“Now is the acceptable time …
See, now is (always) the moment of Salvation!”
~ Paul (2 Corinthians 6:2)

 

While it is clear from reading the works of Paul that he indeed believed that Salvation was a singular event of divine intervention – that he indeed believed that the time was nigh during his lifetime for God to send Jesus back to gather up all the worthy and ship them off to some otherworldly paradise, it is just as clear from reading the words of Jesus in the Gospels that he had a very different take on such matters …
You see, while Jesus too felt that he was alive in a time of imminent Salvation – that, as Paul so properly put it, “now is the moment of Salvation”, this heavenly retribution (for Jesus at least) was not a singular event, and it certainly was not going to come at some time in the future, or be ladled upon us from “on high” – either from him or his heavenly Father.  No, for Jesus at least, Salvation was and still is alive in every moment of every sentient life, and its retribution comes to all from within – to all those who prove to be willing to set aside their personal fears & selfish desires in favor of serving others.

 

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