Carl F. H. Henry's "Greatest Treasure"

* The following is from the ending of Carl F. H. Henry's Confessions of a Theologian: A Autobiography (1986).  He is dreaming that he is being interviewed by his son.

"Your greatest treasure?" he asked.

"Family aside," I said, "I'd begin with Scripture... the most read book of my life.  And communion with God... waiting before God. I have done less waiting than working, and my works would have been better had I waited more.  But I have enjoyed God's incomparable companionship.  I have been blessed with wonderful friends--none more fantastic than Helga, your mother--and have spent long and happy hours with them.  But my deepest memories are those spent waiting before God, often praying for others, and not least of all for you and your sister, sometimes waiting before him in tears, sometimes in joy, sometimes wrestling alternatives, sometimes just worshipping him in adoration.  Heaven will be an unending feast for the soul that basks in his presence.  And it will be brighter because some will be there whom I brought to Jesus, and others whom I encouraged to become pastors and missionaries and teachers, or to invest their God-entrusted gifts in other constructive careers.  The tides of history that seem to us so all-important and all-consuming in this lifetime will fade overnight into a vast panorama in which Christ and not modern celebrities will hold center-stage.  It is Christ alone who will give unending meaning to a future that will become and remain ever present."

Setting the Date for the Return of Christ

You would think people would learn...setting the date for the return of Jesus Christ is not a good idea.  The most recent entrant into this fool's errand is Tim Warner's The Time of the End.  

On a blog promoting this book (see HERE) I posted this comment:

In reference to being able to know the time of Christ's return a great and well-authenticated Bible scholar said this:

"It is evident that, in the minds of most Christians today, Matt. 24:36 is believed to prohibit anyone from being able to see the day of our Lord's return approaching.  Matt. 24:36 states that 'No one knows about that day or hour, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father.'  In looking at this statement, you can easily see that it is impossible to know the exact day and hour of the Lord Jesus' return....However, this does not preclude or prevent the faithful from knowing the year, the month, and the week of the Lord's return."

This model biblical scholar further stressed the importance of his analysis by carefully corroborating his model of prediction with many others.  He wrote:

"We see many people of God coming up with the same time, some by dreams, some by visions, some by words from God, and others have calculated it out as we have.  Irregardless of how the information is obtained it all agrees that Jesus is coming September 1988.  Unlike the wrong date-setters of the past who were only single voices, this message has many voices."

 *Edgar C. Whisenant "88 Reasons Why the Rapture Will Be In  1988" pp. 2-3, 49

He who has ears, let him hear--Matthew 13.9