Deliverance Now and Not Yet: The New Testament and the Great Tribulation
Department
Christian Studies
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Description
Deliverance Now and Not Yet follows Albert Schweitzer’s view of mystically dying with Christ and Merkabah mysticism at Qumran to propose that the New Testament pictures Christ’s atonement with mystical implications. These pictures set up three forms of New Testament eschatology: consistent, inaugurated, and realized. With regard to the relationship of the Church and the Great Tribulation: (1) Paul and John present deliverance now (realized eschatology), and (2) the rest of the New Testament presents deliverance not yet in two categories - (2a) Mark, James, Peter, and Jude present deliverance not yet (consistent), and (2b) Matthew, Luke - Acts, Hebrews, and Revelation portray deliverance as now and not yet (inaugurated eschatology). Taken together, the Christian’s experience of the Messianic woes and mystical expression of the Kingdom prompts us to long deeply for the climactic expression of the Kingdom of God. (From the publisher's website.)
ISBN
9780820467030
Publication Date
8-13-2003
Document Type
Book
Publisher
Peter Lang International Academic Publishers
City
New York
Publication Title
Studies in Biblical Literature Series
Publisher Statement
Copyright 2003 Peter Lang
Keywords
Bible interpretation, Christian eschatology, tribulation
Disciplines
Biblical Studies
Recommended Citation
Pate, C. Marvin, "Deliverance Now and Not Yet: The New Testament and the Great Tribulation" (2003). Books and Monographs. 23.
https://scholarlycommons.obu.edu/mono/23