Theocentric Musings

  I've figured out the real reason John Piper of Desiring God doesn't like Game of Thrones .   Although it is fantasy, historically many of the dark themes and events of the show and books have happened in past times. The past ages of this world have been filled with a kind of sickness, disease, killing, raping, abuses, slavery, etc. that our events pale in comparison to.   Mr. Piper knows that if people actually realize how dark and full of death the middle ages and other times in  history were they would have no choice but to abandon using events in the modern age to defend their "the sky is falling, every hiccup is God's judgment" eschatology because they'd see how much better the world is now than at any other time in history.   The secondary fallout from this revelation, excuse the pun, would be that it would take $$$ out of the pockets of these doom and gloom end times harbinger writers and preachers. People could actually use the money...

Are we living in the last days? I don't know, but Christians have been saying it is for longer than I, or anyone reading this, have been alive. Most who have screamed it the loudest are dead or close to it. My advice, if you want it, is to stop longing for the end and walk like it's the beginning. You know, the beginning, like the 1st day you met Jesus. The excitement you had and how it just escaped through your tiniest pores. Let that excitement live anew in you and let others want that as badly as you did. Also, stop making a bunch of guessers rich by investing in all of their "end times" propaganda. Use the money you are spending on that on someone in need. Trust me, it's a better investment of time and money.