PILGRIM
In the NT, an allusion is made to the condition of foreigners and pilgrims that Christians have while passing through this land (1 Pet. 2:11).
The citizenship of the Christian is in heaven (Phil. 3:20), where the resurrected Christ is, and where his affections must be placed, because the Christian has died with Christ and his life is hidden with Christ in God (Col. 3:1-4).
In this way he participates in the noble character of those witnesses of God who, in the past, went after the heavenly city, having left the earthly city, dwelling as strangers and pilgrims in the land that had been promised to them (Heb. 11 :8-10, 13-16).
During this pilgrimage the Lord teaches His own to know Him and His activity in grace and government, and also so that they know themselves deeply (cf. Deut. 8: 2-5).
During the Christian’s pilgrimage, he also has the privilege of acting as an “ambassador” of Christ to a world that has rejected him (cf. 2 Cor. 5:17-21). The pilgrim’s conduct and his ultimate goal are recapitulated in Tit. 2:11-15.