Jesus and the Kingdom of God....we're are still with Stanley Hauerwas.
Jesus directs our attention to the kingdom, but the early followers rightly recognized that to see what that kingdom entailed they must attend to his life, death, and resurrection, for his life reveals to us how God would be sovereign. Therefore to learn to see the world eschatologically requires that we learn to see the life of Jesus as decisive for the world's status as part of God's kingdom.
How does God work...How is the Reign of God revealed to us?....in the "life, death, and resurrection" of Jesus. From that point we begin to see how all things are meant to unfold. They will unfold within the loving, forgiving embrace of our God who invites us into a life that will follow that pattern of Jesus. Jesus goes before us and reveals the sovereign Reign of God and the fullness of its life. Now becomes the moment when the end of time take shape in the midst of the present. Now becomes more of the unveiling of God's future in, with, and under the life of the community of saints who turn to Jesus to hear and see the way into this future.
Connection: Even though we are faced with new situations each day, we face them within the story line of Jesus life, death, and resurrection. These events open up the meaning of future.
Lord of Life, your promise invites life from us and we are encouraged to leap into all that you have ready for us as we live each day within the tension of the present and your future meeting among us. Grant us the wisdom to keep the life of our Lord, Jesus, in view. Amen.
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