Traditional Christianity pressures us to think in such a way as we always are waiting for a big physical change. ‘In a twinkling of an eye’ type of thing. I think what happened in 70 AD was a* big *spiritual / covenantal (?) change / fulfillment , and the start of a fleshly change of creation.
The optimist would say that things are really getting exciting, and the pessimist would say things are getting scary.
If someone who was born in the 1700’s was to somehow see what we have today, don’t we think they would be amazed? Little black things that fit in our pocket allow us to talk to someone anywhere in the world, thousands of people every hour getting into huge cigar shaped silver things and flying all over the world. 3D printers, atomic energy, automobiles, television, the internet’ advances in medicine advances in science and thinking… The list could go on and on.
And it is true you could list some seemingly negatives also.
To those folks, (the ones born in the 1700’s) it would truly seem like a new world, as I think it would to us if we could see creation in 300 years.
Robert, (I won’t pretend to be able to answer for davo) IMHO, God is continually beckoning to us to fellowship with him while we are on this earth. And he does that with the church and the Holy Spirit. Some will rebel, and may rebel for an undetermined length of time after the fleshly body has run it’s coarse, but I think God will continue to* be *love, and we know, love never fails.
As I see it, an underlying opposition to UR is our traditional view of good=reward and bad=punishment. Until we start to understand the Idea that God loves everyone, we will not be able to jump the UR hurdle. Yes he has some VERY naughty children, but I have faith that He will deal with them in a just and loving way. I think we are witnessing God’s sovereignty in giving his lovely creation freedom, and showing His love for them through His son.
Just my 2 cents worth on the subject.