Understanding The End

Monday, August 10th, 2009 at 6:08 am

As our little girls grow up, we share more and more Wire Transfer Issaquah Community Bank Bible stories with them and as they listen, they are beginning to ask us profound questions that theologians have been trying to answer order amoxil clearly for centuries. What happens to us when we die? Where did Jesus go after he died? What will our spiritual bodies look like in heaven?

As a parent, and a student of theology, I take it very seriously how I respond to their questions. I want to be true to the Bible and true to common sense (or Godly wisdom). Our children listen to us discuss some very serious topics sometimes. While we try not to make them afraid, they are very quick to pick up the tone and online Ampicillin intensity of our discussions online ampicillin about signs in the world today and the imminent return of our Lord Jesus Christ. These topics make many believers (and obviously non-believers) uncomfortable and it is common for our own doctrinal systems to justify our fears by having us sometimes deny the realities we can expect in the end of this age.

Please don’t misunderstand me. I do not think that Christians have to fear losing our heads or suffering greatly for our faith, etc, like many movies in the past Happy Securities CO LTD have implied, for those “left behind” on the rapture. However, I do not also believe that there is necessarily a “rapture” at all–the Bible never says so. I believe Christians can expect to be present on the earth as witnesses to the gospel until the very end of the tribulation. There really never has been a time in history that God has taken his children out of the dangers and sufferings of the world. He is likely not going to change His ways now for the end. I believe there will be countless opportunities for Christians that generic viagra online are blessed enough to live through the Tribulation to be a powerful demonstrator of the power and love of God in the midst of great evil and suffering. What a privilege to minister to those crying out for God in very dark times!

So, even though my little girl is so sensitive and fearful of trivial things, I fully believe that speaking confidently and honestly about what we can expect in the coming years in human history will largely help prepare her be a powerful woman of God on the earth until it is her time to be with generic amoxil Jesus in the next age.

What do you believe will happen at the time of tribulation? How do you prepare yourself and/or your family for what is coming? Any ideas on how to share truth, even if it isn’t “fun”, in such a way that your children can feel motivated to seek God more and not succumb to fear? Please feel free to share your comments and opinions here.