The warehouse worker looked doubtfully up at the stacked shelves above him, at their thin supports, at the narrow aisles where he stood between them, and thought of the possibilities of an accident. He did a little mental arithmetic: “So many pounds to a case, so many cases to a shelf, so many shelves overhead” and hurriedly printed and posted a sign for the other workers:
“Be careful! Do not bump! 100,000 pounds overhead.”
The next morning his sign was still in place, but with additions: “Wow!” “Man, that’s heavy!” And finally: “So what?”
Death overhead, but: “So what?”
The street preacher stood on the street corner, warning of a greater danger hanging over the world we know, the judgment of God and the eternal night to follow. He offered his tracts with the good news of salvation freely offered to all who would accept God’s great offer. What were the reactions? “No, thank you.” “Not tonight.” And again, “So what?”
Death and judgment ahead, but still, “So what?”
No, the shelves haven’t fallen—yet.
And the Day of Judgment for the world has not come-yet, but it absolutely will. The workers in the warehouse may just escape if the stacks come cascading down, but who can escape death and judgment? “It is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment” (Heb. 9:2727And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment: (Hebrews 9:27)).