The Future Has a Body | Towards an Intercultural Church

Bible texts: Revelation 7:9–10 | Ephesians 3:1–12

As Belfast grapples with a week of fear, division, and unrest, this sermon asks a simple but vital question: What kind of future is God calling us towards?

In Revelation, John sees a vast multitude from every nation, tribe, people, and language gathered before the throne of God. It is not simply a vision of heaven—it is God’s vision for humanity.

Drawing on Ephesians 3, Paul explores how the Church is called to become a living sign of that future in the present: a community where strangers become family, diversity is welcomed as a gift, and reconciliation triumphs over fear.