The End of the World or a World without End!

All this talk about the end of the world should have all serious Bible students reviewing the Scriptures. But they won't find the words “end of the world.” Why? Because the world has already ended.

Yes, you heard me right. The world is over, done, deceased. Because of the cross, Paul said the world had been crucified to him, and he to the world (Gal. 6:14). You see, the end happened at Calvary when Jesus said “It is finished.” In an instant, He died to this world—and the world's influence was dead to Him. John says “as He is so are we in this world” (1 Jn 4:17). That day the world ended for you and me too—the day Jesus destroyed the power of the devil, of death, and of sin (Heb. 2:14; Rom 6:6).

But of course there is yet an ‘end’ we are waiting for. Peter says, we are  looking for the coming day when Jesus will set the heavens on fire, the elements will melt away, and a new heaven and earth will be formed (2 Pet 3:12-13). So when someone accuses you of being a doomsdayer. Tell them you are not waiting for the ‘end of the world’ but for a ‘world without end’ (Eph. 3:21). 

“For unto us a child is born, a son is given. And the government will be on his shoulders...
[And] of the increase of His government and peace there will be NO END” (Isa 9:7). 

Merry Christmas to you all from me and Altha!