We have the reminder of urgency. This pulls us away from the debate we have been having over time and this brings us face to face with responsibility.
Life is fragile, it is uncertain and it is finite. And the scriptures have already made it clear that death is inevitable and after that comes judgement. In that light, when we postpone obedience, this becomes a very dangerous comfort.
What really stands out the most is emphasis on the law which Christ has given us, which is historical, which is an attachment to the commandments. We have been called to give us the teaching of Christ in our present disposition. Galatians 2. And in turn, this frames the obedience as love in the form of action.
We should be able to bear one's burden. This all shifts our fate from ritual to death responsibility. This basis is not fear, death is important. It is hope which is centered. If death is unavoidable, then what do you think is the right response to die with hope, as devoted with obedience and alignment with God's way.
Studying the Christ teaching becomes not an action but an important necessity. Brother Eli invitation to learn important to submit we must submit to the will of God so this confronts the complaint as well why extending mercy cannot be important.
The question is no longer when it's God's time but we're down, we are willing to walk in the view of God now.