When God “saves” people in this life, by working through His Spirit to bring them to faith, and by leading them to follow Jesus in discipleship, prayer, holiness, hope and love, such people are designed — it isn’t too strong a word — to be a sign and foretaste of what God wants to do for the entire cosmos. What’s more, such people are not just to be a sign and foretaste of that ultimate “salvation”; they are to be part of the means by which God makes this happen in both the present and the future. N.T. Wright
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The idea that people are to be a sign and a foretaste of God’s plan for the entire cosmos is a very powerful idea. The sign and foretaste comes from the fact that every person will eventually be saved. Every person will be saved. We all know this, but even saying it out loud helps us get our minds around the fact that we all will be saved.

Our salvation is guaranteed, and we know this from the Bible, which tells us that Jesus Christ will return to this earth in the end times. But, once Jesus returns there will be a time when Jesus returns again to save everyone who ever lived on this earth. But, during Jesus’ first coming, he didn’t just save people, he was going to establish a kingdom on this earth.

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