The local church is not the hope of the world. Whoever said that might have been well-intentioned, and the statement may have come with the expected qualifiers and modifiers. The local church is not the hope of the world. Jesus is, always has been, and forever will be the only hope for this world. Jesus is the hope of the world and the head of the church. The gates of hell itself will not prevail because Christ himself has conquered.
Christian hope, in a word, is resurrection.
If Christian hope is resurrection, we are saying it is something other than progress.. Resurrection sayys, "This is not the end." It is a voice calling from beyond, not from within. Resurrection is God being faithful to his creation to bring it through death into completion and perfection.
Jesus the crucified and risen Lord is the hope of the world.
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