Dad fume and hopefully drive a little faster.
Some of the largest theological debates (and fallacies) exist around the "ends times" and/or Christ's second coming. Books, articles, and movies are continually being produced but are we actually longing to reach this great destination or are we just curious about a literary genre? I can't speak for you, but I know that I am not continually longing for my Savior to come back for his bride. Often, I have a stronger expectancy for football season than for the eschaton. Are we too comfortable? Are our lives so caught up in this world that we forget that we are not of it?
Have Christian's settled with the answer, "We'll get there when we get there?"
It wasn't uncommon for my parents to set up small beds for us on long car drives so that we would spend more time sleeping and less time slapping each other. Have we Christians taken a nap in the back seat, leaving out all desire for our Saviors return?
Not that human actions determine the will of God, but maybe our lack of desire for God to arrive is just as annoying as your persistent impatient child. But you forget that you are driving that child to DISNEY WORLD where ALL of their hopes and dreams have dwelled ever since Toy Story.
Walt Disney succeeded in saturating children's lives with his mystical kingdom. Are we a bunch of "2%ers" wrapped up more in our crumbling world than the coming kingdom? All grown up now, where have our hopes and dreams gone? Christ commanded us to both prepare and wait for his coming (Matthew 24). So today, instead of grumbling over the specifics of John's Revelation, marvel in the beauty of our God.
"Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord God Almighty, who was and is and is to come!"
(Revelation 4.8)
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