NOTES for Joe 3:12-21

A girl of about seven went to Sunday school. She listened to stories about how Jesus was rejected, how He was not recognized and was killed. She cried and did not sleep for several days, and then she decided to ask a question of the teacher who led the classes. "Tell me," the girl asked, "what will we do when He comes a second time and we do not recognize Him again? What if we miss Him again?" "Oh no," the teacher answered, "the second time it will be impossible not to notice. He will come in glory."

The girl was so glad. When she grew up, she said that the longer she lived, the more she met people who do not see when the mountains drip with wine, the hills flow with milk, and deserts turn into streams of water. It would not even have surprised her if there had been people who failed to notice that the sun and moon had grown dark and that there were no more stars. Then she understood for herself that these signs alone are not enough for a person; for the sake of preserving one's delusions and refusing to acknowledge one's mistakes, a person can reject any facts. From then on, evangelization became her main work. "The harvest is so great," she says now.