So, either the rapture didn’t happen or we’re in trouble. I’m not surprised either way. Never thought the Lutherans had much of a chance. Rapture was only going to happen for the fundagelicals and Pentecostals. They have bigger churches and more money than we do, so they must be doing something right, right? Enough about them. What about us? To be perfectly clear, I am a complete skeptic about end time predictions. Not because I don’t believe the biblical worldview on such matters. I believe there is a beginning, a middle, and an end to God’s story. I also believe that we are closer to the end than to the beginning. I believe that because the first Christians believed that the death and resurrection of Jesus was the sign of the end of the ages. They believed that a new age was dawning, in which God’s reign of justice and perfect peace was coming upon all people. But there has been an unexpected delay in its coming. And so they had to adjust their thinking about the end of days. It’s the delay, coupled with the promise of the end and the reality of death that causes people to make false predictions.
