The kingdom of God has an "already" and a "not yet fully" component to it. Already it has broken into this age with the coming of Christ, and yet we wait for its full expression at His Second Coming. That is to say, His kingdom is inaugurated but not yet consummated. While we labour in this age, we are to live ready for the age to come. We do this by working consistently with the trajectory that Christ has set in motion. Already at His Ascension He has taken all power and dominion and authority (status) and yet we see that the mop-up operation of bringing earth in conformity to heaven (condition) takes time. Our work is that of productive stewards, doing on earth that which has already been declared in heaven. Wicked servants await being taken away in judgment, but wise servants await an eternal inheritance.

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