The
End Of The World
by Pastor Cornelius R. Stam
There has been a great deal of discussion lately about some Hindu astrologers who have predicted that this world will come to an end this February. The fact is that some sincere Christians fear that these prophets might be right, since our Lord did speak several times about the coming “end of the world.”
These Hindu astrologers, however, are wrong. This
February will not see the end of the world, for according to the Bible the
world, or earth, will never come to an end. The word “world,” which our Lord
uses in this connection, does not refer to the earth, or even the people on it.
It is the old Greek word aion, or age. Several ages in God’s program
have already come to an end, and others will, but no matter what destructive
weapons man may devise, the earth will never be destroyed. In Isaiah 45:18 we
read:
“For thus saith the Lord that created the
heavens: God Himself that formed the earth and made it; He hath established it;
He created it not in vain; He formed it to be inhabited: I am the Lord, and
there is none else.”
But doesn’t Revelation 21:1 predict “a new heaven
and a new earth”? Yes, but the context clearly indicates that this refers to
the future renewing of the present heaven and earth, not the creating of
different ones. Verse 5 says:
“He that sat upon the throne: said, Behold I
make all things new.”
Note: He didn’t say “I make all new things,” but
“I make all things new.” There is a difference.
We should not be concerned about the end of the
world, but rather about the end of this present age in which we live under “the
dispensation of the grace of God,” for God has never promised how long this
will last. Every hour He delays the return of Christ to recall His ambassadors,
is an hour of wonderful grace, in which men may be saved by grace, through
faith in Christ who died for our sins. This is why Paul urges us:
“We then, as workers together with [Christ],
beseech you also that ye receive not the grace of God in vain…. Behold, now is
the accepted time; Behold, now is the day of salvation” (II Corinthians 6:1,2).
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