When is Jesus going to return?

Ask NT Wright Anything

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🗓️ 15 June 2025

⏱️ 30 minutes

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What does it mean to live faithfully in a politically divided world? How should Christians respond to immigration and power? And what do Paul’s views on time tell us about the return of Christ?Tom Wright and Mike Bird explore the tensions between faith and politics, the timing of God’s promises in Paul’s theology, and the challenges of religious clarity in a pluralistic world. They reflect on Jesus as an asylum seeker, the church’s role in holding authorities accountable, and why humility, wisdom, and spiritual responsibility are key in navigating life’s biggest questions.There is plenty of theology in Jewish culture about delay. Tom Wright has suggested that Paul would not have been surprised by the Lord’s 'delay' in returning. But if Paul had known that Christ’s return would still not have happened 2,000 years later, would it have altered his theology or pastoral urgency? Tom Wright also discusses why some people are born into a half-truncated version of Christianity and some not. Support us: https://www.premierunbelievable.com/geolink/donateGot a question for Tom? Go to ⁠⁠⁠⁠askntwright.com⁠⁠⁠Start going deeper in the Bible with a free trial at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠logos.com/NT⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 👉 If you’re enjoying this exclusive series, leave us a comment or share what you’re learning. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Ask NT Write Anything is sponsored by Logos. Start going deeper in the Bible with a free trial at
0:06.2	logos.com slash NT.
0:12.2	Hello, welcome to the Ask Entie Write Anything podcast, the show where we try to answer your
0:18.2	questions about Jesus, the Bible and the life of faith.
0:22.6	I'm Mike Bird from Ridley College in Melbourne, Australia.
0:25.4	And of course, I'm joined by...
0:27.8	I'm Tom Wright from the Isle of Harris in Northwest Scotland.
0:32.5	A wonderful part of the world indeed.
0:35.5	And Tom, we've got some good questions this week. The first one comes from
0:40.7	Elizabeth Capitaniac, I hope I pronounce that correctly, from Geneva in the United States.
0:49.4	And Elizabeth asked this, dear Tom, in light of the current political scene in the United States,
0:56.6	I've been thinking a lot about how Christians should relate to the governmental powers and politics they live in.
1:03.4	What expectations and standards should Christians have of their political authorities?
1:09.4	And specifically, when it comes to dealing with situations
1:13.0	concerning refugees and immigrants, how would you encourage Christians to be postured towards
1:19.7	those people and how that relates to their own political ideologies? How should Christians
1:25.7	engage with other Christians who have different political views
1:29.7	relating to the care of immigrants and refugees? Well, Tom, nothing controversial there
1:36.6	when it comes to immigration. But immigration policy is controversial both in the United Kingdom
1:43.2	and in the USA. So Tom, I mean,
1:46.5	what do you what do you have to say to Elizabeth? Well, the first thing to say, Elizabeth,
1:51.8	thank you very much. These are very pertinent questions. And I think for many Christians in the
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