CAL THOMAS COMMENTARY SEPTEMBER 13, 2022
WATCHING BBC AND SKY NEWS COVERAGE OF THE DEATH OF QUEEN ELIZABETH, I AM SURPRISED BY TWO THINGS – THE FIRST IS THAT SO MANY PEOPLE INTERVIEWED SAID THEY WERE SHOCKED” AT THE QUEEN’S DEATH. WHY SHOULD THEY HAVE BEEN SHOCKED? SHE WAS 96 YEARS OLD AND IN FAILING HEALTH. SHE HAD LIVED A LONG, FULL AND PRIVILEGED LIFE. AS SCRIPTURE SAYS “IT IS APPOINTED ONCE FOR MAN TO DIE AND AFTER THAT THE JUDGMENT.” A FRIEND ONCE WROTE: “DEATH IS NOTHING TO FEAR, BUT IT IS SOMETHING TO PREPARE FOR.” FROM HER TESTIMONY OF FAITH IN CHRIST, ELIZABETH II WAS PREPARED.
THE SECOND SURPRISE WAS THE MALE AND FEMALE CLERGY WHO WERE INTERVIEWED. AS THEY DID AFTER DIANA DIED, NONE OF THEM SPOKE OF ETERNAL LIFE; NONE MENTIONED JESUS AS THE ONLY AVENUE TO HEAVEN. THEY TALKED ABOUT TEMPORAL THINGS, INCLUDING THE BEAUTY OF THE BUILDING IN WHICH SHE WOULD LIE IN STATE. A NON- BELIEVER, A NON-CLERIC COULD HAVE SAID THE SAME THING.
WHATEVER HAPPENED TO PAUL’S STATEMENT “I AM NOT ASHAMED OF THE GOSPEL?’ I’M NOT EITHER. FROM DUBLIN, IRELAND, I’M CAL THOMAS.
