Last Things 

   “Even all the hairs of your head are counted.” (Matt 10: 30) 

   No one can escape the last things in life; death, judgement, heaven, and hell.  Nothing we can do will change the fact that we will, at some point face those four things.  But how we prepare for them determines where we will spend eternity.

   When death comes, as it must, the preparation has ended.  There is no second chance at life, only the judgement of that life.  We will not be judged on the house we lived in or the car we drove or the balance of our bank account.  The King will ask did you feed the hungry, clothe the naked, house the homeless?  Did you visit and care for those who were in need.  These are the things that we must consider if we are to stand before Him and not fear.

   If we have done those things, heaven awaits.  Jesus will say to us, “Come, you who are blessed by my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the earth.” (Matt 25: 34).  For such is the reward of those who prepared correctly for the last things.

   Those who have ignored the hungry, the homeless, those who needed clothing or shelter, who cared for no one but themselves will come to realize the mistakes of their life, the mistakes that cannot now be corrected.  Jesus will say to them, “Depart from me, you accursed, into the eternal fire prepared for you by the devil and his angels.” (Matt 25: 41).  For such is the choice made by those who did not prepare to face the Lord in judgement.

   Four things, two we cannot escape, two which are determined by the choices we have made in this life.  Death and judgement will come to all.  By the way we have lived our life, we will have chosen whether we are to enter God’s kingdom or the fires of Hell.