Many of the
people we know out here are big Kansas City Royals fans and so over the last
several weeks with the league playoffs and the World Series going on almost
every night, it has been a little difficult to make some of our normal visits.
Everyone was pretty happy about the Royals winning the World Series. We didn’t
watch any of the games; however, I did look up the scores since I knew that is
what everyone would be talking about and didn’t want to come across as
completely unaware of what is going on.
I was told
that Major League Baseball has a rule that the team winning the World Series
has to hold a celebration parade within 48 hours following the final game. So
the Kansas City Mayor scheduled the parade for Tuesday at 2:00. They had
800,000 people turn out for the parade; they even closed the schools up in the
City for this event. I was a little shocked about that. It took a friend of
ours who works up in the City 5 hours to get home, the normal commute is an
hour and a half. My impression is that our country is way too obsessed with its
sports teams. I am probably guilty of not keeping a proper balance when it
comes to BYU football and basketball. However, I have been able to keep a
little better balance while on the mission.
I was
thinking to myself the other day, what if an announcement was made that the
Savior was returning, would they close the schools? I suppose that would depend on who made the
announcement and how believable the announcement was. However closing the schools may not be
necessary since some people speculate the Savior will return on a Sunday. Maybe
he will choose Super Bowl Sunday! In
reality if such an announcement was made, it may not be all that believable
since the Savior’s return is to be as a
thief in the night.
I thought I
would look up what scripture used the phrase as a thief in the night. I was a little surprised to find it in
several scriptural passages:
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JST, Luke 12:44
44 And
now, verily I say these things unto you, that ye may know this, that the coming
of the Lord is as a thief in the night.
·
1 Thessalonians 5:2
2 For
yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night.
·
Doctrine and Covenants 106:4
4 And
again, verily I say unto you, the coming of the Lord draweth nigh, and it over
taketh the world as a thief in the night—
·
2 Peter 3:10
10 But
the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens
shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent
heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.
·
Doctrine and Covenants 45:19
19 But,
verily I say unto you, that desolation shall come upon this generation as a thief in the night, and this people shall be
destroyed and scattered among all nations.
