Eschatology And The Kingdom

Question 1

What does Luke go to lengths to show?

Answer 1

That Christ is the fulfilment of Old Testament scriptures and is at the heart of God’s plan for salvation

Question 2

What does Luke show Jesus doing?

Answer 2

• Fulfilling the prophesies of Isaiah

Question 3

What prophecies of Isaiah does Jesus do?

Answer 3

• Preach good news to the poor
• give recovery of sight to the blind
• release the opressed

Question 4

What what is also among these positive aspects of things

Answer 4

warning signs of the end of things

Question 5

What are the warning signs for the end of times that Jesus speaks of?

Answer 5

• Jerusalem will be trampled on by the gentiles
• the Second coming of Christ, when the kingdom of God will be ushered in and humanity will see.. the Son of Man coming in a cloud with power and great glory

Question 6

what did Jesus warn to those awaiting the kingdom?

Answer 6

• Not what they said or did, the most important part was to be a part of the kingdom
• the kingdom will come when people are least expecting it
• Those who are least of earth will be great in the kingdom

Question 7

Who will not enter the kingdom?

Answer 7

Those who are more interested in worldly wealth and fail to follow Jesus
‘It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God’

Question 8

What did Jesus teach about the kingdom?

Answer 8

That it was relevant for humanity in the present + should be accepted readily without question

Question 9

For Luke what would the coming of the kingdom of God be a time of?

Answer 9

Joy and salvation, when the end will be fulfilment of God’s plan

Question 10

What does Leon Morris observe about Luke?

Answer 10

‘… he looks for the coming of the End when the salvation of which he writes will be consummation’
- consummation = completion of something