I wonder... #2

I wonder...
Wednesday in General Letters, Dr. Lockett focused on 1Peter 4:1-19 and I, along with him, wonder if we have too simple a view of what Peter is saying in 4: 7. He states, "the end of all things is at hand." End here is the Greek word "telos," which can also be translated "goal" or "completion." Lockett, I believe rightly, understands Peter to be saying that the climax of God's purposes in the cosmos is coming to its fulfillment. In this context, he exhorted us to have sanctified imaginations. We often live in a way that just accepts the way things are. Rather than using our imaginations to picture the perfection of God's purposes and living in the anticipation and pattern of those purposes, we settle for what we have in almost a "pessimistic realism" ignoring the reality of Christ's cosmic triumph. To the question, "How are we to live out the reality of Christ's victory while we wait for His return?" Scripture instructs us to ask, "How will it be renewed?" and then tells us, "Live out the answer."