Today’s edition of Uncommon Commentaries has The Bible Story Teller looking back in time to learn a contemporary lesson. Did you hear about Napoleon Bonaparte, Albert Einstein, Charlie Chaplin, Henry Houdini, John Wayne, and the others? Adolph, Benito, Tojo and the rest? They were all giants in their day, some benefited mankind, and some were a cancer on mankind. But did you hear about what happened to them? They all kept their rendezvous with destiny; some walked, some were pulled.
A rendezvous with destiny? We’re talking about your appointment; the one made before you were born. We all have one. The fortunate, or unfortunate, part is that we don’t know the exact time our appointment is scheduled.
The King James Version of the Bible put it best in Hebrews 9:27 “And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment.” Paul was communicating his sense of urgency, Ephesians 5:15-16, “See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise, redeeming the time because the days are evil.” We need that same sense of urgency today because our days are equally evil and numbered.
From the beginning of the world when Adam and Eve strolled in the Garden, no one has missed their appointment. No one! My time is coming and your time is coming closer. We had better redeem the time while there’s still time. There will come a day when ‘time’ is no more. No one cheats the Timekeeper! Even the watchmaker, doesn’t know when his time will come. God has given us the gift of His Word and time, let us remember what 1 Peter 4:17 says, “For it is time for judgment to begin with the family of God; and if it begins with us, what will the outcome be for those who do not obey the gospel of God?” What will your outcome be? What have you done with His Word and the time He has given you?
All people die physically, but Christ died so that we would not have to die spiritually.
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