There is much talk about the Y2K problem, the so-called “millennium bug.” So many things are run by computers that if they should fail, people fear that business will come to a halt. For example, in the event of a power failure, grocery stores are shut down and you can’t buy food. The cash registers don’t work. There are no prices on any item - it is all in the computer, and if that is not working, nothing works. If this were widespread, what confusion would result!
The fear is that at midnight on New Year’s eve many computers will revert to 1900 rather than move ahead to 2000. The reason for this is that in the early days of computers they had reasons for using only two digits for the year. Some computers cannot discern whether “00” means 1900 or 2000. In fact, a computer cannot discern anything; it is only as good as what man can put into it.
Companies and governments have spent billions of dollars trying to get this under control. Some people are so worried that they plan to take their money out of the banks before December 31 (providing a great opportunity for thieves). To give the public confidence and to be sure they were ready for the “new millennium,” on June 13, 1999, the banks in 19 countries turned the clocks in their computers to January 2000. All went well.
On the same day a man, very knowledgeable about computers, told of the fear of a person where he works. She is worried that their computers are not ready and will cause havoc on January 1, 2000. She has fears that air traffic control will be out of order, that pension checks will not be sent out and that bills may be based on 1900 and you may owe a hundred years of payments plus interest! Some predict complete disaster, others that only a slight disturbance may occur. No one really knows for certain.
People are so concerned about their money, their food, their bills and their pleasures. Yet they have no concern whatsoever about their immortal souls. Why? All of us are going to be somewhere for the endless ages of eternity.
To lose one’s wealth is sad indeed,
To lose one’s health is more;
To lose one’s soul is such a loss
As no man can restore.
One thing is absolutely certain. You and I will be either eternally with Christ in heaven or eternally without Him in the lake of fire. Solemn thought!
All who believe on the Lord Jesus Christ have eternal life, for Jesus Himself said, “Verily, verily, I say unto you, he that believeth on Me hath everlasting [or eternal] life” (John 6:4747Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me hath everlasting life. (John 6:47)). God has made the believer “accepted in the beloved [Jesus]” - they are as safe as Christ Himself. Even death, for the believer, is only to be “absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord” (2 Corinthians 5:88We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord. (2 Corinthians 5:8)).
All who reject Him or neglect Him will be lost forever in hell. “The Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with His mighty angels, in flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ: who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord” (2 Thessalonians 1:79).
Have you considered this truth of the Word of God? Or do you concern yourself only with present earthly things like the “millennium bug”? Time is short; eternity is long. To be eternally separated from the God who loves you and who gave His Son, Jesus, to die for you will be very, very sad.
The Bible tells of some who are “lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God.” They have chosen earth’s temporary pleasures rather than God’s eternal salvation. How awful to have the craving of those pleasures with no way to satisfy them - ETERNALLY!
Do not wait, because “now is the accepted time . . . now is the day of salvation” (2 Corinthians 6:22(For he saith, I have heard thee in a time accepted, and in the day of salvation have I succored thee: behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation.) (2 Corinthians 6:2)). The effect of the Y2K problem is uncertain, but the destiny of the lost ones who have not received Christ as their Saviour is very certain: the lake of fire. Equally certain is the destiny of those who have put their trust in Him.
Do take Him now. He is waiting to receive you and to bless you for eternity!