Caste System Outdated

You'd a thought "the caste" system was outdated, frowned upon and done for but wouldn't you know, it is still very much alive and well.  Just try to board a plane.  Check your boarding pass and you'll see the zone code with which you've been "branded".  All this because money talks.

This is the economy "end" zone speaking here.  No, I'm not jealous.  Not really.  We are still getting to go to the same place at the same time.  Well maybe those in Zone 1 get to disembark from the plane and go through immigration earlier but really?  Oh, yeah, sure,  I'd likely think differently if I had the chance to fly in style and comfort.  Ha, ha.

Come to think of it, my husband and I did experience the privilege once when we were bumped up to what, way back when, was called "business class".  That was nice.

Pull this picture to God's world.  Interestingly enough, there is no scheme of superiority or advantage of one member of humankind over another.  The gift of salvation God offers is for one and all who wish to receive it.  We all receive forgiveness of sins and eternal life (Romans 6:23; John 3:16) and many blessings in Christ (Ephesians 1) here and now and into the future at the end of our earthly lives.

The parable of the laborers getting the same pay at the end of the work day no matter the time of day each began work that day (morning, noon, late afternoon), illustrates this.  They each had agreed to a certain wage (which so happened to be exactly the same as everybody else) and were granted it.  God in His love and wisdom grants equally to those who accept Him; no matter what (Matthew 20:1-16).  

Whether a person became His child in their youth, or in old age on the brink of death, each will inherit eternal life the moment they say "yes" to God through Jesus Christ.

Human beings don't work to earn salvation.  There's absolutely nothing to do.  It's not, if you've been baptised and or you've 'X' # of good works under your belt that you'll be more likely to be received and get a better seat with perks.

NO.

It is come as you are, wherever you are, however you are, whoever you are, whatever you've done, but not whenever.  Now is the time to accept!  

"Behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation" (2 Corinthians 5:2 KJV).

Don't miss the flight.

Get your "boarding pass" for Heaven through Jesus Christ.  Whether it is physical death or through the rapture of all believers at once, we followers of Jesus Christ will soar and whoosh up to Heaven one day soon, irregardless of the dollar # on your paycheck or  # of good deeds done.   One and all will be treated equally.

"For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with Him.  For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep.  For the Lord Himself shall descend from Heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first:  then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together [emphasis mine] with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord."  (1 Thessalonians 4:15-17 KJV).

Ladies and gentlemen please fasten your seat belts and put your chair back and chair table in their upright positions and prepare for take-off....

                                                       ~ERC  January 2019~