Ticket To Heaven

July 7, 2014

Mr. Michael R. Bloomberg

City Hall

New York, NY  10007

Dear Mr. Bloomberg:

I read with heartbreak and sadness your comments about your prepaid ticket to heaven.  I will pray for you, as you grapple with your mortality, that our God in heaven, the Creator of the universe, will reveal Himself to you before the end of your days.

The fact you are struggling with the existence of God should set off all kinds of alarm bells in your head.  The loudest one should be, ‘what if I’m wrong?’  Not wrong about God’s existence, wrong about the price of admission into heaven.  What if the things important to you are less important to God than, say, the condition of your heart?  I mean, we really have to face the facts -- any entity powerful enough to create life as we know it, makes us by comparison, genuinely feeble and impotent.  The fact He gave us a brain to think and reason does not give us license to challenge or questions His power and omniscience.

I’m truly glad for you that you have been successful and prosperous in your life.  When you consider that 98% of all the humans whoever existed on this planet lived in abject poverty, you have been abundantly and wonderfully blessed.  But what about those who do not have the resources and time for good works -- the ones who struggle each day simply to exist for another day?  Under your concept of admission to heaven, they’ll be left out – they can’t afford the ticket, at any price.  Under your concept, heaven looks like an elite and exclusive country club for wealthy do-gooders and philanthropists, and where overcrowding isn’t a problem.

Mr. Bloomberg, you really haven’t given much thought to eternity and to your eternal life, which is very uncharacteristic of a man of your talents and achievements.  I pray you will spend the remainder of your days seeking a personal relationship with your Father in heaven.

All the best,

Bill Monroe