This all sort of reminds me of a question I’ve had concerning “kingdom now” eschatology (which I can almost hear the audible gasp of “where is this coming from?”). But hear me out.

Walter Brueggemann talked about the empire seeking to live in the eternal now. It seeks to be ever present with no memory of it’s past and no hope towards the future. He then made, what I consider to be a deeply profound statement: “If the hope is to immediate then it will simply be co-opted by the empire”. He then finalizes the thought by challenging people not to manage change and create new forms to move within but rather to dream out loud…to create and imagine. He might say we are called to be “imaginer’s” of the new thing NOT managers of the new thing.

By presenting an ultra sense of “kingdom now” (which again I’m totally down with–all about–love it!) do we put ourselves in jeaparady? And maybe to go beyond the idea of escatology…by creating the new form are we simply creating a space to be co-opted by the dominate regime?

I don’t know…but something in your post tells me–yes.