Being Missional - The End of the Road

So just what is the hope of being missional and seeking to transform our cities? It seems that their is an immediate hope - that the people of our cities would be transformed to reflect the nature of Christ, thus society would be more peaceful, loving, merciful, gracious, etc. - and a future hope. Revelation 21 paints a riveting picture of the old earth and heaven passing away and being replaced with a new heaven and earth. This future heaven and earth is the very dwelling place of God and those who have trusted Christ (which we were used by God as His instruments to deliver the message of Christ to those people; that is we were being missional). This is the place when we as Christians dwell in God's very presence. A place of no more tears because the Almighty personally wipes them from our eyes, a place of the no more death, pain, or agony, but a place of perpetual life. This is the end of the missional road because God has accomplished His mission. This is our future hope and hopefully it will motivate us with joy and steadfastness to keep on keeping on in the midst of hardship and suffering in our present lives.