Most people are familiar with the story of “The Boy Who Cried Wolf”. He was a shepherd boy that was bored and would entertain himself by crying out “wolf”. The local town folks would come running and find that he was lying. Eventually, a wolf came but when he cried out, no one paid attention and the wolf ate the flock (in some versions of the story, the boy too).
What got me to thinking about this story is that from time to time, I get an email or someone will say to me, “Don’t you get tired of lying to people and trying to scare them about all this bible prophecy stuff?” Of course, my response is “no” I’m not tired of saying it; “no” I’m not trying to scare people and “no” it’s not “stuff” but rather “truth”. And maybe that’s where the rub comes to people that have that attitude.
It reminds me of a time over 20 years ago while starting a church in South Louisiana. For a period of time, I held a secular job selling insurance for an established company that serviced my town and surrounding area. I wasn’t just concerned with making a sale but was really concerned about people getting the best coverage for their money, especially when it came to life insurance. There were many families that I would review what they had been paying for and if possible show how to increase their coverage for the same dollars they were already spending.
Now I’m not going to get into arguments about types of life insurance, but I simply pointed out that many families had too little coverage because their choice was based on “what they could afford” rather than what they needed.
I remember one young family that I would remind regularly that his coverage was too low. He was in his early 30’s and had a young family. His coverage was only about a year of earned wages (actually it was less). I showed them repeatedly the need to properly cover his family but he would always tell me that he was satisfied with what he had. “Besides” he would say, “I’m still young, I have plenty of time to add more.” Well, you can probably where this story is going.
One day, I received a call from the man’s wife. He had been killed in an auto accident coming home from work. When the dust settled and everything was tallied up, the only coverage he had was that small amount that he had considered “plenty”. I’ll never forget the day I placed into the hands of the grieving young wife and mother, a check that wouldn’t support them for nine months. I vividly remember telling her, “I’m sorry, this is all there is.” I remember her asking how she was going to survive on that amount. I reminded her of the many conversations warning of what could happen at any time but that he felt he had plenty of that commodity.
The empty feeling I felt that day has stuck with me all these years. It is one of the reasons I continue to write and teach on bible prophecy. It’s the reason I constantly post articles pointing to what is coming according to the Bible.
People can laugh, scoff, deny or pretend it isn’t so. They can say; “You’re just a liar crying wolf” all they want. It doesn’t change the fact that 2 Peter 3:3-4 says, “…that scoffers will come in the last days…and saying, “Where is the promise of His coming?”
So, as long as I have breath I will continue to point to the signs of the times. Call it stuff, fables, stories or whatever description you want. The truth is that Jesus Christ is coming again…but this time not as a baby in manger. This time He comes as King of kings and Lord of lords.
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