| Notes | Some claim the End is near. Throughout Christian history, all predictions of dates and times have proved false. No one today can do any better. This book addresses those who are sure they know when the End is coming, those who are confused and want biblical answers, and those who no longer are concerned about spiritual and heavenly realities.
Klaassen urges Christians to enjoy God's kingdom now and anticipate its fulfillment. That hope has nothing to do with literal wars, physical weapons, and rivers of human blood. Instead, God is bringing in a peaceable kingdom, ruled by the suffering Lamb, as forseen by Isaiah and fulfilled in Jesus Christ. John's vision of the New Jerusalem is a spiritual insight into the glory God has prepared for his church and his Creation. |