Actually, whether Christian or not, everyone can understand that this world cannot last forever. It won't. The bible describes this event in many verses and, believe it or not, in the end of age there are two different groups of people that appear. Let's see what the bible says...
Isaiah 24:1-3 "See, the LORD is going to lay waste the earth and devastate it; he will ruin its face and scatter its inhabitants- it will be the same for priest as for people, for master as for servant, for mistress as for maid...The earth will be completely laid waste and totally plundered. The LORD has spoken this word.
According to the book of Isaiah, God here states that the whole earth is going to be destroyed. It doesn't matter who you are, whether a priest or normal person, destruction and judgement will come. Some may ask, why does God do this? God answers in the following verse...
Isaiah 24:5-6 "The earth is defiled by its people; they have disobeyed the laws, violated the statutes and broken the everlasting covenant. Therefore a curse consumes the earth; its people must bear their guilt. Therefore earth's inhabitants are burned up, and very few are left.
God is very clear. Since people disobeyed his laws and broke the everlasting covenant a curse consumes the earth and it will result in fire. However, God also says that very few are left. Who are these few? They must be the ones who obeyed God's laws and kept his everlasting covenant. So what are they doing when this Judgement day comes?
Isaiah 24:14-16 "They raise their voices, they shout for joy; from the west they acclaim the LORD's majesty. Therefore in the east give glory to the LORD; exalt the name of the LORD, the God of Israel, in the islands of the sea. From the ends of the earth we hear singing: "Glory to the Righteous One."
Wow! These few are really happy! They shout for joy and they're even singing! Weird, the world is being destroyed but these few couldn't be happier. In reality, these few are the 144,000 in the book of revelation John saw escaping the last disaster. These are the ones who give glory to God in the East, calling Him the 'Righteous One'. The 'Righteous One' from the East is actually our Father Christ Ahnsahnghong whom the bible prophesied about. He came from the ends of the earth to teach us God's laws and everlasting covenant that we may be the ones to keep it and be safe on that day. In the last day, there will be those who receive judgement, and then there will be us who rejoice and shout for joy giving glory to our God from the East, Christ Ahnsahnghong-nim.
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