I believe Jesus Christ will return some time in the next 30 years at the latest. I DON'T believe this simply because there is a great increase in occultic activity (which there is), or because governments are stripping away the civil liberties of people in the name of fighting terrorism (which they are), or because Satan is trying to unify the nations under one global empire (which he is). Neither do I believe it simply because there is an increase in earthquakes and natural disasters, or because false prophets are rising up in the church and deceiving many, just as our Lord predicted (see Matthew 24).
I believe Jesus Christ will return soon because NOW, for the first time in history, we are within striking range of preaching the gospel to all nations and people groups of the world, in a meaningful way - in their own languages and with the demonstration of the Holy Spirit.
Jesus said in Matthew 24:14: "And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in all the world as a witness to all the nations, and THEN the end will come."
Even if MOST professing "born-again" Christians don't care about the salvation of anyone else except themselves and possibly their close relatives, THERE ARE ENOUGH CHRISTIANS IN EVERY COUNTRY WHO DO CARE. There are enough Christians who believe in the mighty power of God which is necessary for the effective preaching of the gospel. And also, we have mass media, television and the internet with which we could reach the whole world with the true gospel if a few of us united our purpose and resources for the task.
The "One Laptop per Child" project is very interesting. I believe that within a generation every child on earth will have access to wireless internet and a computer, by which they could be reached with powerful gospel presentations.
This being the case, let us not build our castles on earth. Let's sell our castles, if we have them, and invest the mo
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End Times
My Question is if the one laptop per child is a reality that might happen in the next 20-40 years. Is this reality limited to the wealth nation on the earth or is it possible for every nation on earth to participate. If it is possible, what about the poor nations on this earth, is there going to be a large scale change or large scale distribution of wealth to all nations on the earth. Because the last time I look laptops are pretty expensive and so is internet service. My wife use to live in the philippines and most of the country is very poor, it a struggle just to put rice on the table and we have a ministry in this country and the last thing that on their minds is a laptop, for alot of filipino it doing their best to make sure their children do not go to bed hungry, maybe that might be a concern for the Christian living in wealth nations,"just a thought " Another thought if this is a reality, will the governments of the each nation be involved or will their be one government in charge. ( one world government ) just me thinking out loud
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Missions, Not Technology.
First of all, I will definitely say I am not a very smart person, nor will I claim to be. But I will say, that in one generation, not every child on earth will have access to the internet. I recall a news story about an airplane finding an undiscovered tribe of people in the Amazons. These people were aiming their bows and arrows at the airplane, ready to take it down. Its not technology that will bring the gospel to people like these, but people willing to go into these dense jungle areas and preach to them. And if we just happen to stumble upon a village in the middle of the Amazons, who knows how many more undiscovered villages there may be. It could be decades before we find them all, perhaps sooner, but with all the technology we have in 2008 and we JUST NOW found these people, I say it will take quite a little bit. And so in my opinion, giving children laptops is good and all, but if everyone in the world is to be preached to, it will take some explorers and missionaries who want to go on adventures and find every single last person. Just my two cents.
Reaching every last person with the gospel
Will not be achieved through technology alone, but those who are reached will definitely be able to reach every last person. Personally, I think virtually everybody will be on the internet within 20 years. Its just an opinion though.
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