tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8642146504035231631.post4554067872922005734..comments2023-05-22T23:08:31.979-06:00Comments on Mike Aleckson: Getting AloneMikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07021188517142388224noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8642146504035231631.post-67176027470882830952007-12-18T10:32:00.000-07:002007-12-18T10:32:00.000-07:00Well, of course in the Christian worldview, the po...Well, of course in the Christian worldview, the point of existence is the Kingdom of God - heaven on earth.<BR/><BR/>As we've discussed a few times around here - Jesus didn't teach us to pray "take us away from this mean old world to someplace out in space...". Rather - he taught us to pray "Your kingdom come, Your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven".<BR/><BR/>Essentially - Christians who really think hard have come to realize that Christianity is all about Messiah Jesus bringing heaven to earth on that great day when he returns. That day is of course prophesied about all over the latter part of the Old Testament, it's spoken of frequently in the gospels and the epistles, and it's painted in Technicolor in the last few chapters of Revelation.<BR/><BR/>After my mom died, and with my dad's ALS diagnosis - I really am hoping for and waiting for, with great intensity and expectation, the second coming of Messiah. The Resurrection... Mom, Dad and all the rest of us living forever on a rejuvenated Earth. Death no longer a threat.... Awesome. <BR/><BR/>The trick, of course, is continuing to believe the above in the face of every day's trials. Not an easy proposition!Mike Alecksonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07336243968057299273noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8642146504035231631.post-76326284785675889772007-12-17T00:42:00.000-07:002007-12-17T00:42:00.000-07:00Alone..sometimes is scarey..You wonder what the po...Alone..sometimes is scarey..You wonder what the point of existence is really..Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com