Saturday Song: The Vogues, "Five O'clock World"

I know that we all look forward to the end of a workday. Even when we actually enjoy what we do, it still feels good to return home. Like that group The Vogues sang in "Five O'clock World," no one owns a piece of our time. 

Listen to the song here:

I, and most other Christians, look forward to the ultimate quitting time. Why so? We read the answer in 1 Thessalonians 4:16 and 17 (Bible in Basic English). "Because the Lord himself will come down from heaven with a word of authority, with the voice of the chief angel, with the sound of a horn: and the dead in Christ will come to life first; Then we who are still living will be taken up together with them into the clouds to see the Lord in the air: and so will we be for ever with the Lord."

Though God cursed the ground for Adam's sake, work is still good and honourable. Ecclesiastes 2:24 (BBE) reminds us that, "There is nothing better for a man than taking meat and drink, and having delight in his work. This again I saw was from the hand of God."

The Lord also instituted the Sabbath for our benefit as well as a reminder of his care for us. Though we now worship on the first day of the week to honour Christ's resurrection, we still need one day out of seven to recharge our emotional batteries.

Peter also declared to the people of Jerusalem this final day of rest in Acts 3:19-21 (BBE). "So then, let your hearts be changed and be turned to God, so that your sins may be completely taken away, and times of blessing may come from the Lord; And that he may send the Christ who was marked out for you from the first, even Jesus: Who is to be kept in heaven till the time when all things are put right, of which God has given word by the mouth of his holy prophets, who have been from the earliest times."

What a joyful day that will be for us who love Christ. As the angel told John in Revelation 19:9 (BBE), "And he said to me, 'Put in the book, Happy are the guests at the bride-feast of the Lamb.' And he said to me, 'These are the true words of God.'"

I also feel confident that all of us who adore the Lord and his Christ echo the words of John in Revelation 22:20 (BBE). "He who gives witness to these things says, 'Truly, I come quickly.' Even so come, Lord Jesus."

In the event that day doesn't happen by Monday, I plan on posting about the nature of our nature.