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(Say the Jesus Creed<\/a> morning and evening during Lent.)
\nChp 12 in Tom Wright\u2019s <\/em>Surprised by Hope<\/a> $\"\"$ <\/em> is a major change: we move from \u201cwhat it said\u201d to \u201cwhat it says,\u201d from text to mission. Is this only about tidying up our understanding of what happens after we die? Or does it matter? Wright says it matters. Deeply.
\nEaster focuses on the resurrection of Jesus being hope for us after death; Easter should, Wright is saying, transform mission in the present world (without denying a proper perception of life after death). A better perception of our hope transforms how we live in this world.
\n1 Cor 15:58, Paul\u2019s statement of the consequences of resurrection, says this: \u201cTherefore, my dear brothers, stand firm. Let nothing move you. Always give yourselves fully to the work of the Lord, because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain.\u201d The consequence of resurrection is the realization that our labor lasts.
\nWhat we do now, Wright argues, lasts into the future \u2014 from embodiment now to embodiment then.
\nSalvation is discussed at length: again, he makes his points with language that evokes: \u201cWe are not saved as souls but as wholes\u201d (199). Salvation is whole salvation, bodies included. Why? Because God\u2019s ultimate design is new earthly. Life before death is threatened if we don\u2019t have a better view of life after death. We are charged to participate with God in this salvation work on earth.
\nKingdom of God is understood along similar lines \u2014 earthly and bodily.
\nI\u2019ve got some questions beginning to percolate as I get into the end of this book:
\n1. What is the difference between Wright\u2019s new heaven and new earth and a millennial hope?
\n2. What are the differences between life now on earth and life then on the new earth? Is that difference just about the same as the old distinction between life now on earth and life then in heaven?
\n3. Has Wright overdrawn the Platonic view of salvation? As salvation so we can go to heaven?
\n4. Do those who believe in that older view really discount earthly existence now that much? Sure, some of the stereotyped Dispensationalists do, but how many theologians think like this? Isn\u2019t the real pocket of this older view the uninformed lay person?
\n5. How does Tom understand 2 Peter 3:7? \u201cBy the same word the present heavens and earth are reserved for fire, being kept for the day of judgment and destruction of ungodly men.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"