Beowulf Summary Chapter 12

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Chapter twelve, we close with a great subject that any Christian would love to discuss; Heaven. The ultimate place Christians want to end up for their eternity. However we are not able to enjoy eternal community with God without the imminent judgment. “Judgment is necessary for the liberation of creation from its present situation” (Grenz and Smith, 237). The authors submit that Judgment will be not only on humankind, but also the cosmos, or all of creation and at that point, dos will put back in order His world like he intended it since the beginning. This is an incredible thought in that all of sickness, decay and bondage the earth suffers will be freed from its fallen state (237). Judgment on us as believers is the

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