1. The Unpardonable Sin of Date-Setting
There is a new iniquity in the canons of contemporary Christianity, an abomination comparable to the unpardonable sin. Some call it the sin of date-setting, others call it date-fixing. It is the sin someone commits when they claim that by any stroke of divine prerogative, they were allowed a peep into the calendar of God. The sin is more unforgivable if they should further claim that they have been privy to a mystical date that none is supposed to know, not even the angels in heaven. That iniquity is unpardonable because, by claiming such forbidden knowledge, the prophet or dreamer or whatever they are called, make themselves equal with God and place themselves not only above the angels of God but also above the weary Jesus of Galilee who longingly sought food from a fig tree one hungry afternoon (Mark 11:12-14), who sat thirsty by an unlikely well, asking an afternoon drink from a very unlikely woman (John 4:6-7), who fell so deeply asleep during a boat ride that even the boat-rocking waves and storms could not wake Him out of His wearied slumber (Mark 4:37-38).
