On things unseen this week we've been reflecting on the return of the Lord Jesus, his second

coming.

Earlier in the year we reflected on what's sometimes called individual eschatology, death

and judgment and heaven and hell.

But this week we're really thinking about cosmic eschatology, that is what's going to happen

at the end of history when Christ returns.

Remember how the angels told the apostles after Jesus ascension?

He will return again from heaven in the same way you have seen him go into heaven.

And this is the big thing, the main thing.

This same Jesus is going to return.

The Jesus who is the same yesterday, today and forever, he's the one who's going to

return.

That's not all we know about the future, is it?

I wonder if you're familiar with the way Paul gives us a kind of basic theological map

of the future.

He does it in 1 Corinthians chapter 15 verses 20 through 28, the great chapter in the

resurrection.

He gives us what we might call a taxonomy, a shape of Christ's future triumph.

First of all, the bodily resurrection of our Lord Jesus has already taken place as

the first fruits of our resurrection.

Second, when the Lord Jesus returns in majesty and glory, our bodily resurrection will take

place.

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