What if Jesus Came Back Today?

  What if Jesus came back today, what would you say?
On my last two trips to Haiti, I’ve worked with Pastor Bob LeFranc, affectionately, ‘Pastor Bob’. He and I have an ongoing disagreement. Bob thinks Jesus is coming back very soon to judge the world, very soon, as in, tomorrow if not before. My point in our debate is this, for two thousand years people have been saying the same thing, “Jesus is coming soon!” For two thousand years, as far as I can tell, they’ve been mistaken. This statement has also used to let those with wealth and relative prosperity to continue to rest on our laurels while others stay in poverty.
Pastor Bob and I do not continue this discussion very long when in Haiti, unless stuck in Port Au Prince traffic. On this past trip to Haiti, after meeting a couple of new partners and seeing their orphanages, schools, and children’s homes, I told Bob, “With so much to do, if Jesus comes back today, we’ll have to tell him to come back later because we are busy.” Do you feel like that most days of the week? Do you feel like you’re part of something that is changing the world and you just need more time to make the world a better place, more like the kingdom of God?
In 1986, a Gallup survey showed that, for the first time in decades, more people in the United States thought that their children would grow up to find a world in worse shape than the world they grew up in. This perspective is not what I found in Haiti. Each person we talked with had a vision for him or herself and for Haiti, including our group.
When we said, “Goodbye for a while,” to the children of Bon Samaritan Orphanage, Abbie told me that she was happy with me and mad at me. “Mad at me?” I asked. “Yes,” she admitted, “Glad that you brought me here and mad that you are making me leave.”
When will we go back? I don’t know. The rebellion of a daughter that wants to go back to work with children in Haiti is a rebellion, that I believe, that can change the world. I believe the transformation can be so great in Haiti and beyond that Jesus, even if he is coming back soon, will say to others in heaven, “Let’s watch this and see what happens!”
So, how did you feel when you got up this morning? What would you say if Jesus came back today? What vision of the world are you working toward?
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