Constructing Eschatology
Title | Constructing Eschatology PDF eBook |
Author | Nixon de Vera |
Publisher | Wipf and Stock Publishers |
Pages | 248 |
Release | 2022-01-03 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 1666702226 |
This work seeks to provide a critical analysis of the prophecies in the book of Isaiah that parallels the prophetic insights in the book of Revelation. The underlying question is, “To what extent has God foreordained things, especially before and during the final judgment?” The author thinks all that concerns God’s majestic plan, i.e., to accomplish God’s purpose for humanity, is covered in its entirety. God is highly active in foreordaining things, and whatever God foreordains shall be fulfilled in the end. Isaiah’s conception of the interplay between the themes of punishment and healing is central to his eschatological trajectory. In this respect, theologically speaking, the total restoration of Israel signifies the restoration of all humankind. Such an eschatology might accommodate the notion of Christian Universalism.
Constructing Eschatology
Title | Constructing Eschatology PDF eBook |
Author | Nixon de Vera |
Publisher | Wipf and Stock Publishers |
Pages | 228 |
Release | 2022-01-03 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 1666702242 |
This work seeks to provide a critical analysis of the prophecies in the book of Isaiah that parallels the prophetic insights in the book of Revelation. The underlying question is, "To what extent has God foreordained things, especially before and during the final judgment?" The author thinks all that concerns God's majestic plan, i.e., to accomplish God's purpose for humanity, is covered in its entirety. God is highly active in foreordaining things, and whatever God foreordains shall be fulfilled in the end. Isaiah's conception of the interplay between the themes of punishment and healing is central to his eschatological trajectory. In this respect, theologically speaking, the total restoration of Israel signifies the restoration of all humankind. Such an eschatology might accommodate the notion of Christian Universalism.
A Basic Guide to Eschatology
Title | A Basic Guide to Eschatology PDF eBook |
Author | Millard J. Erickson |
Publisher | Baker Books |
Pages | 218 |
Release | 1998-12-01 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 1585585807 |
A leading evangelical theologian provides a comprehensive examination of the various evangelical views of the millennium (and other eschatological subjects).
Making All Things New
Title | Making All Things New PDF eBook |
Author | Benjamin L. Gladd |
Publisher | Baker Academic |
Pages | 224 |
Release | 2016-03-08 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 1493402404 |
Many people think eschatology refers to events occurring at the end of history. In this book, two scholars with expertise in biblical eschatology argue that God's kingdom breaking into this world through Jesus Christ has inaugurated a new creation, a reality that should shape pastoral leadership and be reflected in the life and ministry of the church. Brief and accessibly written, this book articulates the practical implications of G. K. Beale's New Testament Biblical Theology and features an introductory chapter by Beale. Each chapter concludes with practical suggestions and a list of books for further study.
Eschatology in the Making
Title | Eschatology in the Making PDF eBook |
Author | Vicky Balabanski |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 264 |
Release | 1997-09-04 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 0521591376 |
If the expectations of the early church concerning the return of Christ and the end of the world were disappointed, the magnitude of the disappointment and the form in which it was expressed do not seem to fit with the expectations of modern scholars. This 1997 study questions both the idea that the delay of Christ's return - the parousia - was the primary factor shaping the development of eschatological expectation in the early church, and the linearity of the models used to understand the development of early Christian eschatology. Vicky Balabanski argues that Matthew's Gospel shows a more imminent expectation than Mark's, and that there were fluctuations in eschatological expectation caused by factors within these early communities and those of the Didache. She traces these fluctuations and offers some new interpretative keys to Mark 13, Matthew 24 and 25 and Didache 16, as well as some vivid and original historical reconstructions.
Constructing Jesus
Title | Constructing Jesus PDF eBook |
Author | Dale C. Jr. Allison |
Publisher | Baker Academic |
Pages | 784 |
Release | 2010-11-01 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 1441233687 |
What did Jesus think of himself? How did he face death? What were his expectations of the future? In this volume, now in paperback, internationally renowned Jesus scholar Dale Allison Jr. addresses such perennially fascinating questions about Jesus. The acclaimed hardcover edition received the Biblical Archaeology Society's "Best Book Relating to the New Testament" award in 2011. Representing the fruit of several decades of research, this major work questions standard approaches to Jesus studies and rethinks our knowledge of the historical Jesus in light of recent progress in the scientific study of memory. Allison's groundbreaking alternative strategy calls for applying what we know about the function of human memory to our reading of the Gospels in order to "construct Jesus" more soundly.
Perspectives in Pentecostal Eschatologies
Title | Perspectives in Pentecostal Eschatologies PDF eBook |
Author | Peter Althouse |
Publisher | James Clarke & Company |
Pages | 439 |
Release | 2012-03-29 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 0227900324 |
This collection of essays from established scholars and rising stars offers fresh perspectives in eschatology for the Pentecostal and Charismatic movements. The fresh readings of eschatology in this volume are valuable because they demonstrate that Pentecostals no longer need to look to others to interpret their theology for them but can stand as scholars and thinkers in their own right.