Footbaths and prayer rooms – even streets temporarily closed off for Muslims to kneel and pray – believe me, that is just the beginning of the accommodations the U.S. Government, as well as other national governments, will make for the Muslims to practice their religion. It’s going to get worse – a lot worse. Sharia law and punishments will be adopted not just in city sectors predominantly Muslim, not just in certain cities with Muslim majorities, but throughout various nations, including America. And, of course, this will take time – a lot of time. Those Christians expecting to be airlifted to heaven without dying are in for a rude awakening. Lying in a hospice and feeling the effects of old age, many Christians will wonder, “What happened to the rapture??” I’m sure quite a few Christians who were beheaded in the Middle East probably thought, “Wait! I was expecting to be raptured! Why is this happening?”
Those who allow preachers to think for them and decide for them as to what the scriptures teach are going to be mightily confused as to what the future holds for them in the coming decades. Many will die, having abandoned any semblance of living the Christian life. In fact, many will abandon Christianity and become dedicated followers of Islam. And, again, this will take time – a lot of time, but, friend, there is a lot of it left before we will reach that point when time will be no more. We are not living in the final generation that immediately precedes the return of our Lord. Generations before our own were absolutely certain they were members of that final generation. Their tombstones are so weather-worn as to now be almost unreadable.
Like the generations that preceded us in time, this generation will also live to see their parents die, their siblings die, even their children die. Then we, too, will breathe our last and return to the dust from whence we came. The next sound we hear will be that of a mighty trumpet blast and the command to “Come forth!” And so shall we ever be with the Lord. (See Daniel 12:1-4, 9-10, 13).
Christ’s Aged Servant (Galatians 1:10-12),
Donald Wiley