All the "prophecies" and booklets about the return of Christ are misleading
when they suggest that the day comes according to some calculation of
time.
No, the day comes in response to the people of God; and changes for the
good will come in response to that good which is fought for by God’s
people. If that does not prove a possibility, then there will come God’s
terrible ban against the earth (Mal. 4:1). Then a catastrophe could happen
such as happened once before, with the earth as desolate and empty as it
was before creation.
Yet, in the meantime, we must hold fast to the fact that necessary changes
are not only possible but that their actuality is our one concern. The
Savior has himself joined with our earth; and the Savior cannot simply be
put off...We can do something and should do something. We should not rest
day or night. "Things must be different!"-that should be the continuous
cry
of our hearts.
And what can we do? We can take the guilt upon ourselves.
--
Christoph Friedrich Blumhardt
www.blumhardts.com
