Blog Post 10-31-2024 – Our World and the World to Come?

In Aleteia on 8/29/2024 Philip Kosloski asks, “How our present world is a sign of the world to come.”  He speculates, “The earth as we know it will pass away, making way for the new Heavens and the new Earth, where all of our deepest longings will be met and fulfilled. As much as we may want to hold onto this world, it won't last forever and our time here is very brief when compared to the eternity that awaits us.  God designed this world to give us a hint of what is to come, as he is preparing an even better world for us at the end of time.”

The world to come Guadium et spes explains [this reality] in the following way: “We do not know the time when earth and humanity will reach their completion, nor do we know the way in which the universe will be transformed. The world as we see it, disfigured by sin, is passing away.  But we are sure that God is preparing a new dwelling place and a new earth … the Church teaches that it will surpass our wildest dreams: the new Earth will take everything that is good right now and perfect it. This is how our current world is a sign of the world to come….  [God] is preparing a gift for us that we will enjoy for eternity.

Our world is passing away, but we need not fear because Jesus has conquered the world.

May God Be Praised.