The issue is not “if” things will end, but what is the perspective one should have in all of this? For the secular community, it is a time of annihilation and destruction. Whether life becomes a dismal existence for the final survivors as they scratch out a life at the close of civilization, or spaceships carry humanity to another planet, the future tends not to be bright.
For the Christian community, suffering is understood, but there is what we call a Blessed Hope. Jesus Christ will return for the church to usher in the end of time as we know it. Hope for the Christian is not in the details of how Christ returns or the circumstances on the earth at that time. Hope is anchored in Christ’s promise to return for us.
Jesus gave us a mandate in Matthew 28:19 to make disciples in this world. He further comforted us in verse 20 when he states:
“And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age” (NIV)
We are to focus on the mission of God with the assurance that God will sort out the future for us. Even Peter finished verse seven from above by showing our response to the end of the world should be:
“Therefore, be earnest and disciplined in your prayers” (NLT)