Forget the national emergency alert, Christians need to sound the alarm for God’s coming judgement

The government’s new emergency system is a reminder that Christians should be a clarion call for a lost world. There will be no second chances to escape judgement when Jesus returns, says John Stevens

Our church meets on Sunday at 3pm. This week that coincided with the first test of the national emergency alert system. At exactly three o’clock, our gathering resounded not to the sound of singing, but to the piercing noise of a ten-second tone from multiple mobile phones. Some phones only received their alerts later, so for the next half an hour, periodic alerts rang out. Some congregation members, especially those on the Three network, didn’t receive the alert at all.

While some have claimed that the national alert system is another example of government overreach, I think it seems like a good idea. It is designed to warn people of imminent dangers, such as floods, fires, and terrorist incidents, so they can escape to safety.