Elders Journal
Beyond Generation Z
How many of us have noticed that each age group in our society has given their generation a certain name or title! Those born in the 1980’s and 1990’s hold the title “millennials” or generations “X” or “Y.” Presently, it seems that “Generation “Z” holds this distinction. Did anyone notice that our alphabet has only 26 letters? There must be some significance in these methods of remembering where we are in the stream of time and what may the reason behind this?
Since I was born during World War 2, I remember people using the term “War Baby” for my generation. Those born just after that war were called “Baby Boomers.” “Pre-war” and “Post War” were other terms used extensively during those years. Subsequent years gave us other markers that helped many to remember dates in “their generation! Korea, Vietnam, Gulf War, and 9-11 still remind us of the horrors that exist in our world. Surely it must be tragic that “wars and rumors of wars” still plague the mind of humanity! Lingering in the corporate peripheral vision of almost everyone’s mind is the reality that our last generation must be rapidly coming to its’ end!
A quick study of history, especially from a Biblical rendering and not excluding the secular record, may reveal that “Gen Z” could possibly be the last! Time must surely be running out when we see every facet of human culture and society exposing so many traits of self-destruction. Whatever method we may use to trace the history of time, the statistics prove the same foreboding conclusion, without foolproof intervention we are doomed for failure and loss!
In the words of Jesus, the Bible records the “signs of the times” that do point to the end of the age and a trend of things that get “worse and worse.” It’s His coming that will end this trend of doom and peril and He pleads with each one of us to be ready! The type of hope He offers will not disappoint anyone because His generation will be eternal, forever present! That’s a hope worthy of everyone’s admiration.
Those of us who believe this are called to be Jesus’ witnesses and help anyone and everyone look forward to His appearing!
It is our privilege to plan for what’s “beyond generation Z” and work and live for our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ!