I’m having the hardest time convincing people that we will be golfing in the new world and I don’t think it has anything to do with their dislike for golf. I’m not sure why our eschatology is so ethereal, so boring, so mindless so “platitudinous” (to borrow from Peter Kreeft). Why do we have such a hard time with the concept of a new heaven, a new earth and a new City of Shalom coming down to us out of heaven? (See Revelation 21 for a refresher.) Why is real, material stuff such a problem with us? Didn’t God create the material world? Earth. Water. Grass. (All the elements needed for a golf course by the way.)
My point is not that we will golf forever. As much as I love to golf, the thought is simply not appealing at all. I have quite a few other interests as well. My point is simply – and I don’t know how to say this more clearly – God’s plan is not to destroy creation – but to restore and renew creation – real, material creation. I’m not sure where all the bad theology came from – perhaps it was metaphysical dualism, Scofield’s notes, mindless Sunday School lessons about “heaven” or maybe the Left Behind books – but it is time we recovered an obsession for the real kingdom of God . . .
My point is not that we will golf forever. As much as I love to golf, the thought is simply not appealing at all. I have quite a few other interests as well. My point is simply – and I don’t know how to say this more clearly – God’s plan is not to destroy creation – but to restore and renew creation – real, material creation. I’m not sure where all the bad theology came from – perhaps it was metaphysical dualism, Scofield’s notes, mindless Sunday School lessons about “heaven” or maybe the Left Behind books – but it is time we recovered an obsession for the real kingdom of God . . .
So why is it so hard to imagine golf in the new world?
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I like (and fully subscribe to) the notion of golf in the new world. My only concern is that the longer I play the worse I get. I afraid to think about what I might card for round a thousand years from now.
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