Construction, Destruction, Reconstruction
The “big story” of history can be summed up in three words: Construction, Destruction and Reconstruction. In the beginning God constructed the world to display his beauty. Then along came sin. We rebelled against God’s beauty, inaugurating an age of destruction and falleness. But, thank God, this isn’t the end of the story. God is now reconstructing the world in and through one man, the Lord Jesus Christ.
Listen to this description by Neil Plantinga, president of Calvin Theological Seminary: “We are now fallen creatures in a fallen world. The Christian gospel tells us that all hell has broken loose in this sorry world but also that, in Christ, all heaven has come to do battle. Christ the warrior has come to defeat worldly power, to move the world over onto a new foundation, and equip a people—informed, devout, educated, pious, determined people—to follow him.”
What a great description Plantinga gives us of the church!
Now to me here’s the amazing thing: The Bible tells us that such a reconstruction effort is not only possible but guaranteed. According to the prophets a new heaven and a new earth will be a reality. Wow! Praise be to God through our Lord Jesus Christ!
Something to think about from “The Kingdom Perspective.”
For by Him all things were created, both in the heavens and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities—all things have been created through Him and for Him. He is before all things, and in Him all things hold together. He is also head of the body, the church; and He is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, so that He Himself will come to have first place in everything.
~Colossians 1:16-18 NASB
