And when are we saved?
Hey all,
I was just reading through Hebrews as I prepare to start December 18th message and found this reference to what Christ did in his first coming and what he will do in his second coming.
Hebrews 9: 28 reads like this "so Christ was sacrificed once to take away the sins of many people; and he will appear a second time, not to bear sin, but to bring salvation to those who are waiting for him. (Italic to show what part I'm looking at)
so are we already saved or will salvation come with Jesus' second coming? I have had many conversations about this very topic with a good friend and now I find this verse. What's up with dat?
Are the Jews still waiting for him, or is this for everyone to know that salvation has not yet come until his second coming and does this change the way we understand salvation at all?
posted by Momentum Church at 2:16 PM
1 Comments:
Rob,
Once again, a great (but rather deep) question.
If you have "a Generous Orthodoxy" by McLaren, check out the chapter "Jesus: Savior of What?" That will be sure to confuse the issue for you. :)
McLaren says on p.93:
Let's start simply. In the Bible, "save" means "rescue" or "heal." It emphatically does NOT automatically mean "save from hell" or "give eternal life after death," as many preachers seem to imply in sermon after sermon. Rather its meaning varies from passage to passage, but in general, in any context, "save" means "get out of trouble." The trouble could be sickness, war, political intrigue, oppression, poverty, imprisonment, or any kind of danger or evil."
I don't know that this necessarily addresses the specific question you're asking, but in the chapter he lays out that God saves by (1) judging; (2) forgiving; and (3) teaching or revealing. It was a really good chapter (I thought).
Good luck!
Post a Comment
<< Home