Eye the Pessimistic Believer

I guess it has been the past "successes" of Nazism, Communism, Tribal Dictators, and Fascism that has caused the Western Christian community to interpret the scriptures with a great deal of pessimism? And when I add the number of "military conflicts" that USAmerica has been part of following World War II, which comes to thirteen in sixty years (with two still going on), maybe there is pause for despair. Oh yes, we do have the cheesy groups that limit their conversations only to "Think success, be success" (You know...'think the crown -- be the crown'?). They do congregate a large following which could be attributed to the pessimism of society at large and just possibly to the pessimism they find from other church communities.

However, it's time for the USAmerican church to get off their greater posterior position and stand with humility to the hope and sacrifice that is recognized and acted upon in other parts of God's kingdom here on earth. Instead of incorrectly passing the promises of God's kingdom into the future thus relegating the reign of Christ's goodness into a mystic millennium, His ways are now. Within this challenge is both failure and gain, but the fact remains that with a pessimistic dispensational view there will be no success and the gain is more like a cerebral migraine thought to feel good.

Believing that it will only be doom and gloom until the Messiah returns leaves out the fact that the Messiah has already come to us (I think it's remembered as Christmas).  So why do so many of us live with downcast souls? Yes, because of my own willfulness, life has had its difficulties, yet the Spirit of Jesus remains to keep my alive and seeing the beauty of living a dedicated life in His Kingdom.

And I tell you, you are Peter [Greek, Petros--a large piece of rock], and on this rock [Greek, petra--a huge rock like Gibraltar] I will build my church and the gates of Hades (the powers of the infernal region) shall not overpower it [or be strong toits detriment or hold out against it]. (Matthew 16:18 AMP)

To my Jesus freaking friends, remember that you are part of that huge rock, that this motley crew is called the fellowship of God. You are bigger than you think -- you are a LARGE piece of that rock. In humble thankfulness I would call us all to act according to the faith given us.

In ages past, Biblical believers saw the reality of faith and hope in both humankind and His created works. He did not abandon either but declared a covenant, and and sealed it with the coming of the Christ, who broke through the space-time continuum with a promise and governance that makes sense against the pessimism and struggles of life.
Daniel