Don't let your end time theology ruin your faith to overcome this world, your faith to be the victor in Christ. Jesus returning to take us away is a faith that weakens the resolve to make the world a better place, it weakens the resolve to win, overcome and conquer by faith in the word of God. End time theology makes Christians weak, waiting instead of acting, expecting God to fix everything, and not take responsibility for making the kingdom of God on earth. God is not going to fix it without people of faith taking action. Don't let your doctrine make you a weak poor example of a human being.
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What you say is correct.
"But our citizenship is in heaven, and we eagerly await a Savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ...' ~ Philippians 3:20
Striving to establish or "keep" what we have here on this earth is futile, in the long run. For Satan is the Prince of the air, the current Ruler of this world. Only the Christ can defeat Lucifer and the Kingdom he (lucifer) is trying to establish. We know, from prophecy, that Satan WILL be successful for a time at setting up this kingdom (One World Governance) here on earth.
We (Believers in the Christ) are also called "sojourners" on this earth:
1 Chronicles 29:15; Psalm 39:12; Psalm 119:19; Psalm 119:54; Hebrews 11:9; Hebrews 11:13
There are always two prophecies: one if we fail, and one if we succeed. Only Christ has defeated Lucifer, but he needs US to unite with him and finish the job. That's what all this is about.
"Does the Lord delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices / as much as in obeying the Lord? To obey is better than sacrifice."
Better to unite, and fulfill his will, than to disobey, not unite, and require a penance, an atonement.
Christ could forgive sins BEFORE he went to the cross, right?