An idea from Fear and Trembling

His hope was for this life, not the next. He expected to grow old with Isaac in the land, honored and blessed. A faith that only waits for heaven would have found the command easier, because it could just let this world go.

From Fear and Trembling by Søren Kierkegaard

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