Another year has passed and a new one has come. To the unbelieving world, it is yet another hope for good luck, prosperity and wishes of good health to come from the year of the metal rabbit. I wouldn’t be surprised if cute bunny stuffed toys, figurines, souvenirs and the likes become a blockbuster this year. Pet shop owners might sell rabbits like hotcakes and we might expect a comeback appearance of Bugs Bunny on screen savers, T-Shirts, mugs, I could go on…
In our Bible class yesterday, our pastor regarded it as another year closer to the Lord’s coming. Consequently, judgement, separation of the sheep from the goats and eternal damnation for those who did not believe and eternal life for those who believed (John 3:16). Come to think of it everytime a new year ushers in, the world hopes for all good things to be better in terms of business or money, love/relationships, career, etc- whatever it takes whether to get a good luck charm, a chinese rabbit idol and other . But how many have ever considered how to spend their eternal life? When the time has come for the Lord’s return, all those who blasphemed him, denied his diety, mocked him, hated him, did not believe him and made fun of his followers will see in front of their eyes but by then it will be too late.
Honestly this scares me, for everyone else close to me who still have not believed that the only way to the Father is through His Son Jesus Christ (John 14:6). To them that have not repented to this day, I pray that God in His sovereign mercy would save them too. For until then, they will all likewise perish (Luke 13:3).
And while the everyone else is way too busy about the cares of this passing world, the believers are commanded to be on guard and hold fast to the Gospel of Jesus Christ for we do not know when He will return (Revelation 3:3)
