No One Knows the Day or the Hour

I was not completely sure what I was going to write about today until I came across quite a few posts on another site about the "mayan apocalypse." Though I do not believe in that even a little, I did some reading up on it to see exactly what people were saying about it.

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Some people believe they can take tickets and be rescued by the government if the world does end December 21. Some say Earth will be swallowed by a black hole or even collide with another planet leading the Earth into an explosion, possibly just a huge meteor shower destroying all of Earth. Further research led me to the NASA website, where they state as far as they can see there is nothing aligned to show the world there is proof that the end of the world will be that day but yes, there will be a winter solstice. There are reports of children wanting to take their lives in fear of December 21, so USA.gov and NASA made the announcement that 12/21 will not be the end of times. The mayan calender does go on but their long count calender ends December 21 just like ours ends December 31. When the mayan calender starts up again it is the beginning of a new long-count period. So while there are millions out there scared of this coming day, what do Christians believe, and what does the Bible have to say about it?

Mark 13:32- No one knows about the day or hour, not even the angels in Heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father.
That tells us that not even the Son knows, He will come back when His Father tells Him so. There is no scientist or fortune teller in the world who could say they know when His return will be or that the world will end in the way it is being rumored. The Bible clearly states how the world will end and we will see Jesus' coming (Matthew 24:30-31 “At that time the sign of the Son of Man will appear in the sky, and all the nations of the earth will mourn. They will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of the sky, with power and great glory. And he will send his angels with a loud trumpet call, and they will gather his elect from the four winds, from one end of the heavens to the other). There will be light shone from one end to the other, everyone will see. (Matthew 24:27)

By reading and studying the Bible we were warned to be prepared for such things as what is being talked about right now. Matthew 24:4 Jesus answered: "Watch our that no one deceives you." Don't be fooled by what others tell you or try to get you to believe, stick to your faith no matter how good a non believer may make something sound. Matthew 24:23-26 At that time if anyone says to you, ‘Look, here is the Christ!’ or, ‘There he is!’ do not believe it. For false Christs and false prophets will appear and perform great signs and miracles to deceive even the elect—if that were possible. See, I have told you ahead of time. “So if anyone tells you, ‘There he is, out in the desert,’ do not go out; or, ‘Here he is, in the inner rooms,’ do not believe it.

Remember, only our Father knows the time and the hour, the only thing we need to do is BE READY. And so the question is, is your heart faithful to the Word or are you faithful to the world?

I pray this has helped someone reading this today and thank you for taking the time to read, May God bless you in many ways.
-A Woman with Faith

Acknowledging: http://www.nasa.gov/topics/earth/features/2012.html#mayans
http://www.crosswalk.com/blogs/dr-james-emery-white/the-mayan-apocalypse.html