As for you, go your way until the end. You will rest, and then at the end of the days, you will rise again to receive the inheritance set aside for you.

Daniel 12:13

Daniel, like Revelation, is a popular book for those seeking answers to the “end times”.  Go to any Christian bookstore and you will find shelf after shelf of books written to explain how our current world situation is exactly what the writers were writing about.  The problem is that you can also go to the used book store and find dusty shelves of books from generations past promising Jesus’ return in their eras.  Each generation has read scripture and found that their situation is exactly what the writers were talking about and, therefore, Jesus must be coming soon.  In the midst of all the panic, the main message is missed.  While writers are warning of the evils of modern government and culture, claims hard to deny, they miss the underlying message that God is delivering.  The basic message – Don’t worry.  If we have faith in Jesus, then we don’t really need to worry about His return.  We have nothing to fear.  We can stay on our way and live our lives without fear of God’s return because we can trust in the grace of Jesus.  His promises are true and He will not abandon us.  Jesus is our hope and we need not fear the future if we trust in His grace.