Holy City By Henry Mouw

During the entire book it talks about the transformation of the current City. Many objects in today’s world have become distorted in their true meaning and need saving. For example, the Ships of Tarnish stood as a sign of power and possibly wealth, instead of just fulfilling creation. Jesus died on the cross to save sinners, but Jesus also serves as a light to the Holy City. Some people look at Jesus dying on the Cross and think it is about them. However, the main purpose was for the salvation and redemption of the current city. The ultimate goal is transform everything into the present into the Holy City standards.
What Mouw refers to when he is talking about actively waiting is the transformation of culture. The current age is full of sin,
I believe that Heaven is a renewed creation that includes an embodied existence and cultural life. At first I believed the idea that Heaven was just a spiritual place that you go too, but after reading Mouw’s book I do not believe in that anymore. It seems too strange to be a part of a different World. The idea of transforming our current World into a Holy City seems to be more reasonable. I think God created us in this World to test how we would act according to his ideal kingdom. God didn’t just want us to just join the Holy City but instead wanted us to work towards the Holy City by changing our culture and patterns. The problem with our culture and patterns today are that they are used rebelliously. In order for us to reach the Holy City we must first transform ours. We must change our City into something that God intended it to be at
I believe that Jesus will be involved because I think he will save us from our sins in the City. The more important part Mouw brings up is that we need to prepare ourselves for the Holy City. We must work on transforming our disobedient ideas and making them creation fulfilled. Then all we have to do is actively wait for the Holy City.
Overall Mouw has very good points about Heaven and what to expect. In order for us to prepare we must look at our cultures patterns. The World must transform items that have been distorted by society. Everything involved in the transformed City will be aimed towards good use and the main purpose God had intended. We must fill the City with disobedient objects. The City will need politics that do not use their power for personal reasons and the people must not discriminate each other. We must follow Jesus because he is the light to the Holy City and we must transform our