First

"But each in his own order: Christ the firstfruits," 1 Corinthians 15:23.

God created time. And for that matter, timing. So, when ancient humans first polluted themselves, and with them the earth, God, by his divine being, already set in motion timely events to purify them. When ancient Israel handcrafted a punk god to credit with their earthly formation, God, creator of worlds, handcrafter of human dust, willed a plan for when the time was ripe, to form them into an unearthly kingdom. It took a man to introduce death in human time. It took another man, the Chosen One, to introduce resurrection from death. Just in time, in time's maturity, willed by the one and only divinity. God's plan. God's order: first in time, Christ. Then in time, everybody belonging to Christ. When? When Christ next appears. Not a minute earlier. God's timing. When in time? at its end. When's that? When God says it's time.

With a brother or sister, today, we wait for Messiah to appear at the end of the age. And, together, we fellowship with each other in thanksgiving to our Creator greatly anticipating his good time.