The prophets saw the salvation plan. The 1st century received that plan. We see the second coming and restoration, by this same Spirit. We then move in this spiritual continuum.

We who live already in dawn’s light are living proof that what was seen through this light before us, was true, “having received our salvation”. The prophets saw by this same light, that the grace of salvation would come. It did! Now we can look on to His return and full restoration of all things.

This works in a similar way with the deposit of the Holy Spirit, guaranteeing us of what is to come–the fulfillment of all things. The one who justified is also able to walk us out into the fullness of our callings. This one is He who we are already looking upon to get us through life. We are in a stream of progressive, time-specific blessing, God is unfolding His Story through. We are post salvation and heading towards a full restoration of all things, and then we are told a new heaven and earth…

We who stare through history in the spirit of Christ have a great hope of His further revelation. There is energy and life in this knowing. And there is a clear motivation for our daily lives.

It is possible in His Spirit to look through all of history as one long unfolding… The old testament prophets saw salvation, the first coming of Christ Jesus. We can now look on to His second incarnation–this hope purifies us, because it puts each of us in that pure and purifying metaphysical spiritual tunnel  of history. It places us in the light already glowing.

The prophets saw the spiritual continuum of God’s plan. They looked at the salvation chapter, they looked on the restoration of earth chapter–the new city, the new order between the nations (Isaiah 41). They looked on..and this contextualized their current moment in history–their daily setting. Seeing the stream of God’s story through history even going into the future, allowed them to live on the earth with wisdom. This is a prophet’s spirituality–to live consciously in God’s continuum.

Another way to look at this argument for morality is to say that because we can see what is coming, we should conduct our lives in view of that reality.

We ourselves look always towards…

this towards is our strength–what we are looking towards gives us hope, life, joy energy to behave on the earth…for already the dawn is here…

Already moving in, and drawing our guidance and life from, the bright morning star who is already rising in our hearts. That is the way of the prophets, and that is the way forward, and the source from which to live in our present situations.