Oh, what to do?…Am I I set for the not so distant rapture…is my paperwork in order? Am I at the right place to be raptured?…(I think the place maybe Jerusalem but flights are expensive). Maybe I should worry as some Pastors, Priests or religious influencers are telling me that it is, and that I may not be on the list because I don’t subscribe… and lastly I am definitely here without the proper outfit. One must make the right impression after all. It is a bit strange to make light of what the Lord has said especially when he follows it up with this (which may mean that I am on the list somewhere…)

“But before all this occurs, they will arrest you and persecute you; they will hand you over to synagogues and prisons, and you will be brought before Kings and Governors because of my name.”

So pondering about where my safe place is, whilst standing on the tracks of a convoluted world coming at me, seems a little bit unnerving to say the least. In the few weeks before this essay was published a precedent was set for a minimum of 4 years, with a collateral influence for who knows how long. In this period of time I listened to the anxious worries of friends and families about the upcoming future. I know that veering or hiding can be a safe spot to regroup and live to fight another day… or take on maybe an easier fight, but deep down into my trembling toes I know that I must hold fast and hard and collide with this seemingly unbudgeable force and shield and lift up those that needed it. As the lord has also mandated this of me…

“This will give you an opportunity to testify. So make up your minds not to prepare your defence in advance; for I will give you words and a wisdom that none of your opponents will be able to withstand or contradict.”

I guess in the simplest of terms this is the price of admission to that list, granted it would have been easier with lots of big names to back you up, but alas that is just not in the cards.  So if I am the Episcopalian that I believe that I am and my faith is as strong as the hymns that cascade over me on any given Sunday I will withstand the crash. Because….

“You will be betrayed even by parents and brothers, by relatives and friends; and they will put some of you to death. You will be hated by all because of my name. But not a hair of your head will perish. By your endurance you will gain your souls.”

I guess it sounds crazy to stand in the way of a wave of rage, fear and distrust armed only with a belief in the strength of my faith  and a commandment that tells me to love one another… but hey that’s how it goes. I know my logical mind might question the reasons as to why I take a stand…but it will soon understand that the world ends every day. So too henceforth everyday is Sunday….when you show your face to God and he gives you strength.

Geo Borgia