A quick check-in: my love and I are married and back from our honeymoon. As I write, I'm wolfing down a light meal in between crossing off from the list one batch of tasks and preparing to pursue the next batch of tasks. Today is/was move-in day at the new place, but because of lack of internet being set up there as of yet, my love and I are staying at an Extended Stay hotel near her workplace. Moreover, between the two of us, all of our possessions and belongings are scattered across five locations. Clearly, our goal is to have them all consolidated at one place - our place.
Then, one night, in the middle of the night, explosions were heard over Northeast Point. The Continent was at war…
I commented on the above statement a bit in my last post. I was uncomfortable with it for the reasons I gave. However, after watching some current Christian commentaries on YouTube regarding the Paris Olympics' Opening Night ceremonies blaspheming Jesus Christ and His last supper with His disciples before offering Himself on the cross for our sins (due to time, I cannot do exhaustive research of articles describing what happened, so I'll just link you to this source here (the source is Catholic, but it works as far as I'm concerned)).
The earth is indeed at war, just not in the "old school" way that I portrayed in the Faraway State of Mind series. It is instead at war in this way:
Psalm 2:1-3, NKJV
1 Why do the nations rage,
And the people plot a vain thing?
2 The kings of the earth set themselves,
And the rulers take counsel together,
Against the Lord and against His Anointed, saying,
3 “Let us break Their bonds in pieces
And cast away Their cords from us.”
I'm now circumstantially free from a lot of the challenges that specially marked the previous season of my life. But I've become even more and more aware not only how much I need Jesus Christ to be the King of my life, and for His healing and transformative power, but also how much we are getting closer and closer to His return. What has been happening at the Paris Olympics is sadly no longer shocking to me, considering this type of blasphemy has been happening in America for some time now. But what opened my eyes as I was following along in this commentary is that these depravities are no longer only confined to the corner of the world in which I live. The whole world saw it, from the United States to Argentina to Bali to Australia to Austria to Bangladesh to Namibia, and more.
Speaking of the end of time, my wife has yet to see our new apartment. I have things to get done not only for moving in but also considering that I return to work tomorrow after having had a week-and-a-half off. I'll be working remotely from the Extended Stay hotel room as we still don't have internet at the new place.
I'll close this post with a verse from the Book of Revelation, but I thought I would also go ahead and link you to this page which explains in further depth what Jesus is saying when He said "I am coming soon."
“Behold, I am coming quickly! Blessed is he who keeps the words of the prophecy of this book.”