The hymn writer F.E. Belden has penned the words that tell us to where we have arrived in the 21st century, and painted a picture that sets the priority for not only our preaching as a church, but for our very lives as well.

The judgment has set, the books have been opened;
How shall we stand in that great day
When every thought, and word, and action,
God, the righteous Judge, shall weigh?

The work is begun with those who are sleeping,
Soon will the living here be tried,
Out of the books of God's remembrance,
His decision to abide.

O, how shall we stand that moment of searching,
When all our sins those books reveal?
When from that court, each case decided,
Shall be granted no appeal?

How shall we stand in that great day?
How shall we stand in that great day?
Shall we be found before Him wanting?
Or with our sins all washed away?

The time has come for us to bring our lives into reality. The reality is that the judgment is on right now, and soon--but no one knows how soon--it will be over and Jesus will utter those awful yet beautiful words recorded in Revelation 22: 10-14:

"And he saith unto me, Seal not the sayings of the prophecy of this book: for the time is at hand. He that is unjust, let him be unjust still: and he which is filthy, let him be filthy still: and he that is righteous, let him be righteous still: and he that is holy, let him be holy still.

"And, behold, I come quickly; and my reward is with me, to give every man according as his work shall be. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and the last.

"Blessed are they that do his commandments that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city."

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