May 21, 2011 - The Rapture?

Since I do write a fair amount

about 12212012,

I'm moved to make a comment on 

this 05212011 doomsday theory:

Well, I'll tell ya'

I'll lay money on the fact I'll be here

May 22, 2011,

and so will you;

and I predict

there will be no world wide 6:00 p.m. earthquake,

and no rapture.

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Now,

I may be proven wrong, and if I am proven wrong,

and there really is a rapture,

than you have every right to stop

reading this blog.

In fact, I should probably stop writing it then,

too.

If there is a worldwide earthquake

on May 21, and a rapture, and you notice that

I have stopped writing this blog,

you can conclude that one of two possible scenarios has occurred:

1.

I was actually swept up

in the rapture,

and I'm gone to a better place

with Allison (see video above)

or

2.

I have discovered I haven't been saved,

and I'm a detestable sinner,

and I'm cowering in embarrassment

in the corner over the fact

I was wrong; 

I'll be

gnashing my teeth in horror

and agony

over my doom.

Quite frankly, though, it's possible that

if the world wide earthquake is bad enough,

we'll lose the internet,

and all forms of communication,

then all my words written here

will have been in vain.

(University of Western Ontario)

In many ways,

Makropoulos is a blog about

how to live fully and with integrity

during a time of great change,

and potential endings.

And I sincerely believe that

it really will not serve us at all

to plan our next few days too selectively,

as we ready for this potential 

rapture.

We should just live in every moment

truthfully and with goodness

as our primary goal.

We should treat each person and situation

we encounter with honesty

and respect and humility,

never once passing judgement 

on anyone else.

(You can read other entries here,

under the label "love",

"peace",

and 11/11/11,

about how I propose we should live 

during an end time.)

Then, quite frankly, 

if the end comes

on Saturday

or Sunday

or tomorrow

or even 

tonight

we will be able to face

our maker honestly,

and hope she will treat us fairly.

(hongkiat)

And Abraham drew near, and said,

Wilt thou also destroy the righteous

with the wicked?

Suppose there are fifty righteous within the city;

wilt thou also destroy and not spare

the place for the fifty righteous

that are in it?

That be far from thee to do after this manner,

to slay the righteous with the wicked:

and that the righteous should be as the wicked,

that be far from thee.  Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right?

And the Lord said, If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city,

then I will spare all the place for their sakes. . .

[ . . . ]

And he [Abraham] said: Behold now, I have taken upon me

to speak unto the Lord: Suppose there shall be twenty

found there.  And he [the Lord] said, 

I will not destroy it for twenty's sake.

And he said, Oh, let not the Lord be angry, and

I will speak yet but this once:

Suppose ten shall be there.  And he said,

I will not destroy it for ten's sake.

The Bible, Genesis, 18:23 - 33.

Therefore be ye also ready;
for in such an hour as ye think not
the Son of man cometh.
The Bible,  Matthew 24:44

 

Indeed, those that submit to God

and do good works shall be

recompensed by their Lord:

they shall have nothing to fear

or to regret.

The Koran "The Cow"  2:112

Man's life, however great and spiritual,

has its limitations.  Before some conditions in life

even the greatest man on earth,

the most powerful soul,

will for a moment seem helpless.

But it is not the beginning that counts,

it is the end.

It is the last note that a great soul strikes

which proves the soul

to be real and true.

(Hazrat Inaayat Khan:

The Unity of Religious Ideals, p. 159)

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