The worker in the warehouse looked doubtfully up at the stacked shelves above him, at their thin supports, at the narrow aisles where he stood between them, and thought of the possibilities of an accident. He did a little mental arithmetic: "So many pounds to a case—so many cases to a shelf—so many shelves—" and hurriedly printed and posted a sign for the other workers. "Be careful! Do not bump! 100,000 pounds overhead!"
The next morning his sign was still in place, but with additions: "Wow!" "Man, that's heavy!" And finally, "So what?"
Death threatened overhead, but "So what?"
A worker for the Lord stood on the street corner, warning of a still greater danger: "Judgment to come." As he offered his tracts with good news of salvation for all who would accept, the answers were varied: "No, thank you!" "Not tonight!" And again, "So what?"
Death and judgment ahead, but still, "So what?" No, the shelves haven't fallen—yet.
And the Day of Judgment has not come—yet.
The workers in the warehouse may escape if the stacks come cascading down, but who can escape death and judgment? "It is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment." Hebrews 9:2727And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment: (Hebrews 9:27).
"How shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation?" Hebrews 2:33How shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation; which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed unto us by them that heard him; (Hebrews 2:3). When this day of God's grace has ended there will be no escape for those who rejected, ignored, or just simply neglected His offer of salvation.
Neither will there be, ever again, a flippant "So what!"
"Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth My word, and believeth on Him that sent Me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life." John 5:2424Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life. (John 5:24).