Salvation

The end of the old age occurs when Jesus comes the first time because he is the embodiment of the new age. Yet the old age continues to exist along with the new age so that the two overlap. The idea that the end has come and the fact that the end is not yet come, corresponds to the Christian being saved and still waiting to be saved. Jesus comes into conflict with the old age because he invades it to destroy it. In this conflict he is rejected, suffers ad dies. The suffering ministry of Christ as the servant lies at the heart of the gospel.

Graeme Goldsworthy, According to Plan, Pg. 228