YOUR PERSONAL APOCALYPTIC MOMENT

It is appointed for men to die once, and after that comes judgement (Hebrews 9:27).

If you are a prophecy enthusiast you are probably looking for signs of the coming apocalypse.  Personally, I believe there are some general signs, but no specific signs indicating the decade, year, month, day or hour.  That is why the apocalypse is spoken of by Jesus and the Apostles as coming as a "thief in the night."  There are no prophecies yet to be fulfilled, the Lord could return at any moment.  Though the Lord Jesus' return could be today or in a hundred years, we forget that our personal apocalypse could be at any moment as well; death could come calling today!

Russell Boatman, in his book What the Bible Says About the End Times, tells a story about a salesman's personal apocalypse.  While sleeping a salesman dreamed that he had an encounter with death.  The dream was so real that he thought it to be a Divine warning to change his ways.  He could not bear the thought of dying so he thought he might outwit death.  Instead of changing his ways he thought he would change his work routine.  In his dream he had seen the time and place of his death, and so he thought, "If I get another salesman to take this route and I take his there should be no problem."  It was not a problem to trade routes with another salesman because more money could be made on his route.  As the day ended on the different sales route he decided to quit a little early to avoid the traffic rush and the risk that went with it--he didn't want to push his luck.  When he parked his car in the hotel parking garage and stepped out the car door he felt a rush of cold air, just as he had felt in his dream just before an out-of-control car hit him and killed him.  Just before the out-of-control vehicle rammed into him he found himself looking into the surprised face of death.  "What are you doing here?" Death asked,  "I had scheduled an appointment with you in Boston later this afternoon, and was wondering how I was going to keep it."

The whole story was a dream, but it was a dream with an important point--we cannot escape death!  No matter how one connives, how good of a diet one has or how much exercise one does, unless the Lord comes first, Death will have his due and you will have your personal apocalyptic moment.  Is Jesus Christ your Savior?

Our Father's Blessings,
Tom