Friday, November 12, 2010

Joel 2:28-3:8

Then afterward,
I will pour out my spirit on all flesh;
your sons and your daughters will prophesy,
your old men shall dream dreams,
and your young men shall see visions.
Even on the male and female slaves,
in those days I will pour out my spirit.
(Joel 2:28-29)

Joel joins prophets across the ages in anticipating resolution, judgment, and redemption.

We anticipate -- hope for -- an end-time, even as we claim in believe in a God beyond time.

Our Father, who art in heaven, hollowed be thy name, thy kingdom come, thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven.

Jesus taught us the kingdom of heaven is at hand, close by, ready for us to grasp.

The reign of God is almost certainly less a matter of time and space and much more a matter of experience here and now.

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