Periodically groups of believers will...
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Periodically groups of believers will sell their possessions, go into hiding and await the immediate end of the world. For some this means nuclear destruction and for others it means the second coming of Christ. Reports of these groups always hold our interest for whatever the truth of their claims, there is no doubt that "the form of this world is passing away."
Paul's words to the Corinthian Christians speak to a community permeated with this apocalyptic sense of time. So many signs in their environment seemed to indicate the conclusion of creation as they knew it.
We live in an age that is little different from the insecurities of Paul's. Boundaries and governments in Eastern Europe shift with almost daily frequency. Environmental issues raise the possibility of a decimated planet in less than a century. Relationships are shifting faster than the census bureau can track them. What then are we to do with Paul's advice?
His hyperbolic speech calls for a tempered view of life. Whatever Christian perspective we have been given, it must be lived out with the acceptance of change and faith.
-- Hedahl
Paul's words to the Corinthian Christians speak to a community permeated with this apocalyptic sense of time. So many signs in their environment seemed to indicate the conclusion of creation as they knew it.
We live in an age that is little different from the insecurities of Paul's. Boundaries and governments in Eastern Europe shift with almost daily frequency. Environmental issues raise the possibility of a decimated planet in less than a century. Relationships are shifting faster than the census bureau can track them. What then are we to do with Paul's advice?
His hyperbolic speech calls for a tempered view of life. Whatever Christian perspective we have been given, it must be lived out with the acceptance of change and faith.
-- Hedahl
