Most of us probably know of C.S. Lewis. We know him for the great character in
Chronicles of Narnia called Aslan The Lion.
His use of metaphors brilliant Hollywood has taken his great work and turned
it into a major media production. C.S.
Lewis was scholar, author and apologist.
What I did not know about C.S. Lewis was that he cared about
eschatology. Here's a quote from an
essay that he wrote:
“Many people find it difficult to believe in this great
event without trying to guess its date, or even without accepting as a
certainty the date that any quack or hysteric offers them. To write a history of all these exploded
predictions would need a book, and a sad, sordid, tragi-comical book it would
be…Clearly no one wishes to say anything that will awaken such mass
hysteria. We must never speak to simple,
excitable people about ‘the Day’ without emphasizing again and again the utter
impossibility of prediction. We must try
to show them that impossibility is an essential part of the doctrine. If you do not believe Our Lords’s words, why
do you believe in His return at all? And
if you do believe them must you not put away from, utterly and forever, any
hope of dating that return? His teaching
on the subject quite clearly consisted of three propositions: (1) That He will
certainly return; (2) That we cannot possible find out when; (3) And that
therefore we must always be ready for Him.”
Could it be
possible that Jesus taught on his Second coming for this very reason alone?
That we would live our lives every day ready for him to come? Watch! Watch! Watch!
Journey with me
at www.expectinganencounter.com
this summer as we walk through the Signs of the Second coming.
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