Chapter 21: Myth—Everybody Gets To Go

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Myth—Everybody Gets To Go

Jesus expounds on the rapture by illustrating two servants. One was

found doing what his master [God] wanted. The other was found shirking his responsibilities. It is the illustration of what it means to be sincere or insincere with your God.

“Blessed is that servant whom his master, when he comes, will find so doing.” Matthew 24:46

“The master of that [insincere and irresponsible] servant will come on a day when he is not looking for him and at an

hour that he is not aware of, and will cut him in two and appoint him his portion with the hypocrites. There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.” Matthew 24:50-51

Here again is a 50% factor. One servant is faithful and rewarded while the other is unfaithful and is condemned. I read an interesting comment from a renowned atheist who now claims to believe in a God, but he said he did not believe in some kind of cosmic Saddam Hussein figure

like many Christians. Of course, Saddam was capricious and killed and slaughtered people over mere whims or even the wrong look on a face, etc. His statement reflects an ignorance of God’s character. I serve a God who loves good, but hates evil. That is the God of the Holy Bible. He is not a

capricious God and He does not engage in any injustice. However, He is a just God and a punisher of evildoers. If it just takes being a good, caring and faithful person on this planet to obtain eternal life, why is that such a big thing to so many people? Notice I left out mouthing Jesus? The reason will

become clear in a moment using Jesus’ very own teachings.

When you understand that spiritually violent people are taking over and debasing our nation’s mores, when you can understand that Jesus makes

it clear that we are to be do-gooders and that is what really matters to God — then you can properly understand the following two statements.

“It is necessary only for the good man to do nothing for evil to

triumph.” Edmund Burke 33