Many of my friends and readers of “Friday with Fred” are, shall we say, older, senior citizens. With age comes a sense of awareness and sensitivity to life's brevity. However, as Christians, our death is only the next step toward eternal life.
I find myself reading and rereading the book of Ecclesiastes more often, for it speaks to me in ways the newspaper fails to speak. The Preacher, Qoheleth, the author of Ecclesiastes, has had it all, done it all, and finds himself dissatisfied with all. His advice is for those who are young, in light of the inevitable arrival of age: “Remember your creator in the days of your youth before the evil days come and the years draw near when you will say I have no delight in them.” (12:1)
However, for all people, both young and old, he reminds us, “The end of all things is this, fear God, and keep His commandments because this applies to every person for God will bring every act to judgment, everything which is hidden, whether it is good or evil.” (12:13-14)
It is true that you cannot cheat the end from arriving. And this would be terrifying if not for the fact that death is not the end but the beginning.
So, whether it is by Rapture or Resurrection, be ready (I Thessalonians 4:14-17). For as the Apostle Paul reminds us, “We should make it our ambition to be pleasing to Him, for we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ so that each one may be recompensed according to what he has done, whether good or bad. (2 Corinthians 5:9-10; Romans 14:10)
You cannot cheat the end from arriving.
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Until He comes for us, Fred | 