Not just the hereafter

When we who are Christians wrestle with questions about evil and suffering, and in particular illness and death, it is important that we do not too hastily appeal to what used to be called "the hereafter." We struggle here, and much of the comfort and perspective the Bible offers has little to do with any appeal to the End.

- D. A. Carson, How Long, O Lord? (2nd Ed., Baker Academic, 2006) p. 114.