Utopia

Our citizenship is in heaven, from which we also eagerly wait for the Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ.

Philippians 3:20

Utopia is a fictional land conceived by Thomas More for his Latin novel On the Best State in a Republic. This near-perfect society was discovered by a traveler on an island in the Atlantic, and it seemed to possess ideal social, political, and legal structures. It had few laws and no lawyers. Instead of fighting wars, it hired mercenaries. Instead of personal property, everything was held communally. Everyone was free to worship as they wished, and all appeared happy and whole.

But such a place exists only in fiction.

Ever since Adam and Eve lost their lease on Eden, humanity has been looking for Utopia. But we live in a world blighted by sin, selfishness, death, and destruction.

One day the times will reach fulfillment, Christ will return, the spiritual and physical realms will merge, the new earth will appear, the city of God will descend from heaven, and the dwelling place of God will be with men. He will be our God, and we will be His people.

It won’t be Utopia. It’ll be heaven!

In the truest sense, Christian pilgrims have the best of both worlds. We have joy whenever this world reminds us of the next, and we take solace whenever it does not.

C. S. LEWIS