Living for tomorrow - today

About this episode

The episode discusses the implications of apocalyptic writing and encourages listeners to reflect on their behavior in the context of justice and the Kingdom of God.

Apocalyptic writing is sometimes called the “literature of the dispossessed”. It is the product of a people oppressed and alienated who have little chance of fighting back against those who dominate them with political, economic and military power.Sometimes the oppressors are their own corrupt politicians, sometimes outside ‘foreign’ regimes. And sometimes the stranglehold that our western companies have on their economies and their industries. A stranglehold in which we as consumers, demanding lower prices in the shops, are sadly complicit.And this is should be the goad, the spur for us to reflect upon, and change, our own behaviour, towards each other and within our world. Scripture, and our own eyes, tell us what injustice, cruelty and greed look like, we can also recognize the opposite. So if we say we want to see the Kingdom, and in our prayers we claim that we do, might we not anticipate what the Kingdom might look like, as best we can, and start to behave that way now. And not to wait for others to start, that way the delay is forever, but instead consider our hoped for place in the Kingdom and start to behave as if it were already here, that way, we might have some hope…

Topics covered

• apocalyptic writing
• oppression
• injustice
• Kingdom of God
• consumerism

Keywords

• spiritual reflection
• behavior change
• hope
• peace
• justice
• love

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Scripture

Places: Kingdom

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