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In our reading for tomorrow Heidegger writes: “The divine radiance has become extinguished in the world’s history.”So if I am understanding this correctly, God has just left us all of fend for ourselves and the God that we Christians believe in is just a default that doesn’t actually exist. Then he goes on to say that because no god exists except for some default that works for every nation, a time in which what humans base our lives on (our ground) is about to fail us. This is horrifying to me. I feels like stories of Zombie Appocolypes and the end of the world are consuming society today, and sometimes when I think too hard about all of these theories, I honestly become afraid. What if Jesus’ second coming is actually closer than anyone believes? What if, like maybe people think, the world will soon come to an end? The thought baffles me, so I try not to think about it. The words that Heidegger writes are even more frightening, because he speaks of a destruction of the world without the salvation and hope we Christians find in Christ. If this were true I would be totally freaking out right now, but fortunately I know that I will be saved by God when the end of the world comes. However, I cry for all of those who will not be saved. I really hope that I will die before God comes again, or that he takes me before I have to witness the suffering of all those who didn’t believe in God.

-Susan

P.S. I commented on Kelsey Parish's blog