The Best Lack All Conviction

I'm not sure if we ever discovered the meaning of Yeats' poem, The Second Coming, because in the middle of the discussion I got stuck on something that somebody suggested about the second coming of Christ. A few people mentioned that maybe Yeats' was looking at the second coming of Christ from a non-Christian's point of view and that was why the poem was so dark. Then Lane mentioned that Yeats' father was an atheist. I spent the rest of class thinking about the second coming of Christ from a non-believer's perspective, and while I was, I got mad at the Christians. The coming of Christ and being taken home are things that Christians pray for. We even make up songs about it! Why is that? Because we're not content with the mission and the place that God has placed us in right now? I know that the Bible says that we're aliens on this earth that is not our home and blah blah blah, but when we pray and sing for Christ to come soon, are we aware of what we're asking for? It would be the equivalent of saying, "Forget about the people who haven't yet heard, let them be tortured and burned in hell! I'm ready to go!!!" I'm reminded of 2 Peter when Peter tells the people that "one day with the LORD is like a thousand years," and that we misunderstand His slowness because He doesn't want anyone to perish but everyone to come to repentance. I know I'm  way off, but I like Yeats much more in my head when he's saying this. I'm not saying that I'm against praying for Christ to come, I'm ready for some glorification and some praise for all of eternity, but with that in mind, the time we have here on earth with everyone else becomes extremely little and very precious. Maybe one day I'll stop thinking like a missionary but I doubt it.

(Commented on Rachel's)