The Last Days

For John, BLUF:  Are we close to the End Times?  It is just possible.  Nothing to see here; just move along.

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Second Sunday of Advent, Reading 2

Here is the citation:

2 Peter 3:8-14

From The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops.

Here is the reading:

Do not ignore this one fact, beloved,
that with the Lord one day is like a thousand years
and a thousand years like one day.
The Lord does not delay his promise, as some regard “delay,”
but he is patient with you,
not wishing that any should perish
but that all should come to repentance.
But the day of the Lord will come like a thief,
and then the heavens will pass away with a mighty roar
and the elements will be dissolved by fire,
and the earth and everything done on it will be found out.

Since everything is to be dissolved in this way,
what sort of persons ought you to be,
conducting yourselves in holiness and devotion,
waiting for and hastening the coming of the day of God,
because of which the heavens will be dissolved in flames
and the elements melted by fire.
But according to his promise
we await new heavens and a new earth
in which righteousness dwells.
Therefore, beloved, since you await these things,
be eager to be found without spot or blemish before him, at peace.

When I was listening to the Second Reading, by Eileen, our Reader, for the Four this week, the thing that jumped into my mind was global nuclear war. : I have several years experience planning nuclear delivery routing and the overall impression was a lot of nuclear weapons going off in a short period of time.  (My job was to plan routes so that no one flew through another designated explosion enroute to or from their target.)

Yes, I think it would look as Saint Peter described it.  The end times may not be all fun and games.  Perhaps Jesus will come before the last gasp and take away all those to be save.  (Which is why Saint Peter tells us to to live right.)  Anyway, we can hope.  In the mean time, as the song says, "straighten up and fly right."

Regards  —  Cliff