The Simpson's 24 Year Assault On Beloved Bible Stories Will Come To A Halt Soon!

I spend some time looking at recent news items on Youtube.com. That should not be a surprise to anyone who searches for information online. Youtube is the second largest search engine trailing only Google. As I was looking at news items concerning current events I stumbled upon a clip from an old Simpson's episode entitled "Thank God For Doomsday". This episode is a good example of the Simpson's continual assault on the great stories of the Bible. This particular episode makes fun of the rapture and the judgment of mankind.  Here is a summary of that episode that I borrowed from tv.com. , go ahead and read it and I'll comment more afterwards.

The Rapture from Thank God It's Doomsday

Bart and Lisa want to start getting their hair cut at the mall. They go to the mall with Homer and while getting their haircut they get into a fight, which results in them each getting really bad haircuts. Out in the mall they are spotted by fellow school students who have cameras in hand. They find Homer and go on the run; they sneak into the back entrance of a movie theater and see the film "Left Below," which is a movie about the apocalypse. The images in the movie are disturbing to Homer, who fears the worst. Marge assures him that there needs to be some ominous signs before the rapture will come. When Homer is out driving, he sees what he believes to be the signs. Homer gathers some books on the subject and he calculates that the "rapture is nigh" at 3:15 PM on May 18th, seven days from now. He starts to spread the word and tells everyone on television a passage from Revelations 6:13 that says before the rapture "the stars will fall to Earth." At the Springfield Stadium, there is a celebrity filled blimp accident that causes the stars on board to fall to the Earth and Homer gains instant credibility. He gets a bus full of people to join him at Springfield Mesa. When the appointed time comes and goes, Homer loses credibility and everyone return back to their normal lives. Homer later realizes that he made a mistake in his calculation and the new time is only 30 minutes away. When no one in his family will join him Homer goes to the Mesa on his own. The rapture comes and Homer goes to heaven, but despite all that heaven has to offer, Homer needs his family. He gets an audience with God, but when God won't grant his request to have his family join him; Homer begins raising hell in heaven. To put a stop to it, God agrees to turn back time and put off the rapture.less

The bizarre thing about this episode which was produced in 2005 is that it was produced by the Simpson's new writer, Don Payne. I bring that to your attention because Don Payne died of bone cancer in March of this year. I think that there are some sobering things about this story which we should consider.  First, I don't think it is ever a good idea to mock or ridicule God and His Word under any circumstances. The Bible tells us that making fun of God's promises will be epidemic in the last days.

Mr. Don Payne

 Jude 1:18

How that they told you there should be mockers in the last time, who should walk after their own ungodly lusts.

Second, we should be mindful of every word and action that proceeds from our lives because we don't know what the immediate future holds.

 James 4:13-14

¹³ Go to now, ye that say, To day or to morrow we will go into such a city, and continue there a year, and buy and sell, and get gain:

¹⁴ Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away.

Third,  the time to admit our need for a Savior and trust Christ to save us is right now! I don't know where Don Payne is spending his eternity. Only God knows the eternal destination of all men. But I do know that Mr. Payne's opportunities to trust Christ occurred only during the time he spent here on earth. Dear Reader, the events unfolding in our present time indicate that Christ may come at any moment. Are you ready? Are you ready for a disastrous diagnosis like Don Payne received last year? Come to Christ, run to Jesus now.