Re:Verse passage – 2 Peter 1:16-21 (day three)
…until the day dawns and the morning star arises in your hearts…
Dietrich Bonhoeffer used to talk about “religionless Christianity.” What did he mean by that? Concepts employed by theologians often leave room for debate. But this particular phrase almost certainly envisions a world in which Christ’s presence has so totally influenced and formed the lives of his disciples that the forms of religion are no longer necessary; the systems of governance and commerce and societal interaction shall exude justice and compassion and humility and service. For now, we experience these world systems as an extension of the individual will to power over others, leading to marginalization and poverty and war. But there is coming a time when religion will no longer be necessary, when faith shall be sight, when the morning star arises within. Peter foresaw that it must be so.
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