I find, prophetically, I fit somewhere in the middle of two extremes, so to speak. There is what I like to call the “Clean-up” crowd, and then there’s the “Caught-up” bunch. The former spend their time thinking about, “the nasty now and now”; and the latter, “the sweet by-and-by. It seems neither side has yet learned you can walk and still chew gum.
Man is not going to bring in an age where the lion and lamb lie down together. I heard of one farmer who bought the two animals and attempted it. Asked if it worked, his reply was, “Yelp, with the lion. But we have to supply a new lamb daily.” And for those who are miserable and just want to “get out of here,” morbidity (doom and gloom) is not God’s plan for us.
On the one hand Jesus tells us, “Occupy till I come.” But on the other hand, we’re told to, “Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth.” While we live here, we’re to love heaven. In this on-going battle, which started in Genesis chapter three we are to, as a fighting soldier would put it, “Hold the line.” And while doing this, look for our Captain from heaven, to break through the clouds with re-enforcements!
There will be no “Peace on earth”, until the “Prince of Peace” returns!
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