When the world will end. Evidently, it was not last week.

What it will look like when that happens. My husband  likes to point out that religious scholars for centuries got the First Coming of Jesus completely wrong. They were expecting a kingly king on an earthly throne. Not a baby in a manger. Not a death on a cross. Wendell figures if we were that wrong about the First Coming, we shouldn’t count on having the Second Coming all figured out.

Where we will actually end up. Harps are mentioned in one verse in the Book of Revelation, but that doesn’t seem to be the ultimate job description for every saint in Heaven. I think those of us who go with God will live, love, work, worship, and learn in ways we can’t even imagine now. And those of us who don’t go with God? I don’t know if fire and brimstone are imagery or reality, but I know eternity without God will be torture.

Who will be there. Ultimately, salvation belongs to God. It is up to Him who goes where in the final judgment. And, I’ll probably be surprised by some of that since He judges hearts and motives more than church attendance. Most days I feel ready to reach the next chapter of this story. But I’d like to do whatever I can to make sure everyone I love is ready for it, too. I don’t want our Author to write The End before everyone figures out the plot and gets into their role. So, I’m kind of glad we didn’t go last week.

What part I play. At least, I don’t know exactly. I have some general direction about spreading the Good News. And I sometimes get a specific assignment. I’m always listening. And looking. And reaching. I’m not above stepping into the road and stopping someone’s car if I think they are headed for destruction. But, I don’t have any grand plan. Any epic scheme for winning the world. I think it will just be done one person at a time. Life to life. Heart to heart. In ways we might not expect.

But, just like the famous woman at the well, this one thing I do know: I know that Messiah is coming ( He who is called Christ); when that One comes, He will declare all things to us. John 4:25

So be it.