"The time is wrapping up," 1 Corinthians 7:29.
Time? Time for what? For the end. End of what? Of time itself. That is, the ending time of this age. Some Bible students say that Paul (and Jesus, too!) had the mistaken notion that the end of everything (it's called the eschaton) was just around the corner. But, they suggest that since we're 2000 years later and no wrap up yet, the urgent pressure's off. But that's exactly what contemporaries said even 2K years ago: Nothing's changed, we got all sorts of time. And Peter warns, 1K years to God is like 1 day. (So we're only a couple of days in.) Time's passing away. So we live unworried about passing worldly affairs, but devote ourselves to pleasing the Lord.
We visit with a brother or sister today redeeming the time. And together we say Thank You! to God for giving enough time to include us in Christ.
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