When Jesus comes again, the world will be created anew. God's purposes must prevail in the end. (pg. 199)
Christianity confirms that our longing for the wicked to be punished and the good rewarded will on judgment day be fulfilled. (pg. 190)
Colson begins the chapter by stating that Christians believe that Christ will come again and the Kingdom of God will reign forever. He points out to signs to show that this hope of eternal destiny is not in vain. One is our desire for justice. We all desire the scales to be balanced, and wrongs to be set right. Not only that, but we also desire distributive justice, giving everyone equal treatment. Those are not fully possible in the world today, and only possible by Biblical "shalom" or peace. The second sign is love; love for others is absurd and has no meaning if death separated people eternally. Colson then describes what will happen upon death: those who died in God's grace are taken to God's presence, and those who don't die in God's grace will be forever separated from God, which is the worst punishment imaginable. Colson assures the reader that God will be fair to those who have never heard the message and have sought him earnestly. He goes on to declare that history will end when Christ returns, and no one knows when that is, and that Jesus will judge the living and the dead.
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