Every human being today lives at the nexus of the old and the new. 1 The “end times” are already and not yet. Like the Early Church, we find ourselves living in that tension of “realization and expectation.” 2 The question of whether we are living in the last days is answered without the slightest vagueness by the New Testament authors: “Long ago, at many times and in many ways, God spoke to our fathers by the prophets, but in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son” (Hebrews 1:2). “God chose him as your ransom long before the world began, but he has now revealed him to you in these last days” ( 1 Peter 1:20 NLT). Learning to live in the tension of “the already and the not yet” of the End Times is no blind faith to be taken lightly, but rather faithful living to be cultivated prayerfully. For Advent , the best lived-in description of discussing the End Times—is a season of waiting. And waiting is not what we...
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