On eschatology

My son, God bless him discovered Glen Beck. He is asking if what Glen says is correct.

The correct answer, of course is “sort of”. Glen says some things that are true. But (and this is something both sides forget) so do the Democrats. What worries me is when both sides start speaking for God, for in the end God will triump.

From today’s reading.

Revelation 20:1-6

Then I saw an angel coming down from heaven, holding in his hand the key to the bottomless pit and a great chain. He seized the dragon, that ancient serpent, who is the Devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years, and threw him into the pit, and locked and sealed it over him, so that he would deceive the nations no more, until the thousand years were ended. After that he must be let out for a little while.

Now… I take from this that God will triumph. I take from this that a fair amount of our arguing is around false Gods. We can and should do good. We can and should test our policies — and the US, with 50 systems and freedom of movement — makes one mighty social lab — and we should be clear headed about what is happening.

But we should not fear. For in the end, we are not able to alter the course of history. Our Lord is interventionist. It is our job to do good, where we are, and avoid evil, where we are, right now.

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