Here is my revelation about what will happen in the apocalypse of Armageddon:
The last battle between good and evil will be fought upon a mountaintop. Good will win. Then we will see a chariot coming around this mountain, being driven by six white horses; and we’ll all go to meet its driver: King Jesus. The chariot will also be loaded with bright angels, tho it will neither rock nor totter — it will run level and steady. We believers will be invited up into this chariot, and it will take us to THE PORTALS. There, we will kill the old red rooster; and all of us who are saved, along with King Jesus and the angels, shall feast on chicken and dumplings. Amen and amen.
But predicting the end of the world is easy — the real work starts when we ask ourselves: What shall we do, now that everything is perfect? And a fool might say: “Is it not written in the holy scriptures: ‘We shall feast on chicken and dumplings forever and ever’? Well, there’s your answer!” — No, I don’t buy this. Eternity cannot be reduced to fine dining alone. In Luke’s gospel (12:23) King Jesus says: “Life is more than food”; and in John’s gospel (6:35) he says: “I am the bread of life; whoever comes to me shall never hunger.” So the heavenly paradise must offer more than just a hot meal. I’m sure the meat is good — we killed the old red rooster, after all — but this cannot be the sum of life everlasting.
So, I return to my question: What should we all do, in the new Heaven and Earth, now that Evil has been destroyed? — Nobody wants to try answering? Well, if everyone is too shy to speak up, then I’ll venture some suggestions of my own:
- We could go to church, after we’re finished eating.
- We could pray for people.
- Start a family.
- In fact, I have a better idea: we could start up a regular family-prayer night and family-prayer morning. That way, we’re all praying constantly.
- Study the scriptures.
- Teach children to work.
- Teach discipline and obedience.
- Place a high priority on loyalty to each other.
- Teach principles of self-worth and self-reliance.
- Develop strong family traditions.
- Put God’s Word in your heart. Teach your children about what God has commanded us. Talk about God’s Word at the dinner table, and discuss God’s commandments as you travel.
- Make bedtime prayer-time.
- Learn cooperation, fairness, teamwork, personal growth, taking turns and more.
- Music, literature, art, dance, drama, athletics.
- Watch entertainment.
- Have a family night where you do fun, wholesome activities.
- Spend time with your children playing catch with a hardball and regulation-size mitts.
- Camp under the stars.
- Host a Christian themed movie night.
- Do a “Random Act of Kindness” challenge. Use soda pop as a reward.
- Make a sock puppet and read the Constitution.
- Board games can be a great way to energize fellowship, especially with friends and family. They allow us to spend time with others while having loads of fun.
- Read the Bible.
- Split the saints into two teams and take turns illustrating scenes from the book of Judges.
- As the family goes, so goes society.
- Have a game night, and teach your children how to draw a scientific graph.
- Do physical activities.
- Ask your kids which biblical drama they most enjoy rehearsing, and then try it out.
- Join a network for Christian parenting.
- Remember: when you were born again, you were grafted into God’s family tree. So, although acts of aggression are prohibited, you can instigate a proxy invasion and let Christ, through the Holy Spirit, do the fighting for you.
- Reject ungodly movies, music and other recreation and entertainment. — Instead, discuss how these activities affect us.
- I don't mind if my kids spend some time in front of the TV, but I do limit and monitor what they watch.
- Have some faith-filled fun by telling hilarious Christian jokes, religious puns and church humor that will keep you laughing out loud.
- Wait for ALL the cows to come home.
- Paint pictures of beautiful people with the Holy Spirit.
Those are just a few ideas that popped into my mind during this initial brainstorm-session. We’ll have all of eternity to thresh this out, so feel free to add or subtract from this list; or make amendments as you see fit — it’s just a first step. I’m not precious about any of this stuff. I just want us to have a good community. For, what’s the point of being the victors of spacetime, if we soon grow bored and lose our will to live eternally? We’ve GOT to make this work.
But that brings me to my second and final question: What if we fail? — I know that this is a difficult possibility to accept, but it’s our duty to think the unthinkable. So, I repeat: What should we do, if we find ourselves growing dissatisfied with perpetuity?
My idea is: Maybe we could bring death back — not actual death, but sort of like a mock version of mortality; with a pretend pain also: just for show. Nobody would ever truly die or feel bad; but we could playact as if these things were still the rage.
We might also ask the paradisal dressmakers to fashion body-suits for us all to wear, which are anatomically correct and in accord with our ideal appearance. Then, as much as we like, we could roam about and, whenever we encounter each other, freely couple our exteriors together (for, by design, we’d all appear desirable), while at once avoiding any actual contact with our true selves, which would be hermetically sealed up inside these body-suits and thus protected from experiencing genuine contiguity with anything. We could thereby engage our respective outer appearances in romantic entanglements without our inner and actual identities inheriting iniquity.
Also I like the idea of playing frisbee, out on the plains. And maybe we could even rebuild the old red rooster. — Let me know what you think, in the comments below.
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