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Thanks for your comments Austin. I believe we can go farther than living from one reality into the next. I believe that we should be living in both at the same time, actually  that we are making the two become one.

When Jesus said that "the Kingdom of God is at hand" He was not speaking of a distant reality, but of a way of existence that was coming into the midst of His hearers right NOW. Impacting the people of the world so that they can one day go to heaven is still accepting a level of dualism that I do not believe Scripture promotes. We are to be people who are bringing the Kingdom of God to earth, starting the work of new creation, which Jesus will complete when He returns and brings heaven to earth.