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Eschatology

Eschatology. Introduction . “If you ask me what time is, I know what it is; if you ask me, I do not know.” Saint Augustine, Confessions. A Thief in the Night. Quick intro to some terminology

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Eschatology

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  1. Eschatology Introduction

  2. “If you ask me what time is, I know what it is; if you ask me, I do not know.” Saint Augustine, Confessions

  3. A Thief in the Night

  4. Quick intro to some terminology • Premillennialism = Christ will reign visibly on earth; he will return before he inaugurates his reign • Postmillennialism = Christ returns after a golden age of 1000 years (literal or figurative) • Amillennialism = 1000 year reign in Revelation is symbolic and spiritual, not literal; Christ will return to establish his permanent reign

  5. Resurgence of Interest in the Future and Eschatology • “Secular” World • Christianity • Dispensational and Evangelical interest in the Second Coming • Recovery of the centrality of eschatology in the New Testament • “Theology of Hope” movement and “rediscovery” of eschatology in systematic theology • Moltmann • Barth

  6. Meaning of Eschatology • Some Definitions • Grenz, p. 599 • Traditionally understood as discussion on death, judgment, hell and heaven • Three main parts: • Individual • Corporate • Cosmic • Eschatology and Apocalypticism

  7. Challenge of Eschatology as a Theological Doctrine • Moltmann • The problem of speculation • Shirley Guthrie’s Four Safeguards

  8. Place of Eschatology in Systematic Theology • Typical Approach • Moltmann’s revisionist view • Pannenberg • Relation to other Theological Loci

  9. Eschatology as Hope • History matters • Grenz • “Eschatology as an Insight into the Present • “Eschatology as God’s Call in the Present

  10. Main Point The Present Matters in Light of the Coming Future

  11. Developments in Eschatological Traditions • Early Centuries • Hope for imminent return of Christ • Many early Fathers were millennialists • Montanists • Agreement among Church Fathers that Christ would return, but differed on details of parousia • Nicene Creed • Irenaeus • Origin • Augustine

  12. Middle Ages • Thomas Aquinas • Immortality of the soul & resurrection of body • Death and intermediate state • Antichrist • Then comes general resurrection • No earthly millennium • Final judgment

  13. Protestant Reformation • Luther & Calvin Return of Christ Bodily Resurrection Judgment Heaven and Hell Consummation of all things

  14. Radical Reformation • Enlightenment and Modernity • Rediscovery of Eschatology • Concluding thoughts

  15. New Testament • Pauline literature • Jesus and the Gospels • Revelation • Kingdom of God as “Already and Not Yet”

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