As more and more people become city-dwellers it is imperative that the church understands how to reach out to the expanding cities of the 21st century. Here Tim Keller shares some biblical insights.
THE MEANING OF THE CITY
God designed the city with the power to draw out the resources of creation (of the natural order and the human soul) and thus to build civilisation.
A. God's invention
God's future redeemed world and universe is depicted as a 'city'. Abraham sought the city 'whose builder and maker is God' (Hebrews 11.10). Revelation 21 describes and depicts the apex of God's redemption, as a city! His redemption is building us a city - the new Jerusalem.
