Indeed, the general thrust of the New Testament is a shift in attention from this world alone to varying combinations of this world and the next. Some parts focus on the world to come (“eternal life,” for instance) and some on the connection with our life here and whatever comes next. Different authors express different views, but the point is always that our lives are bigger than the corporeal, physical, earthly existence that is most obvious. This approach necessarily has two parts, an emphasis on the world to come and a deemphasis of this world. As such, the prosperity Gospel is at odds
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