I just thought of a metaphor. I know metaphors are really overused these days, but every once in a while they're useful. I'm not sure this one fits in that category or not, but I wanted to jot it down anyways.
Being a Christian in this world is like being on second base. (By "this world", I don't mean 21st century America - I mean on Earth, post-Easter, pre-second-coming.) Follow me on this one. On second base, you are surrounded by the opponent. You're in peril, but you're "safe". You can't get too comfortable because you haven't reached your goal - you're waiting for something to happen so you can go home.
Yes, kinda cheesy, but anything that involves baseball and Christianity grabs my eye.
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That's a good analogy that captures the already-but-not-yet nature of the Kingdom.
It also reminds me of the first time I watched Field of Dreams and expected James Earl Jones to say something really profound when he started, "The one constant through all the years, Ray, has been..." - and I wait expectantly - "baseball." Oh, okay. That? Really?
See? You should write a movie.
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