Rapture

http://anothernathanmyers.com/2009/03/12/toxic-theology-end-times-obsession/

 This is an excerpt upon a point made in the above article:

 ·         “My initial comment is this.  We can talk about the “end times” if we want, as long as we agree that we’ve been in the “end times” for 2,000 years, and we agree that if we live like the world’s gonna end tomorrow all the time, we will forget the deeper call of the Scripture to obey God and provide a way of life that’s wise and sustainable for hundreds of generations following ours.  One of the major offenses of the evangelical Christian community in America is that our obsession with end-times approaches (which are secondary to other issues in the Bible) lead us to think, speak, and act unwisely and often selfishly in the present.

Example 1.  Why should I care what car I drive when Jesus could come tomorrow?  

 Example 2.  Why should I bother with the extra work of recycling when Jesus could come tomorrow?  

 Example 3.  Why should I bother with obeying Jesus and caring about the oppressed when my end-times obsession tells me to prepare for the Apocalypse and/or “support Israel” no matter what?

 Example 4. Why should I bother with the Biblical command to radical sharing of my possessions and way of life when my end-times theology tells me to beware of “socialism” and “class warfare”?