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Lots of things are set to happen in 2012. Some of them are very bad we are told. Something to do with the ending of the Mayan calender and Planet X sideswiping the earth and causing mass destruction etc, etc. Some things might be good. We might have a half decent summer with sunshine and rain at the proper time and amount. Plus my consolidated loan comes to an end. I'll be solvent for the first time in, well, ages.
But lets get serious for a moment. There is a real danger that Christians may be swept up in the hysteria that will undoubtedly start either next year or in 2012 itself. The scary thing is that if you surf the Net and look up about these End Times theories (not including what God promises to do) you find all kinds of people, even educated ones, saying this and that is going to happen, and that NASA is covering something up. The really worrying part is that they are deadly serious about it.
But Christians need to make sure that they are not side-tracked by this. We may know the end is coming, but we also know it is when God decides, not us. It will be according to His timescale and that a clear warning message will be given as has been the case before.
Some may even blame religion for all this, yet in truth, you can show someone the right way to be and they either accept it or they don't. Look at Jesus' ministry as an example. The greatest man who had ever lived, the greatest teacher of the Bible who had ever lived. Did he convert the nation of Israel? All the miracles, signs, healings and teachings to show from whom he had come, did it move everyone's heart?
As the scripture says about false teachers rising up misleading and in turn being misled, we can be sure that someone will try to take centre stage over the months leading into 2012. What we all need to do is make sure we are not among those being misled. What do you think?
But lets get serious for a moment. There is a real danger that Christians may be swept up in the hysteria that will undoubtedly start either next year or in 2012 itself. The scary thing is that if you surf the Net and look up about these End Times theories (not including what God promises to do) you find all kinds of people, even educated ones, saying this and that is going to happen, and that NASA is covering something up. The really worrying part is that they are deadly serious about it.
But Christians need to make sure that they are not side-tracked by this. We may know the end is coming, but we also know it is when God decides, not us. It will be according to His timescale and that a clear warning message will be given as has been the case before.
Some may even blame religion for all this, yet in truth, you can show someone the right way to be and they either accept it or they don't. Look at Jesus' ministry as an example. The greatest man who had ever lived, the greatest teacher of the Bible who had ever lived. Did he convert the nation of Israel? All the miracles, signs, healings and teachings to show from whom he had come, did it move everyone's heart?
As the scripture says about false teachers rising up misleading and in turn being misled, we can be sure that someone will try to take centre stage over the months leading into 2012. What we all need to do is make sure we are not among those being misled. What do you think?