#thelastgeneration

GOD GUARDS THE WEEK

God considers the principle of a working week a matter of life and death. In the Old Testament disobedience by working on the Sabbath, instead of resting in God and keeping it holy, led to the death penalty for the most trivial of matters. Is God a nit picker and a slave driver? Not at all. Why then did He take it so seriously? He wanted the principle of the working week to remain intact for generations to come and not be diluted in any way, all the way down to our time. To emphasize the point to us today, the apostle said that he who does not work, does not deserve to eat! 'For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, that if any would not work, neither should he eat' (2Thessalonians 3:10). God despises the idle who live off others

The concept of a working week will help us to understand His patterns of work and what God has in mind for end-times. We shall be able to unravel clues to the Age of the Earth as we read each of these articles in proper sequence. They will lead you step-wise into the true age of the Universe through the scriptures alone. The Bible is and was inspired by God. It is the bread of life.

Remember that it's the principle we are after. In our hearts we are 7 days per week in the presence of God, aren't we? Under grace it doesn't matter what day we set aside for our recreation or church attendance - let each church have their own preference, but fortunately the concept of the week is still alive in our minds whatever we practice. Jesus said we are not to judge when or what others eat. However, God Himself is continuing to work according to a plan He set down before the foundation of the world and that is what we need to understand. He works through history in accordance with the pattern for a week. He has a set working schedule for Himself that He intends to keep. We can discover His schedule from the Bible. Satan knows it full well too. He is doing everything he can to thwart God's intentions, but just like his blunder in crucifying Christ, he is continuing to unwittingly tighten the noose around his own neck at every turn.

The book of Esther reminds us how God can turn tables on evil intentions. Haman, the king's senior adviser, tricked King Ahasuerus into putting into law an irreversible edict to have all the Jews killed in Persia on a set day. How did that eventually unfold? Haman was hanged by the king on a 75 ft-high gallows, the very gallows which Haman had specially constructed for the public execution of the Jewish ring-leader Mordecai.

B. WEEKS AND TIMES ARE IMPORTANT TO GOD

‘And Jehovah spoke to Moses saying, ….. Truly you shall keep My sabbaths. …. Everyone that defiles it shall surely be put to death. …. Six days may work be done, but on the seventh is the sabbath of rest, holy to Jehovah. ……. to observe the Sabbath throughout their generations, for an everlasting covenant. It is a sign between Me and the sons of Israel forever. For in six days Jehovah made the heavens and the earth, and on the seventh day He rested, and was refreshed…..' (Exodus 31:12-18). Note that God Himself desires refreshing and a day of rest!

What have we got here? The Lord is now linking the principle of His working week of six days into the dailylives of Israel. The Sabbath was holy to the Lord, but no less holy are the six days in which work had to be done.

Hi there!

Thank you for finding the time to read through my blog and this author’s note (tedious as it may seem to scroll all the way down to the very first post).

My name is Bea, and I started this blog both as a requirement for my MBB 100 writing class and as a passion project to tide me through stressful afternoons. It is quite ironic that I’m submitting a creative writing project for a course on scientific writing, but I hope this blog helps me revive my writing skills well enough that I can mold the story as immersive as possible while improving my skills overall.

To start off, I’d like to set the context of the story I’m writing.

The Last Generation is a collection of vignettes written by a cast of nine characters as they set upon humanity’s final quest to save their species after the apocalypse decimated the majority of the population 350 years ago. 

In this story, much of culture and history has either been destroyed by the apocalypse or forgotten as time went on. Since electricity had been abruptly cut off, all computerized records were lost; many surviving documents — engraved, written, carved, painted, or otherwise — were obliterated 350 years ago. Humans were forced to rely on what meager information they could find in an attempt to salvage the character and the memory of the previous society. More on the methods they used will be revealed in future posts.

While some humans did survive the apocalypse and settled in large colonies, many died off as the Earth soon effectively proved to be a barren wasteland. The population steadily continued to decline until new life began to grow again on the planet. As of the timeline in this story, only a few of the greater colonies remained on Earth (or so they thought...?).

The main character is a human from the Great Caves. Together with a companion, they are sent by their colony to fulfill a prophecy passed down from the original generation who established the Great Caves as their home and fortress. Nobody understands or remembers much about the prophecy, however —  but one thing that everyone is sure of is that fulfilling it will entail the safety and survival of humankind.

Many of the posts on this blog are stylized as her and her companions’ (yes, there will be more of them) journal entries as they go about their journey. A lot of the lore will be revealed as they press further on and discover the strange world their ancestors left behind... and the equally stranger occupants that sprouted from the bowels of this newly-reborn land.

I relied on a few vintage natural history encyclopedias, books, lithographs, and various other documents on the Internet to establish the tone and aesthetic of the story. These pictures will also help me weave together a more immersive experience by incorporating them into the posts themselves. Some of the references I used are listed below — I’ll be updating the list as the story goes on.

Expect this story to be slightly comedic, a tinge magical, and, hopefully, an interesting exercise for me and an enjoyable read for you.

Thanks again, and welcome the last generation.

Sincerely,

Bea