Kingdom-Metaphysics

Question 1

Kingdom

Answer 1

God’s divine, kingly reign as proclaimed and inaugurated by Jesus’ life, ministry, death, and resurrection, and the subsequent outpouring of the Spirit into the world

Question 2

Koinonia

Answer 2

a greek word meaning “fellowship” “communion” or “sharing together”

Question 3

Law, Legalism

Answer 3

law means variously the OT in general, the Torah (esp. the Pentateuch), the 10 commandments or the several codes of conduct that identified Israel as set apart and in covenantal relationship with God, the Mosaic Law

Question 4

Liberalism

Answer 4

desires to adapt religion to modern thought and culture

Question 5

Liberation theology

Answer 5

1960’s in Latin America, liberation theologians emphasize the scriptural theme of liberation understood as the overcoming of poverty and oppression

Question 6

Limited atonement

Answer 6

“particular redemption” the view that Jesus’ death secured salvation for only a limited number of persons (the elect) in contrast to the idea that the work of the cross is intended for all humankind

Question 7

Materialism

Answer 7

matter is all that matters

Question 8

Messiah

Answer 8

hebrew word meaning “anointed one”

Question 9

Metanarrative

Answer 9

the idea that there is an overwhelming all-embracing story of humankind into which all the more particular narratives fit creation-Fall-redemption- new creation is this all-embracing matanarrative

Question 10

Metaphysics

Answer 10

the philosophical exploration into the ultimate nature of really lying beyond the merely physical