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When the Curtain Opens
By Pastor Raymond Wey
There
are many shows in the world. Shows which provide entertainment for the
audience. A lot of money is invested and preparation made to make the
show as appealing as possible. The curtain is still closed - what is going
to be presented? What will they see? Everything is still concealed.
Now the curtain opens, at long last the
program begins. All worries and problems are forgotten, the show now
starts. There is laughter, smiles, and tears are shed, and the people's
emotions are played with. The spectator is influenced by the program
whether he wants to believe it or not.
This world is still performing its shows and
the curtain is open. Many people think that you are talking about some
show when you tell them about Jesus Christ. Jesus came to save the people,
not to entertain them. The role of the church is to open the curtain
of grace, so that the world can see who their Savior is, and that they
are truly lost without Jesus. That God is offering them eternal life
IN Jesus Christ. That now is the only chance they will have to receive
eternal life, in order to escape the eternal judgment which is prepared
for all those who reject God.
I wonder how Noah felt when God told him to
pull back the curtain of grace. They were still able to hear about grace.
No one wanted to come; they had their shows. Nobody believed him, except
for seven people, who were saved with Noah. Jesus says: In the endtime,
it will be just like at the time of Noah. Only a few will be saved.
How did Lot feel when he ran to his friends and warned them about the
judgment? They mocked and made fun of him. They were watching their
own program. One day later, not one of those who did not follow Lot
was alive.
How did Lot feel when they rejected him? Did
he feel like a failure? Should he have cried out louder? Today, it is
not Noah and it is not Lot who is calling the people to turn around,
but Jesus Christ. How terrible it will be for the individual who rejects
Him. Jesus says: It would have been better if that person had never
been born. There is still the opportunity now to be converted.
When the last curtain has been opened, and death had played its part,
it is too late to turn around because it is the curtain of judgment.
On the other side, everyone definitely believes, but then it is too
late for all eternity to be saved. You did have in your life all the
time to turn to God, but you did not wanted to believe. This is a serious
matter, it concerns your eternal life, which is so precious.