The expression “already-not yet” refers to two stages of the fulfillment of the latter days. It is “already” because the latter days have dawned in Christ, but it is “not yet” since the latter days have not consummately arrived. Scholars often use the phrase “inaugurated eschatology” to describe the beginning stage of the latter days. Christians live between D-day and V-day. D-day was the first coming of Christ, when the opponent was defeated decisively; V-day is the final coming of Christ, when
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