Don't worry, I promise we aren't starting a UFO cult! Just think on this...
Jesus comes to us from the future.
One of my favorite authors, NT Wright, says that looking to the future (in reading the biblical prophets) is like looking into a fog and describing what you see...
There is something there, but it is mysterious and the detail is hard to make out with any clarity.
...how if someone came walking to us out of the fog?
That someone is Jesus!
He Is from God's future redemption! The Age to Come is fully revealed in the life, death, and specifically, the Resurrection.
It bear's considering, if we were to meet someone 'from the future,' (think some ridiculous sci-fi 'B' movie) what would the attendant thoughts, emotions, questions, and experiences be? ...
No comments:
Post a Comment