I actually feel bad for the people who hoped the rapture would come on Saturday, but I feel worse for the people who mock them. I wasn't particularly expecting it to come, because I know where Jesus says no man knoweth the day nor the hour, and so it just didn't resound well with me. However, there are people who are absolutely jubilant that it didn't happen.
Give them credit for their zeal and preparedness. Some of them spent a great deal of money preparing and a great deal of time warning others and setting their lives in order. If it had come, what would you do? When the moment arrives, will you be ready? What if it's tomorrow?
When you think of preparedness for a future event, most of the people on the planet hope it won't happen in their day. They hope and pray that wars and famines and plagues and poverty will be put off just a little while longer until they're gone. That's kind of a backwards attitude, to wish it upon your children rather than suck it up yourself. Most people I know are not preparing as much as they are hoping that the end time will come after the end of their time. They are not preparing for it so much as hoping to be able to avoid it.
Jesus himself gave us the parable of the ten virgins. They represent those who believe in Christ, his mission, his message, his atonement, and his return. Half were wise and half were FOOLISH. Now, we can imagine that some of these might be perceived as foolish for selling everything they had and being duped into following, but I ask you this question. What are you doing right now to make sure there is oil in your lamp? Which kind of attendee to the Marriage Feast will you be- one who is late or one who comes to honor the Bridegroom? At least these people were thinking about and planning for something Christians all have in common.
Look into your own heart at how you reacted. Real Christians would not point and jeer at their fellows who falsely predicted the date. Real Christians hope for and look forward to the return of Christ steadfastly and with a perfect brightness of hope. When that day comes, I welcome it, and if it had been Saturday, that would have been perfectly fine with me. Prepare now, for those who are prepared will stand confidently in His presence when He returns.
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