I am tempted to say that it is a perspective... but given the
light that history does repeat itself... and that God prewarned or
tried to warn the isrealites by disasters etc.. i think that we as
Christians should be paying a lot more attention to what is
happening in the world around us. The signs of the coming of age
are clear. They are given to us in the bible, which is the word of
God.
The number of natural disasters are increasing at an exponential
rate... there is no harm as Christians for us to take heed of the
events that are happening around us so that we remind ourselves to
keep close to God at all times and that life is fragile and we can
never tell what is going to happen in the next moment.
Mark 13:32-37
32 But of that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels in
heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father. 33 Take heed, watch and
pray; for you do not know when the time is. 34 It is like a man
going to a far country, who left his house and gave authority to
his servants, and to each his work, and commanded the doorkeeper to
watch. 35 Watch therefore, for you do not know when the master of
the house is comingin the evening, at midnight, at the crowing of
the rooster, or in the morning 36 lest, coming suddenly, he find
you sleeping. 37 And what I say to you, I say to all: Watch!
Luke 21:34-35
34 But take heed to yourselves, lest your hearts be weighed down
with carousing, drunkenness, and cares of this life, and that Day
come on you unexpectedly. 35 For it will come as a snare on all
those who dwell on the face of the whole earth.
Matthew 16:1-4
1 Then the Pharisees and Sadducees came, and testing Him asked that
He would show them a sign from heaven. 2 He answered and said to
them, When it is evening you say, It will be fair weather, for
the sky is red; 3 and in the morning, It will be foul weather
today, for the sky is red and threatening. Hypocrites![a] You know
how to discern the face of the sky, but you cannot discern the
signs of the times. 4 A wicked and adulterous generation seeks
after a sign, and no sign shall be given to it except the sign of
the prophet Jonah. And He left them and departed.
