By being better. By embracing grace, love, forgiveness, patience, concern for the least of us... i.e., embracing Jesus' teachings (Jesus, and the teachings of others, as well).
How does what's not right get set right?
By learning from our mistakes and the mistakes of others. For instance, many of us have learned how wrong it is to use an atomic bomb to settle a dispute, because we can see the great harm to innocents it caused when used before.
In general, by embracing those things I have already said. By repenting of our less Godly ways/more harmful ways and embracing that of God which is in us, the God in whose image we are created.
By being thorough as I can, I'm not sure what you're looking for. I'm offering an opinion on these questions that don't have an authoritative source for an answer. If you want to clarify more of what you're wanting, I can consider offering more. As it is, I don't know what else to say.
Do you think that there will ever be any sort of final setting things to right?
In some sense, things are all the time being set right. People forgive. People save. People intervene and help, setting things to right.
I think perhaps what you're asking is will there ever be a PERFECT, complete and everlasting setting things to right, is that correct?
My answer to that is I don't know objectively for sure, but that is, in my mind, what heaven is, what God's realm is, what being with God - the Perfectly Good and Holy God - is. I tend to believe and take as a matter of faith (but not as a point that can be objectively proven) that when we die and go with God, in that Presence, things are set perfectly aright. But does that happen when we die? Does that happen immediately when we die? One day, after our death in the future??
That is above my pay grade.
Do you know the answer to it?
Or are you suggesting that the best we can hope for is a gradual improvement?
Here on earth? Yes, gradual improvement. I don't see where we can reasonably expect and imperfect humanity to ever do things perfectly right, so I'm hoping for and working for gradual improvement.
For me, that comes from following the teachings of Grace, the teachings of Jesus' Way of Grace.
As to what happens after we die, we have no authoritative source who's explored that arena and can report to us objectively what that might be like.
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By what mechanism or plan can things be repaired?
By being better. By embracing grace, love, forgiveness, patience, concern for the least of us... i.e., embracing Jesus' teachings (Jesus, and the teachings of others, as well).
How does what's not right get set right?
By learning from our mistakes and the mistakes of others. For instance, many of us have learned how wrong it is to use an atomic bomb to settle a dispute, because we can see the great harm to innocents it caused when used before.
In general, by embracing those things I have already said. By repenting of our less Godly ways/more harmful ways and embracing that of God which is in us, the God in whose image we are created.
Do you have other opinions?
By being thorough as I can, I'm not sure what you're looking for. I'm offering an opinion on these questions that don't have an authoritative source for an answer. If you want to clarify more of what you're wanting, I can consider offering more. As it is, I don't know what else to say.
Do you think that there will ever be any sort of final setting things to right?
In some sense, things are all the time being set right. People forgive. People save. People intervene and help, setting things to right.
I think perhaps what you're asking is will there ever be a PERFECT, complete and everlasting setting things to right, is that correct?
My answer to that is I don't know objectively for sure, but that is, in my mind, what heaven is, what God's realm is, what being with God - the Perfectly Good and Holy God - is. I tend to believe and take as a matter of faith (but not as a point that can be objectively proven) that when we die and go with God, in that Presence, things are set perfectly aright. But does that happen when we die? Does that happen immediately when we die? One day, after our death in the future??
That is above my pay grade.
Do you know the answer to it?
Or are you suggesting that the best we can hope for is a gradual improvement?
Here on earth? Yes, gradual improvement. I don't see where we can reasonably expect and imperfect humanity to ever do things perfectly right, so I'm hoping for and working for gradual improvement.
For me, that comes from following the teachings of Grace, the teachings of Jesus' Way of Grace.
As to what happens after we die, we have no authoritative source who's explored that arena and can report to us objectively what that might be like.
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