A lot of Christians act like there are ways to know when this “age” will end.
I heard sermons growing up that mapped out the rapture, the tribulation, the beast, the second coming, and the fire and fury of it all. They had charts and timelines and matching news headlines. People were obsessed with when. They still are.
Personally, I’m too busy trying to follow Jesus now.
Jesus himself said, “But about that day or hour no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father” (Matthew 24:36). If Jesus wasn’t trying to predict it, I’m not sure why some guy on YouTube thinks he can.
What Jesus did spend a lot of time talking about was loving our neighbor. Feeding the hungry. Freeing the oppressed. Welcoming the outsider. Healing the sick. Lifting up the lowly. (See: Matthew 25:31–46, Luke 4:18–19, and the entire Sermon on the Mount.)
You want to be prepared for the end? Jesus told us exactly how.
In Matthew 25, he paints a picture of the final judgment, not with plagues or dragons, but with acts of compassion.
“For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat… I was a stranger and you invited me in… Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.”
(Matthew 25:35, 40)
It was never about cracking a code. It was about living the gospel.
Some Christians talk so much about end times, they forget about right now. They build bunkers instead of communities. They spread fear instead of faith. They get distracted by speculation when they should be dedicated to service.
I’m not saying we shouldn’t think critically or be aware of the state of the world. But if our faith is more focused on escaping Earth than healing it, then we’re following something other than Jesus.
The early church didn’t gather because they wanted to avoid the apocalypse. They gathered because they believed Jesus had risen and that life had the final word. Their focus was on building the kingdom of God here and now.
“The kingdom of God is not coming with signs to be observed… For behold, the kingdom of God is in your midst.”
(Luke 17:20–21)
So no, I don’t bother with end time prophecies. I bother with justice, mercy, and grace. With the hard and holy work of today. Right now.
If the world ends tomorrow, I want to be known for love today.
Rowdy and Redeemed 