Utopia On Earth?
"Of the increase of His government and peace there will be no end,
upon the throne of David and over His kingdom, to order it and
establish it with judgment and justice from that time forward,
even forever. The zeal of the Lord of hosts will perform this."
Isaiah 9: 7
In 1516, English churchman, philosopher, and advisor to
King Henry VIII, Sir Thomas More, coined the term utopia
when he published a book by that name: Utopia.
It described an imaginary island country named
Utopia (“no place” in Greek) where life was lived
in perfect order and balance.
Will there ever be a world where life is ordered and balanced?
According to the Bible, there will be. Christ will rule a kingdom
on earth that is not totally problem-free but ordered by His
perfect rule for a thousand years.
Then, for all eternity, the new heaven and new earth will
usher in the New Jerusalem where life will be perfect—
devoid of death, mourning, and pain.
Today, we see dystopia. But in the future we see the
Kingdom of God, first on earth, then on the new earth.
Perfection is coming for all who wait for it in Christ.
"We reject as a proud, self-confident
dream the notion that man can ever
build a utopia on earth."
The Lausanne Covenant