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02.22.12

End of the Road

But the end of all things is at hand; therefore be serious and watchful in
your prayers. - 1 Peter 4:7 NKJV.

I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End, the First and the
Last. - Revelation 22:13 NKJV.

Then comes the end, when He delivers the kingdom to God the Father, when He
puts an end to all rule and all authority and power. For He must reign till
He has put all enemies under His feet. - 1 Corinthians 15:24-25 NKJV.

And as it is appointed for men to die once, but after this the judgment. -
Hebrews 9:27 NKJV.

There is a new highway being built in southern China in the Fujian Province.
For those of you driving around in Fuzhou, China, the key words here are,
building, new highway, and unfinished. Wang Lu and the two passengers with
her found out what that meant when they came to the end of the road. The
road ends, with an unfinished elevated bridge 40 feet above the ground. Wang
Lu drove off the end of the road in her Nissan. She drove off the bridge at
the end of the road, because there were no warning signs, no barriers, no
warning of any kind to mark the coming end of the road. Thankfully, and
surprisingly all three of the occupants of the Nissan survived with no major
injuries. One witness, Chen Hen, said this, "I kept thinking, the car would
stop, but it sailed straight off the edge." (Orange News 02.22.12)

We here on Planet Earth are hurtling toward the end. The end of the road is
coming just as rapidly as a speeding car approaches the end of an unfinished
highway bridge. We are coming to the End, and the End is Jesus Christ who is
"the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End, the First and the
Last." When we all reach the ultimate End of the road, every knee will bow,
and every tongue will "confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of
God the Father (Philippians 2:11)." All of the enemies of Jesus Christ will
be put under His feet, because at the very End is Jesus.

A couple of weeks ago I was saddened to learn of the death of a friend.
Eldon had been a good friend through grade school and through our junior
year in High School. His senior year his parents sent him to a private
school in another state. Some years ago, I did make contact with him and
exchanged a letter or two. I always thought that we might be able to get
together and have a good visit about what had gone on in our lives. However,
that will never happen now in this life. Hopefully, from what I know of my
friend's beliefs, he knew Jesus as his Savior. Yesterday, I learned also
that the husband of a High School classmate had passed away. From what I
know, I believe that this man also may have known Jesus as his Savior.

The end of this human life that we are now living is coming to an end, and
the Bible is very clear about that. We are told that, "it is appointed for
men to die once, but after this the judgment." The Bible is also very clear
about the brevity of life, "For what is your life? It is even a vapor that
appears for a little time and then vanishes away. Instead you ought to say,
'If the Lord wills, we shall live and do this or that (James 4:14-15 NKJV).'"
The Bible is also very clear that none of us have any guarantees about the
length of our lives; or what will happen tomorrow, or in coming days in our
lives as we are told in James 4:13-14a, "Come now, you who say, 'Today or
tomorrow we will go to such and such a city, spend a year there, buy and
sell, and make a profit'; whereas you do not know what will happen
tomorrow."

The End is rapidly approaching for every one of us. Will we sail off the end
of this life into eternity not knowing Jesus as our personal Savior? Will we
go out into eternity doomed to eternal torment? It does not have to be that
way! Before you sail off the end of the road of your life "Behold! The Lamb
of God who takes away the sin of the world (John 1:29)!" Jesus is the Lamb
of God, and He can take away your sins too. Let Him!

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