And then the Australians were like...

Name: Chad
Scripture: Judges 12-14; Mark 13:12-31

And if the Lord had not cut short the days, no human being would be saved. But for the sake of the elect, whom he chose, he shortened the days.

OAP: "On a long enough time line the survival rate for everyone is zero"-Fight Club
Apparently this works for spirituality too.
This whole chapter sucks. I already wrote in Matthew about the passing away of the generation and the implications there. But that is not what I care about, Mark 13:20 is the important one.
"There was a day when I died", nope. Just enough of you hung on so that it would come back up eventually.
I don't like this at all. We lose. That is the reading I am getting. If anyone else has any other way to see this, please share. I checked the translations and word choice. We don't win, we simply stall until we die. That's not even what bothers me, what bothers me is that eventually we would turn away again, maybe this is collectively and eventually no new people would be saved, but I simply assumed God was more relevant than that. But that is best case scenario, worst case is that it is individual. The effect is that I, Chad Houston, can't totally surrender. I can't die to myself individually on a daily basis forever. Possibly I may be able to do it for 60 years until I die, but if I simply were to keep going, on an infinite timeline there would be a point that I stop. That I stop loving God and return to loving myself. So would Benedict or Willard or Lewis. What does that say about the Kingdom, that even those who have seen it would eventually go back. What does that say about the Light?

Why tonight? What does this have to do with anything? Why are you telling me this now? It doesn't seem to be in any way constructive. Now I trust you, I would hopefully forever, but apparently not. If I would decide not to follow you eventually what does that say about us? I am here now, and have no plans on leaving, but honestly wtf?