Anyone who has watched old-time westerns is familiar with the medicine man who came to town selling his (as he referred to it) "cure-all liniment." It was a guaranteed remedy, said he, for everything from baldness, to sciatica, to bunions, and all in between. And many a duped soul bought this cure-less solution only to be sadly let down and disappointed in the end.
There is a host today, many well-meaning I'm sure, who have a "quick fix" for all the world's many ills. Whether in the political, social, or religious realm, they claim they have the one antidote for whatever the ailment. This type of salesmanship can be very profitable for the seller, but unprofitable for the buyer. Putting band-aids on skin cancer only hides the problem temporarily; it doesn't treat the problem.
Throughout the New Testament, both writers and preachers, along with the common everyday saint, believed there was only one permanent scriptural curative for all earth's complexities, THE SECOND COMING OF JESUS CHRIST back to this earth. Anything else they might have taught and preached was only a transitory restraint until THAT GREAT DAY OF THE LORD.
The Bible ends with an old disciple praying, "EVEN SO, COME, LORD JESUS." Is this our one main concern?
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