day no. 15,129: stay yeasty, my friends

Luke 13:20-21
And again Jesus said, “To what shall I compare the kingdom of God? It is like leaven that a woman took and hid in three measures of flour, until it was all leavened.”

Postmillennialism takes the long view. Like yeast leavening an entire lump, progress is slow, but sure. The yeast will overtake the entire lump. It's inescapable. It's only a matter of time.

Matthew 13:33
The kingdom of heaven is like leaven that a woman took and hid in three measures of flour, till it was all leavened.

This view naturally lends itself to legacy-mindedness. The goal is not merely what one can experience in one's own lifetime, but what one can do to advance the ball for future generations, even if the costs of doing so mean never experiencing any of the immediate benefits.

Habbakuk 2:14
For the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the LORD as the waters cover the sea.

We live in a time of revolutionary thinking. Thinking which advocates, "What do we want? Fill in the blank!!! When do we want it? NOW!!!" This revolutionary mindset cannot suffer a moment longer. It refuses to be deprived of anything less than its desires. It's only end is to achieve for itself what it wants, whatever the costs, even if future generations suffer so that the current one can have it.

This inverts inheritance-minded legacy into immediacy-minded urgency.

Isaiah 11:9-10
The earth shall be full of the knowledge of the Lord as the waters cover the sea. In that day the root of Jesse, who shall stand as a signal for the peoples—of him shall the nations inquire, and his resting place shall be glorious.

Postmills are not revolutionaries, they are reformers. They plan for the future because they know that there will be one. They don't live for the moment, but for a collection of moments and not merely for momentary individual catharsis, but for eternal communal metamorphosis. 

1 Corinthians 5:6
Do you not know that a little leaven leavens the whole lump?

Postmills are optimistic because hope believes we're going to win and the advancements we make, as imperfect as they are, still matter. The ingenuity applied makes a difference and makes a dent in the darkness and as the diameter of the light grows the circumference of contact with the darkness grows along with it. If it feels darker, it's only because the light is expanding. As the yeast makes its way through the lump, it rises. More surface area means more contact with the world and the force of its resistance. But the yeast is irresistible once it gets to work. The lump will be transformed. It is an inescapable ending.

Galatians 5:9
A little leaven leavens the whole lump

The yeast is not becoming more lumpy. 
The lump is becoming more yeasty.

Stay yeasty, my friends.
Postmill for life... because my life is not the only one that matters.