Scoffers Will Come . . . You Can Bet on It!

The asininity of this is off the charts.

Due to all sorts of recent uneasiness associated with world events, fear of AI, UFO sightings, etc., over $900,000 in bets were recently posted in one night on Polymarket, doubling the betting odds of our Lord’s return before 2027.

Given all the end-times speculation and out and out kookery which thrives in the prophecy pundit world, I am not really surprised at this sort of thing even though I’m greatly saddened that expectations of our Lord’s return can be reduced to cynical wager.

These gamblers have no clue what will happen when Christ returns. Paul draws a direct connection to a coming day of wrath and judgment, along with the final deliverance of God’s people from the guilt of sin and the tyranny of death and the grave when Jesus returns (2 Thessalonians 1:5-11). This is the Christian’s “blessed hope” (Titus 2:13). As we await the Lord’s return, Paul’s warning of strong delusions comes to mind (2 Thessalonians 2:11-12), as does his exhortation to us to be sober-minded and to stay wide awake until that great day blessedly arrives. But for unbelievers, it is a day when they would rather that the rocks where they are hiding fall upon them, than behold the face of the returning lamb of God (Revelation 6:16-17).

Lest we forget, there is indeed a profound eschatological hope for Christians living in this present evil age and it helps to be reminded of it often. Christ has died, Christ has risen, Christ shall come again!

Talk about betting on a sure thing . . .