The Great Reversal

“And not only you, but anyone who sacrifices home, family, fields—whatever—because of me will get it all back a hundred times over, not to mention the considerable bonus of eternal life. This is the Great Reversal: many of the first ending up last, and the last first.”” (Matthew 19:29–30, The Message)

Reversal of fortune is a theme which repeats itself over and over again throughout the Scriptures.  In the OT it is a type of the great reversal of fortune to come at the cross, when darkness seems ascendant, when evil appears to have won, but then comes Resurrection Day; the reversal of fortune is complete (as John Piper put it: "Darkness, you get one hour, then you die).

Christ speaks of another great reversal that will take place at the end of the age.  All of the things that his followers have lost and suffered and sacrificed because of their commitment to him; they will get it all back a hundred times over, and they will get eternal life.  This truly is the Great Reversal

One of the things that ought to sustain us in our journey of faith is that what we suffer now is not to be compared with the prize to come. Paul suffered the loss of all things so that he would gain Christ (Phil 3.8).   Paul calls the loss of all things "light, momentary affliction"

“For this light momentary affliction is preparing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison,” (2 Corinthians 4:17, ESV)

There is a reversal of fortune coming for those who are in Christ.