"YES!"

               The year was 1994....the movie....Dumb And Dumber.....Jim Carrey's character....looks at the beautiful girl character.....and asks her something like....what are the chances of her falling in love with him. She looks at him and gently says...."Not good." Carrey takes it in....hmm....he then asks her...."you mean like one-in-a-hundred?" She smiles but tells him...."More like one-in-a-million." Carrey then ponders that.
                Let me segue for a moment.....there is an article up right now on Drudge.....(I have not read it....the title is all that I need)....."One-in-six chance of world-altering volcanic eruption this century..." 
                Back to Carrey's character....he looks at first as if it has set in.....but then he thinks about it....one-in-a-million....as his face brightens in excitement...."So you're telling me....that there is a chance!"....before raising his arms and shouting....."Yes!"
                It is the way that we think. It comes natural....on the volcano article....we read it as if it is telling us that somewhere in the next 78 years.....probably closer to the far point.....there will most likely be a world-altering volcano...."Yes! We've got almost an entire century left!"
                This is how we Christians tend to study bible prophecy on the end-times....when we do actually study it....or happen to hear a sermon on it. So take this test over the next few weeks if you like. Read just about any of the New Testament....take notice of the writers emphasis at times on the nearness of the return of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ....and then read in Revelation....(don't overlook 1:3...."Blessed in the one who reads aloud the words of this prophecy, and blessed are those who hear, and who keep what is written, for the time is near"....and if you really dare....read through some of the Old Testament prophets. I like to recommend starting with a few specific chapters of Jeremiah.....six through nine....and I also like to recommend reading Daniel's prayer....in the ninth chapter of his book....when he was advanced in age.
                 If you should do this you might at the very least have a look of concern on your face....as did Jim Carrey's character.....but then read the Olivet Discourse from either Matthew 24 and 25 or Mark 13 or Luke 21. Your face might even become more pale....as you recognize in those descriptions our world today....and realize that the warnings are to us....that is until you come to this.....verse 36 in Matthew...."But concerning that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, nor the Son, but the Father only."
                And see if you do not interpret that as Carrey twisted the answer given to him....and in as much shout...."YES....no use worrying about this stuff!"