Eschatology

As the first seal is open we observe a horseman on a white horse, I want you to think of the word Deception. Who is this rider on the white horse, unleashed on the earth at the beginning of the tribulation? Some say it is Jesus and his second coming. How can Jesus be in Heaven opening the seals and riding this white horse at the same time? This rider wears a “crown”; Jesus wears “many crowns”. This rider wears a “stephanos”, a victor’s crown. Jesus wears many “diadems”, the many crowns of the…

I went back to the text but the dialogue had died down and no new themes or ideas were coming to me. At this point I did what Nancy Gross suggests and listed out my possible guesses for the meaning of this text. • it is a literal view of what it will be like before Jesus second coming of judgement. • It is about the hope of the coming of Christ • It is about the action needed before Christ coming again • It has something to do with eschatological theology and the idea of Christ coming to us…

Many people in our world desire to know what the future holds. Thousands of people read horoscopes, go to palm readers, and look to psychics for answers to questions concerning the future. We are enamored with knowing what is coming over the next horizon so it is no wonder that many people who read the Bible do so to get an insiders glimpse on what tomorrow holds. And in a very general, but meaningful way, we are told what the future holds for humanity. Those who are found in Christ have an…

Throughout my time in this course, I definitely gained a lot of education and insight into the many different religions of the world. Not only did a learn many new facts regarding religions I was not aware of, but I also learned a great many things about Christianity and developed a better understanding of the story and start of the most dominant faith of the world. When it came time to pick a research subject, one celestial event that came to mind that I have definitely heard of, but was…

Revelation” and “Everything that rises must converge” were written by the same person but, this doesn't mean they have the exact same plots. Both, of these writings are unique in their own way, they also have many differences and similarities. To begin with, the differences between “Revelation” and “Everything that rises must converge” is big since one of the readings is taking place in a bus and the other is taking place in the waiting room of a clinic. In “Revelation” the main character is…

Rowland dissects the theology and apocalyptic hermeneutics of famous theologians, Thomas Muentzer and Gerrard Winstanley, so that political discourse does not make facile Biblical interpretation. The apocalyptic language of Daniel is of significant scholarly interest, especially in regards to the biblical metanarrative, but Rowland advocate for a rebalance in Danielic exegesis. Rowland poignantly comments that the scriptures are not for appropriation, political or otherwise; of this he critiques…

Regarding the second half of verse 24, “he (The Antichrist) will distribute plunder, booty and possessions among them”: It is difficult to tell who exactly the “them” is. It does not follow to apply “them” to “one’s ancestors”, who are usually aged, if not dead. Is it possible this is a reference to The Antichrist’s blood relatives? I do not know. I do know who Donald Trump has placed in the highest positions of his TRUMP Organization: his oldest two sons and daughter; Donald Jr., Eric, and…

To me, the book of Revelation seems strange and difficult to understand because it is the only apocalyptic piece of literature I have read in the past. I always have doubt in my mind how the first audience understand this weird book. However, after I have read some of the apocalyptic literatures, I am coming to see the book with a new light and more acceptable to the experiences in it. I note there are visions in several of the apocalyptic literature that are in the book of Revelation such as…

Zombies, nuclear explosions, black holes. There are many theories on how the world will end. As Christians, we have the opportunity to look at prophecy in the Bible to have an idea of what the end will be like. However, the Bible can be confusing or unclear, allowing for multiple interpretations. Considering the end of time, we will look at four different views on what the millennium is and where it is placed on the timeline. The first timeline we will look at is the post-tribulation, or…

first volume of Robert Jenson’s Systematic Theology resolves two theological difficulties in the doctrine of God by innovatively binding together eschatology and pneumatology (advancing what I will refer to as Jenson’s “eschatological pneumatology”) in order to develop and sustain material proposals concerning God’s triune character. In terms of eschatology, Jenson’s project critically opposes theologies which are overdetermined by protological thinking, or God’s reality as source and origin,…