The Significance of the Intangible.

Then I saw a great white throne and Him who sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away. And there was found no place for them. And I saw the dead, small and great, standing before God, and books were opened.” Rev 20:11,12

Is it not quite sobering to think that on that last and final day we call the Great White Throne Judgement, “heaven and earth fled away”, but “books were opened”. What seemed of great significance to humanity vanished, but what seemed insignificant was retained. What seemed tangible fled away, what was intangible was preserved. What we can see, touch, feel, and own – the matter vanished, but the thoughts, the actions, the decisions with moral ramifications were recorded for eternity, and echoed before all humanity. Imagine this! The significant scientific development in the theory of relativity by Einstein was irrelevant, as all of humanity stood suspended before the Great White Throne. The discovery of electricity paled into insignificance at the brilliance of that Throne. The invention of the telephone and the microphone as the great enabler of communication became obsolete as books were opened, and contents communicated in some great supernatural way. The kind words, the cruel words, the harsh act, the gossiping act of the past long forgotten was now vividly recollected while the great building, the dream house, the valuable possession “fled away”. If there is anything we learn from this glimpse into the final hour of all human history, it has to be this: that our intangible moral decisions are the most significant decisions we will ever make, and the tangible achievements that we can point out to are destined for insignificance. I pray we ask God to stamp this day of the Great White Throne indelibly in our minds, so we will never be tempted to have this myopic perspective of life. In the economy of eternity, it is this intangible that is so significant!
Danesh