Can the world be saved?

I traveled to Israel recently and took a tour with a lovely woman who showed me Bethlehem and Jerusalem—where Christ Jesus was born and where he was crucified. We talked a lot about Jesus and what he did for the world. She asked me, “Do you believe he was the Messiah?” I told her I did. She said, “I don’t. I think he was killed before he was able to finish his job. The Messiah was supposed to save the world, and the world hasn’t been saved.”

I understood what this woman was saying. So much of humanity continues to cry out for salvation. And saving the world seems an overwhelming—if not impossible—task. But, I wondered, does the world need to be “saved”? 

So what needs to be saved? It’s humanity’s view of the world that needs to be redeemed.