As you sit back at the end of life and reflect on your life, what do you wish you have done differently?

I am specifically addressing this question to the elderly who may come across this article and are at this time now reflecting on that question. However, there is a specific group of elderly people that I am targeting this question towards.

I am especially targeting this question to the elderly person who was Christian throughout most of their life, but because they really believed that the rapture was going to take place well before their death , they never initiated any form of savings/retirement plan (either personally or at their job) and instead gave their extra income above and beyond the normal tithe to ‘the church’ or to the foreign missionaries.

I am talking to elderly Christians in their sixties or older who are coming to the blunt realization that they may die on Earth before the second coming of Jesus Christ.

I want to invite you via the comments box below, to begin a public dialogue with me (no personal e-mails). I really want to dialogue with you specifically on the subject of the end of your life as it directly relates to your belief in the second coming of Jesus Christ specifically as documented in the last half of Acts 1:11 where it states “…This same Jesus, who was taken up from you into heaven, will so come in like manner as you saw Him go into heaven.” and also as documented throughout the book of Revelations. I want to ask you some hard but personally introspective questions such as:

If you could go back to the age of 30 and re-budget your finances again, would you set aside some money for be saved for the golden years of life and/or start some form of retirement planning whether privately or through an employers retirement benefits package?

Because of the fact that no retirement planning was done due to the personal belief of thinking that Jesus would have already came back, how are you surviving right now? Social Security / Medicare? help of your children? working a part-time job when possible? government assistance? church benevolence ministries / assistance? non-profit organizations helping, assisted care facilities / services?

Has the highly possible scenario of you dying before the second coming of Christ in the wake of you now living in your golden years changed your theological beliefs / perspectives concerning Christianity and/or the belief in the rapture/second coming teachings of the church?

Do you attend a local church? If yes, do you really feel accepted and wanted or do you feel like the church wants you to leave because you are seen by them as a ‘burden’ or like a “Moses” holding back the “Joshuas” from fulfilling their “destiny”. When you offer suggestions based on wisdom and past experiences, does the church try to dismiss your thoughts as ‘old fashioned’?

If you do not attend a local church, do you rely on televangelists (which ones) and/or local hospitality ministries (or if you are in an assisted care facility, the church services by volunteering churches) for your spiritual nourishment?

Trust me, THIS IS NOT A SCAM! If you did decide to publicly dialogue and start getting personal by mentioning money matters or other personal data, I would edit those personal information for your protection

I was raised pentecoatal / holiness and saw alot of what I am describing in this article. I saw elderly couples who struggled month-to-month only on Social Security to survive because they did give their extra money to the missionaries and ‘the church’ when they were younger thinking they would have already been raptured. I saw how they gave their wisdom while the young lions dismissed it and went forward with their ‘plans’ called ‘will of God’. I saw how when they died they got the great sendoff funeral to only next week be called “Moses” who held the church back and that now, the ‘Joshua Generation’ was going to enter into ‘the promise land’.

I really believe that the elderly has alot to offer us in reference to spiritual wisdom that can be gleaned upon and I want to extend the invitation via the comments section of the blog to share your thoughts about life, but also end of life / rapture thoughts.