Destiny: Doomsday

It was predicted to be a "doomsday" comet, but in the end, it broke up in pieces and skirted Earth by a small margin of 22 million miles.   So, goes the story of Comet Elinin.   It made its flyover on Sunday, and the dire predictions of catastrophic earthquakes and tsunamis did not materialize.   Some had even said that the comet was a rogue planet that could slam into earth and usher in the Apocalypse.

So, after a journey through space, including an encounter with solar flares, the debris of Elenin was negligible in the night sky.


There is a great fascination with doomsday, or apocalyptic scenarios - blockbuster movies have attracted viewers by portraying either the imminent threats to earth or the aftermath of the eradication of life as we know it.  And, the prediction of the "end of the world" by a California preacher back in May 21 became a major news story and even - a trending topic on Twitter.   The Mayan calendar ends next year, giving rise to more apocalyptic speculation, especially in light of the projections of some deadly solar flares that threaten the electrical grids of cities across America.  

The Bible has much to say about the future...how about this from the 3rd chapter of 2nd Peter:
10 But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night, in which the heavens will pass away with a great noise, and the elements will melt with fervent heat; both the earth and the works that are in it will be burned up. ¹¹ Therefore, since all these things will be dissolved, what manner of persons ought you to be in holy conduct and godliness, ¹² looking for and hastening the coming of the day of God, because of which the heavens will be dissolved, being on fire, and the elements will melt with fervent heat? ¹³ Nevertheless we, according to His promise, look for new heavens and a new earth in which righteousness dwells.

So verse 10 gives us that apocalyptic prediction, of which we can be assured, because all that is written in God's Word about the future, including the coming of Jesus the Messiah, has come true.   In light of the future we all face, He gives us specific instructions - living our lives in the Spirit, facing the future expectantly, and sharing the gospel passionately, because he says in verse 9 of the same chapter:
⁹ The Lord is not slack concerning His promise, as some count slackness, but is longsuffering toward us, not willing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance.

Because we can be assured that the future will unfold just as God says it will, we can ask ourselves, "are we ready?"   "Do you have a relationship with Jesus Christ and the assurance that you will live with Him forever in heaven?"   And, as Jimmy DeYoung will share with us later in today's program, the signs are lining up, setting the stage for the fulfillment of Bible prophecy.