Thus the forward movement of history must be toward an end in which that movement will come to absolute rest, or at least to total moments in which all past and future are abolished. (religion-online.org)
This response presupposes that Christian faith has its fundamental existence in some isolation from the fundamental movement of history. (religion-online.org)
One the one hand, paganism and mystical religions seek salvation in a vertical movement of integration with the absolute, either by an ascent into the One or by a descent into the soul, On the other hand, Judaism looks for salvation in the horizontal movement of history, in the advent of a new era. (religion-online.org)