Generation Lost

In today's world there are a lot of signs that indicate we are in the last days. For those individuals who don't know Christ this can be a disturbing conversation. Even for those of us who claim to be saved and know the Lord for ourselves there is something unsettling about this topic as well. One of the most prominent reasons is that most of us don't know enough about Gods word or truth on the subject to make an informed decision. As our society has advanced and become more informed or as knowledge has increased, we have become more and more separated from the truth which is Gods word. In the book of Daniel it says specifically that, "But that ole Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, even to the time of the end: many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall increase." It has become quite evident that knowledge has increased dramatically in the last 40 years. The Internet and other technologies has made access to information something unthought of before.

  The downside of all of that is that we now have access to evil in ways that our forefathers never even dreamed of and travel which was inconceivable say over 100 years ago is also now possible. Living on one side of the planet will not prevent you from getting to the other side of the planet with air travel being a common place convenience Both of these invents are confirmation of a fore told prophecy concerning what our planet would become like in the last days. In the book of Judges during Joshua reign over the tribe of Israel after the exodus from Egypt, it says in chapter 2:10 "And also all that generation were gathered to their fathers: and there arose another generation after them, which knew not the LORD, nor yet the works which he had done for Israel." Isn't that the case today. It would seem to me our society is becoming more geared toward sinning without consequence more and more each day. It would seem as if there is now a new generation that does not heed Gods word and has found it more acceptable to do whatever we feel pleases us not God. At the present time it has not been made clear, but there will come a day when the truth will be revealed and this generation which could be considered lost will know the truth.

  Peter made it perfectly clear what the mindset of this generation would be like when he said in 2 Peter 3:3-6 "3 Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts, 4 And saying, Where is the promise of his coming? for since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation. 5For this they willingly are ignorant of, that by the word of God the heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of the water and in the water: 6Whereby the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished:" So just as in Noah's day as they watched Noah build an arc for 120 years they laughed and partied right up until the day it started to rain. This thought is made even more clear when the apostle Timothy says, in the book of 2 Timothy 3:1-7; But understand this: there will be terrifying times in the last days. 2People will be self-centered and lovers of money, proud, haughty, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, irreligious, 3callous, implacable, slanderous, licentious, brutal, hating what is good,4traitors, reckless, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God,5as they make a pretense of religion but deny its power. Reject them.6For some of these slip into homes and make captives of women weighed down by sins, led by various desires,7 always trying to learn but never able to reach a knowledge of the truth:"

The truth can often times be a painful experience depending on where we are in our spiritual development. But the bible says that the truth will set you free. I believe that one of the most immanent challenges that this lost generation should be considering is, what sayeth the lord? I have just briefly skimmed the surface of the apocalyptic language the bible uses in regard to this topic. If this lost generation is to have any chance at redeeming itself it must seek and know the truth for itself. All is not lost though because whom God has chosen to be kept will be kept. Jesus while he was here on earth prayed to the father that not one of the disciples be lost except the one to perdition. The end result for the world and this lost generation will be no different. We can all take comfort in knowing who God chooses to redeem will in fact be redeemed.