In-Breaking of the Sunrise
I’m on the cusp of a new beginning, a new sunrise. The past seems farther and farther away with each passing day. I eagerly look forward to what lies ahead. Just today God opened my mind to a possibility I’ve hoped for since I was young but I never thought would happen.
posted on X @jaredingle2022, January 31, 2025
I’m sorry if this reads more like a journal entry than an academic work. Such are the injunctions often relegated to spiritual formation.What’s worse is that I’m not even a morning person. I’m trying to remember the last time I saw the sunrise.
Yet the hope of each new sunrise speaks to me anyway. When I say the past seems farther and farther away, it is like a phenomenon my family witnessed as we used to travel. We were always busy and we worked hard. Sometimes we had big problems to tackle. But as we would drive away on a road trip, with each passing mile, the cares of everyday life seemed to ever fade.
As for the hope, it was quite material, but it is something I’ve wanted since I was young. The window of opportunity passed, but the residue of hope remains. A Pastor spoke a Word over me at the altar in church this summer. He said that God was going to bring back the dreams I had when I was young. The recent visible material possession was simply a reminder that God remembers my dreams.
The sunrise is dawning with hope.
the long-awaited sunrise
Every once in a while, I catch a glimpse of what appears to be my sunrise after the long, dark night.
posted on X @jaredingle2022, February 6, 2025
“Every sunrise gives you a new beginning and a new ending.” – Anonymous
Moreso than hope, there are times when I catch a glimpse of what lies ahead. It’s my sunrise.
I’m surrounded by family. I have a great church. I have a supportive workplace. Sometimes I thank God when I look at people, because I know they are here for me in the long dark night, but they will also be here for me at the dawn.
The long night is nearly over…
the in-breaking dawn
But unto you, that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings
Malachi 4.2, KJV
There is the ultimate new day that will dawn. It will be a day when all things will be made right. The justice of God will reign on the Earth. We will reign on the Earth with God as co-regents. That is the day we all look forward to.
That will be the dawning of the Eschaton… capital E-
But just like I have experienced glimpses of my dawn to come, we experience glimpses of the dawning of the great Eschaton. These glimpses are something I like to refer to as eschatons… lowercase e-
They are in breakings right now of the age to come. Revival is an in-breaking. Healing is an in-breaking. A right relationship is in-breaking because Christian relationships are everlasting. There are many more if we open our eyes; in-breakings; eschatons lowercase e-
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