What Will Happen to the World?

Timothy George in his book, Theology of the Reformers, quoted "Christus, Die Hoffnung für die Welt." He thought it expressed the heart of the Reformation faith, our hope and our calling.

To those who ask, "What will happen to the world?" we answer, "His kindom is coming." To those who ask, "What is before us?" we answer, "He, the King, stands before us." To those who ask, "What may we expect?" we answer, "We are not standing before a pathless wilderness of unfulfilled time, with a goal which no one would dare to predict; we are gazing upon our living Lord, our Judge and Savior, who was dead and lives forevermore; upon the one who has come and is coming, and who will reign for ever. It may be that we shall encounter affliction; yes, that must be if we want to participate in him. But we know his word, his royal word: 'Be comforted, I have overcome the world.'"