Final Flashcards

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liberal approach of eschatology: modernized eschatology

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continuing christianization of the social order would be the ezxemplification of the real meaning of the second coming

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who promoted the liberal approach of eschatology?

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Adolf von Harnack

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demodernized eschatology

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Jesus preached a future kingdom that would be radically supernatural and sudden in its coming,and is continuous from human society as previously experienced

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who promoted demodernized eschatology?

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Albert Schweitzer

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5
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who promoted realized eschatology?

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C.H. Dodd

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realized eschatology

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Dodd insisted that the content of Jesus’ message was not a future coming and a future kingdom; rather with the advent of Jesus the kingdom of God has already arrived. instead of looking ahead for future fulfillment of prophecy one should note the ways they are arleady fulfilled

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who promoted existential eschatology?

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Rudolf Bultmann

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existential eschatology

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Eschatological realities like resurrection, eternal life, and the coming of the spirit of anti-Christ do not depend on whether a particular event has yet transpired for they are true in a timeless, existential sense

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who promotes politicized eschatology?

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Jurgen Moltmann

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politicized eschatology

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Moltmann called upon the church to mediate the presence of Christ,w ho is turn will mediate the future of God

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reality of death

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  1. virtually all affirm the reality for death
  2. many struggle emotionally to embrace the reality of one’s death
  3. to the existentialist, the unwillingness to come to grips with the reality of death is a prime example of inauthentic existence
  4. death is the final moment of a process of decay of our bodies
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is physical death natural or unnatural?

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  1. since physical death is a result of sin, ti seems probable that humans sere created with the possibility of living forever
  2. death is not something natural to humans
  3. Paul pictures death as an enemy 1 Cor 15:26
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nature of death

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  1. Life and death, according to the Scripture, are not to be thought of as existence and non-existence, but as two different states of existence
  2. In addition to physical death, Scripture speaks of spiritual and eternal death (Eph 2:1-2; Rev 20:6; 21:8)
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what are the effects of death?

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  1. non-Christians often see nothing positive in death and recoil form it in fear
  2. according to the NT, Christians can take a new attitude toward death
  3. the Bible does not deny death, but insists that it has diff significance for the believer and unbeliever
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alternate views of intermediate state

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  1. soul sleep
  2. purgatory
  3. instantaneous resurrection
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soul sleep

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at death a person is in a state of unconsciousness until the final resurrection

17
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purgatory

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a state in which a person is cleansed form their venial sins

18
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instantaneous resurrection

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upon death there will be an immediate transition into the finals tate

19
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biblical affirmation of the second coming

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matt 24:30
Matt 24:31
Acts 1:11
Phil 3:20-21

20
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character of the coming

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  1. personal coming
  2. physical coming
  3. unexpected coming
  4. triumphant and glorious coming
  5. meaning of imminence
21
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nature of resurrection

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  1. bodily in nature
  2. work of the triune God
  3. both righteous and unrighteous- the righteous to eternal life and the unrighteous to eternal death
22
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covenant theology

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the church replaces or fulfills Israel’s destiny

23
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dispensational theology

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the church and Israel are two distinct groups

24
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what is the tribulation?

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  1. period of 7 years of great conflict and distress when God pours out his judgment on the world
  2. some spiritualize the tribulation to merely mean the distress experienced by Christians through church history
25
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who believed in the premillennial theology

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Justin Martyr
Tertullain
Ireaneaus
Cyprian
Victorinus
26
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who believed in amillennial theology?

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Origen

Augustine

27
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nature of judgment

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  1. Jesus will be the judge
  2. unbelievers will be judged
  3. believers will be judged
  4. angels will be judged