The End Time Epistle

                O ne day a small town was flooded and a man living by himself was stuck on the roof of his home. Now, I am sure you have heard this story before. The man prays to God to save him. Suddenly, a helicopter comes around to save him, and he waves them off while screaming, “God is going to save me”. Then comes a boat, and then even an unmanned canoe, yet the man still was waiting for God to save him. That man eventually had drowned. The man is standing face to face with God and says, “What gives Lord? I asked for you to save me.” God replied, “Did I not send you a helicopter, rescue boat, and an unmanned canoe?” We see that God had sent the man three opportunities to be saved, and he never saw the value in what was sent. God sent Jonah to Ninevah. Except in this example, the warning was delayed, but still delivered. The Bible is covered in second chances, with the greatest second chance of all provided at the point of Calvary where Jesus...

       C onnection is imperative when it comes to parts of the body. The fingers are only as good as the hand they are attached to, as well as the arm, chest, heart, and mind. Each body part serves a purpose, yet all parts belong to one body. “So, in Christ we, though many, form one body, and each member belongs to all the others” (The Holy Bible, New International Version [NIV], 2011. Romans 12:5). This scripture was written by the Apostle Paul to encourage various parts of the church to serve in the capacity it was tasked with, but to recognize that they are part of a grander design called the body, which is the church as a whole. When a finger is severed from the hand, the blood no longer flows, causing the tissue to decay and eventually die. During the pandemic of 2020, disconnection of the body took place as online services that were intended for connection became the norm. The previous metaphor is used to express this essay’s intention to educate the reader r...

          Before the crucifixion of Jesus, the book of Matthew highlights that Jesus was teaching his disciples on Mount Olive on the outskirts of Jerusalem. Matthew documents two chapters of what is known as “little apocalypse” or the “Olivet disclosure.” We see in chapter 24 that Jesus foretold the destruction of the temple, and the disciples encouraged Jesus to explain further when this will happen, along with the sign of the second coming, and the end of the age. Then in chapter 25, Jesus teaches the parable of the ten virgins. This will be the base of this theological dissertation. Let us discuss the parable of the ten virgins, the cultural and historical context of Matthew 25:1-13, and finally a modern-day version called “a ticket to fly”. The Parable of the Ten Virgins  Matthew illustrates in the 25 th chapter, three parables starting with the ten virgins, but later Matthew talks about Jesus’s parable about the bags of gold, where the story e...