In the South Pacific, on the island of Taveuni in the Fiji group, there is a road which runs from today into tomorrow.
The 180th meridian of longitude—the international dateline — runs through Taveuni, and a Cor can drive from one day to another in a turn of its wheels at this spot. If you were to visit this interesting place, and walked along this road, you would be one second in Monday and a step later back in Sunday.
This is the only place in the world crossing the 180th meridian, and just recently a plaque has been erected at the exact spot where the change in days takes place.
There is another line, dear friend, which you must cross—the path from time into eternity. The 180th meridian marks the spot from one day to the next, but some day time will end, and then eternity will begin. Just as a step on the Taveuni road will determine whether you are in Sunday or Monday, there is only a step between this life and the next. “There is but a step between me and death.” 1 Sam. 20:33And David sware moreover, and said, Thy father certainly knoweth that I have found grace in thine eyes; and he saith, Let not Jonathan know this, lest he be grieved: but truly as the Lord liveth, and as thy soul liveth, there is but a step between me and death. (1 Samuel 20:3). If you die tonight, would you spend your eternity in heaven or in hell?
ML 08/13/1961