BIBLE VERSE: “Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.” —1 Corinthians 15:51-52
BIBLE THOUGHT: There are three portions of time to consider here, The wink, the blink and the twink (no kidding-there was actually a study done). A blink is a controlled movement of the eye and so it’s length of time is indeterminate, but the quickest blink lasts for a half second. A blink is a reflex action of the eye and lasts somewhere between 300 and 400 milliseconds. A twink is a reflected particle of light seen in the eye and thusly travels at the speed of light (983,571,056 feet per second) This equates to an infinitesimally small fraction of a second, so it would be fair to say it occurs in about a billionth of a second (which in itself is such a small period of time as to be nearly inconceiveable, but is gigantic compared to the actual time in which a twinkle occurs).
When Jesus Christ comes for the Saved Born Again Believers, it will be that fast! A “twink” and it’s over. No more opportunity to serve, no more opportunity to do things right, no more opportunity to start reading the Bible. No more opportunity to say, “Well I’m going to start living for Christ tomorrow.” Brethern, we will all give an account of ourselves to Jesus Christ, of how we have lived our lives for him. What have you done with the life God has given you since you were Born Again? The answer to that question will start with a “twinkling of an eye…”
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: If you think time fly’s now,… wait till the Rapture
