All of us set appointments.

Some of them we look forward to (dinner or an outing with friends). Some of them we dread (the dentist or the doctor). Others are just necessary (the hairstylist or an oil change).

Some appointments we keep. Some we forget. Others we choose to reschedule, or maybe even cancel.

Hebrews 9:27-28 talk about a different kind of appointment. It is an appointment that has been set for us. We don't choose the year, the month, the day, or the hour. And yet, no one will forget about it, reschedule it, or cancel it. It is our appointment with death. The appointment ushers us into a judgment, and ultimately, into a new type of existence.