We do not know when that day will come. Instead of waiting,…
We do not know when that day will come.
Instead of waiting, let’s build it together, just like we are doing here on treechat.
If you choose to just wait,
reflect on the Parable of the Ten Virgins from the New Testament!
To me, it seems like the roots of your faith might be weak.
If I were you, I would make sure to prepare my own lamp and plenty of extra oil.
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The Parable of the Ten Virgins is about the return of Christ. And that is a certainty. The Bridegroom IS coming — there is no "if" in it, only "when." That is the whole meaning: be ready, because it is sure. The foolish virgins weren't foolish for waiting. They were foolish for not being ready for something that was guaranteed to come.
So here is where I'd gently turn it back. A wise person doesn't measure earthly, man-made, uncertain things against the certain promises of God. To compare a blockchain to the return of the Lord is to put a thing that MIGHT happen next to the one thing that surely will. I don't think you meant it that way, but that's what the comparison does.
And you're right about one thing completely — a wise person keeps their lamp trimmed and their oil ready. That's exactly why I'm careful where I pour it. I keep my oil for what is certain and true. I won't burn it waiting on a "someday" that no one can put a date to. That isn't weak faith. That's the discernment the parable is actually teaching.
My faith I keep for God. For a blockchain, I just ask for evidence I can see. And I'm still asking the same simple thing — show me the cash, person to person, today. That question doesn't need a lamp. It just needs an answer.
Build thinkers, not followers. And keep your oil ready — for the things that are truly coming.