No, this is not about the right way to position toilet paper on the roll (though over is proper).  This is about eschatology.  Eschatology is the “doctrine of last things.”  In my studies this past week I was reading an essay by D.A. Carson, (a really smart guy from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School).  He takes an “amillennial” approach on the doctrine of last things which means that he believes we are in the Kingdom of God now and that there will not be a literal 1,000 reign of Christ.  He believes in Tribulation events and looks forward to the Second Coming of Christ but would not agree that there is going to be a rapture before the Tribulation.  As I said, he’s a smart guy but I remain unconvinced that a premillennial approach is all wrong.  But, I am open to learning all I can about God’s Word and ways.  The part of the article I really liked was the warning against an over or under realized eschatology.  An over-realized eschatology causes one to expect heaven now (health, wealth and prosperity because we are God’s kids.)  An under-realized eschatology results in a failure to appreciate what is already ours in Christ—but not in possession yet.   The scholars in his “camp” are right about this.  There is an “already but not yet” element to who we are and what we have in Christ.  Believers are God’s kids already but we are not enjoying all the benefits…yet.  Believers are “saints” already but in many cases the evidence is scant…yet.  Believers are promised lives without pain, tears, loss, sadness and death but we are not there…yet.  If we fail to appreciate all we have in Christ right now, life is without hope.  If we think we should have it all now, life is frustrating.  Therefore we remain realistic about the ways things are right now and do all we can to make them better.  AND, we have great optimism about the future because we know, in Christ, that the best is yet to come.  Over or under?  Hopefully we are keeping our heads and hearts in the already/not yet confidence.