There has been no defense. No jury decided the case. There will be no appeal. The convict trembles as the Judge reads his sentence: “Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels” (Matthew 25:41). What a contrast to the godly to whom the Judge will say, “Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world” (verse 34).
Mark stood gazing at the long rows of cabbage and tomato plants emerging from the moist seedbeds in his newly constructed greenhouse. Spring was a wonderful time. The anticipation of growing sturdy, healthy plants to be transported into other soil inspired Mark to be the best of growers.
No doubt you are familiar with the pictures and figurines of the three monkeys that cover their ears, eyes, and mouths with their hands—hear no evil, see no evil, speak no evil. A young man recently sported a T-shirt alteration of the traditional monkeys. His shirt depicted four monkeys. One was saying, “Hear no evil.” Another portrayed, “See no evil,” and another, “Speak no evil.” The fourth monkey was saying, “Have no fun.”
When they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened (Romans 1:21).
“For this they willingly are ignorant of, that by the word of God the heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of the water and in the water. Whereby the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished” (2 Peter 3:5, 6).
Repeated attempts to blow up airplanes and to perpetuate other acts of terror around the world show just how fragile even the tightest security programs can be. Security measures can be evaded or things can slip through. Admittedly, many acts of terrorism have been averted, but all it would take is one huge disaster to shake up the world even more than after the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks in the United States.