The Reign of God as in Christ. If you have any comments - adebelak@redeemerluth.com . The Reign of God as in Christ is already at hand. In the gospels we hear language like the 'kingdom of God is at hand' and many folks don't know what to do with that. Was it a statement about that one time when Jesus was living into the vision of God's Reign. Well, yes and more. The Reign of God as in Christ is also what is at hand when the story in Acts tells of Jesus' ascension. There in the life of that body of saints - that remnant - that fear-filled but ready to live community - life 'in Christ' blossoms. We cannot stop there. We cannot leave the reality of being 'in Christ' as a time that has gone by and is over - something to be examined like an archeological site. The Reign of God as in Christ may be right in front of us looking like an ordinary day and yet ready to unfold with the trapping of God's Reign taking us up into all of its glory in the flesh. I would suggest that we are taken up into it - we are moved or pulled or nudged - into the experience of 'in Christ' and into the experience of God's Reign at hand. Now, we need only see that it is indeed at hand. I think that is why we say "Come! Holy Spirit! Come!". We long to step right into it and yet we seem to also want to stay put - so we call out for help. O God of love and new life, move us again today into the life that unfolds in your Reign. Amen. |
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