1. An under-realized eschatology: we can't see God's hand and presence in "the already" and the "not yet" escapes our thinking in the moment.
2. An over-realized eschatology: we expect future promises and future realities in the now.
Solution: Remember we live in two kingdoms in the here and now.
*Receive and rest in His Church. Hear and believe the Good News of the Gospel. Nothing is more relevant or brings more comfort.
*Then take that hope into the world as you work for God's glory in your vocation until He comes.
Meditations and Comfort:
"I am with you always, even unto the end of the world. Amen." Matt 28:20
"For the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the archangel’s voice, and with the trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first. Then we who are still alive, who are left, will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so we will always be with the Lord. Therefore encourage one another with these words." I Thess 4:16-18
"Let us hold on to the confession of our hope without wavering, since he who promised is faithful. And let us consider one another in order to provoke love and good works, not neglecting to gather together, as some are in the habit of doing, but encouraging each other, and all the more as you see the day approaching." Heb 10:23-25
"He will wipe away every tear from their eyes. Death will be no more; grief, crying, and pain will be no more, because the previous things have passed away." Rev 21:4
Marissa, "Gospel Gal" is a blogger and host of the new podcast, Church Chats with Gospel Gal (find on Youtube). She is wife of Mark, mother of three adult girls, counselor, educator, and mama bear to many. She lives in NW Georgia and attends an ACNA church in the area.
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