AHHHH!!!
A tradition at UCLA during finals week is the Midnight Yell. At the strike of midnight, distressed students agonized by the weight of final exams let out terrifying screams of torment to cover the entire Westwood area with an ocean of horror unparalleled by anything experienced by the average college student, particularly those in whose short two-decade-lifetime have never encountered tribulations of such magnitude in which cries of anguish prevail upon even the most stout-hearted veterans on an unimaginably competitive university campus. The time of trials lasts five days, with the cries of the victims growing dimmer and dimmer each passing day, illustrating the joyous departure of those who have overcome the insurmountable adversity, scathed and wounded yet surviving, tossing aside the memories of the past week as a mere nightmare not to be remembered, as well as the failing endurance of those who descend into the depths of despair, able to summon up neither the strength nor intelligence to escape the scourging and forced to contemplate the unthinkable consequences that await them.
On a lighter note, our paster is almost done with the passage from Luke 21, where Christ presents a graphic description of the horror and persecution during the end times, the seven-year period called the Tribulation, prior to which the Rapture of the Church occurs. The terrible things that happen and the extreme loss of life serve as a serious warning for unrepentant sinners, whose continued unbelief will lead them to inevitable destruction. The way of escape is simple, and commitment to it will change one’s life and reveal amazing promises that God himself has made to those who trust in him, the believing saints he adopts as sons. Those interested in the promise of eternal life should become familiar with the Gospel, presented here. Stop and think about it. I shall return to my studies in preparation for tomorrow.