The End of the World

Robert D. Decker is professor of New Testament and Practical Theology in the Protestant Reformed Seminary. It is customary near the end of the year for the news media to publish or broadcast (telecast) articles and programs reviewing the main events of the past year. Viewing one such program I could not help but think of Matthew 24 where the disciples ask Jesus, "Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world?" In response to this...