Continuing through Peter's first letter. 1 Peter 1:18 You know that you were redeemed from the futile way of life handed down from your ancestors—not with perishable things such as silver or gold, 19 but with precious blood like that of a lamb without defect or spot, the blood of Messiah. 20 He was chosen before the foundation of the world, but was revealed in these last times for your sake. 21 Through Him you are believers in God, who raised Him from the dead and gave Him glory, so that your trust and hope are in God.
22 Now that you have purified your souls in obedience to the truth,[e] leading to sincere brotherly love, love one another fervently from a pure heart. 23 You have been born again—not from perishable seed but imperishable—through the living and enduring word of God. 24 For,
“All humanity is like grass,
And all its glory like a wildflower.
The grass withers, and the flower falls off,
25 But the word of the Lord endures forever.”
God is saying very clearly, this life, this age, is not the point! Nothing in this age stands alone. Pursuing things in this age is a ridiculous waste of the imperishable, incredible cost that was paid to redeem you from death, hell and the grave. Focusing on this life is FUTILE - "incapable of producing any useful result, pointless". The precious blood of the Lamb, demands, draws out, hounds us, to a much higher calling in this age, with an unbroken focus on the next age, the earthly kingdom of the Messiah, with an open heaven and angels ascending and descending on the Son of Man, a truly amazing, restored picture of earth ruled by the only One worthy to open the seals. Lift up your eyes!
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