What Will We Do In Heaven? NT Wright on 100 Huntley Street (HD)

(HD) Transcript: "Its not entirely clear. But one thing is clear. And that is that those who belong to Jesus Christ in the present will actually, and I hesitate to say this because it sounds arrogant or triumphatalistic, but its what the new testament says, Those who belong to Jesus Christ will be running the new world, as Gods stewards. But take away all the sting of the idea of running things as being wicked bosses or forcing everybody to do this or that. Because the model of leadership and of ruling which is there, is that of Jesus himself. That of the gentle shepherd. That of the steward. Is that of the one who says, if anyone wants to be great they must be your servant. So, again and again, in Paul, in Revelation, and elsewhere, there is this sense that if you have learned in this life to look after the bit of the world that God has given you, which might be your own body, your family, might be business, a church, whatever. Then this is preparing you to help God look after his new creation. And thats awesome. I dont think Ive ever heard a sermon on that. But it is right there in the texts. And one of the loveliest lines of the text right at the end of the bible, it says, that out of the New Jerusalem, there flows a river and the river has trees on either side of it. And the leaves of the tree are for the healing of the nations. So there is a project of healing in Gods new world. What that means I really have very little idea. But it sounds full of hope and possibility."

More videos can be found at 100huntley.com and more of his thoughts can be found in his book "Surprised by Hope".

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[caveatemp]

I love NT Wright! He's wright on!

[georgemceachern]

What a beautiful thought to know that there will be a healing of the nations in Heaven. N.T. Wright and  his thinking has such insight and hope.

[magiceng1]

9 people are from demons hell

[zestydude87]

i absolutely agree with Mr.Wright. 

[ToisanWC]

The God delusion on hyper drive here folks! You guys need to get a clue, I mean seriously! Christianity still has has the burden of proving they have a monopoly on truth over all other earthly religions let alone feeding gullible people this garbage about heaven. Seriously, grown men still talking about this stuff. Unbelievable!

[red666111]

I'm an atheist, and I think this guy is awesome. The reason for this is because even though he is wrong, and when we die we are dead, his messages are great and he dosen't bash science.

[Falcondick69]

NT wright should be put in charge of christianity.

[Njamimars]

@zestydude87 Thanks, but in heaven do we got an free will?

[zestydude87]

wow, i never thought of it this way but it makes perfect sense. Thanks for putting this video up