The already not yet

​The end times is confusing to many.  It doesn’t have to be.  In our culture, when it gets complicated, it’s the natural tendency to wonder if this is the end.  There are plenty of Scriptures that speak clearly of the end times.  The most striking one is what Jesus says in Matthew 24.  A simple read of that passage illustrates that Jesus was talking about the full scope of the future and the end of time. Paul and Peter teach us great truths of the end of time in 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18, and 1 Corinthians 15.  The book of Revelation is full of hope for those who worship Christ. As a believer in this modern and complicated age, how should you think about the full truth of the end?  As far as I can see, for believers, it’s the hope of tremendous victory. This is what Peter was getting at in 1 Peter 1:8. “Though you have not seen him, you love him; and even though you do not see him now, you believe in him and are filled with an inexpressible and glorious joy,” For the believer, because of the salvation and presence of the Holy Spirit, (Romans 8:3), right now we can have inexpressible and glorious joy. Praise God!

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