Sentences with phrase «for eschatological»

God is the supreme reality and basis for eschatological hope.

Let theology rejoice that faith is once again a «scandal,» and not simply a moral scandal, an offense to man's pride and righteousness, but, far more deeply, an ontological scandal; for eschatological faith is directed against the deepest reality of what we know as history and the cosmos.

Their knowledge of the life and ministry of Jesus, their experience of him as risen from the dead, and their recognition in him as 1) that hoped - for eschatological prophet (the Christ), as 2) God's own envoy, who could and does bear God's name (the Lord), and as 3) one who did and does God's saving work (the Savior)-- all contribute to the significance of that sign received first by the shepherds.

For the eschatological hope was not a hope only; the return of Jesus as Inaugurator of the age to come would be but the culmination of an event which had already begun and was now far advanced, the eschatological event with which history was ending.

Augustine's «solution to the still extant question of the End of Time is the most intellectually responsible for an eschatological believer: no one can know when; it could happen at any time,» but this sobriety leads him and those he influenced to «read the Apocalypse - driven past» through the distorting lens of their own more conservative theology.

It does not settle the question of what happens to individual occasions or persons beyond their moment of occurrence, but it sets a different context for this eschatological discussion.

Thus, Soulen argues, «Reverence for the divine name, expressed by its nonpronunciation, is the very wellspring of Jesus» speech, a token of his longing for the eschatological vindication of God's name [and] the silent source from which all his audible speech flows.»

For eschatological faith is directed against the deepest reality of what we know as history and the cosmos.

Not exact matches

For Christians however, biblical religion provides a fuller vision of what such participation and stewardship entail and the substance of human flourishing, for which the dominant teleological and eschatological images are a Garden and a City, a New Eden and a New JerusalFor Christians however, biblical religion provides a fuller vision of what such participation and stewardship entail and the substance of human flourishing, for which the dominant teleological and eschatological images are a Garden and a City, a New Eden and a New Jerusalfor which the dominant teleological and eschatological images are a Garden and a City, a New Eden and a New Jerusalem.

Hence his death was seen as the realization of his eschatological selfhood: free from the demonic power of the fear of death, he was free to give his life for his neighbour.

«60 In spite of his helpful vision of eschatological play, he would seek to instrumentalize play — i.e., to make conscious use of it - for the sake of the revolution.

Hence Jesus» call for obedience in the eschatological situation logically presupposes an eschatological selfhood.

Therefore the dissolution of the «being» of the world has made possible the renewal of the stance of eschatological faith; for an ultimate and final No - saying to the world can dialectically pass into the Yes - saying of eschatological faith.

For this view Fuchs appeals to the parables, which were often spoken in the setting of the eschatological meals: «Jesus supplied his disciples with the interpretation of his parabolic language by an act of goodness.»

The source and present location of the saying, as part of the Little Apocalypse, and the probability that the section once circulated without reference to the belief that Jesus was the Son of Man both point toward the probable origin of this type of Christology: it originated among those for whom the vision of Daniel was the authoritative statement of eschatological doctrine.

This is the meaning and message of the Passover, and participation in it has the sacramental efficacy of producing rebirth; this is also the meaning of the commemoration of the sacrifice of Christ on Calvary, for by participating in the death of Christ who sums up all of the past, we also participate in his resurrection, which attains the eschatological future.

Deeply indebted to the work of Albert Schweitzer from the turn of the twentieth century, he has cogently argued time and again for the historicity of the eschatological preaching of Jesus and the significance of the Passion.

But for one possessed of a static outlook, it becomes a contradiction to say that an archaic movement is really a forward or eschatological one.

Remembering the radical Christian affirmation that God has fully and totally become incarnate in Christ, we must note that neither the Incarnation nor the Crucifixion can here be understood as isolated and once - and - for - all events; rather, they must be conceived as primary expressions of a forward - moving and eschatological process of redemption, a process embodying a progressive movement of Spirit into flesh.

The resolution of such important questions of truth is not unimportant; but for now, the anticipation of such resolution qualifies as an eschatological hope.

Can we not make the judgment that it is precisely this vision of the death of God in Christ that can make possible for us a realization of the deeper meaning of the Christian and eschatological symbol of the dawning of the Kingdom of God?

Most fundamentally: how exactly do your eschatological views, particularly in teasing out these details, provide a well - supported basis for a Christian social ethic?

There certainly are for those who regard all language about an act of God or of a decisive, eschatological event as mythological.

For, quite apart from its credibility, the bare miracle tells us nothing about the eschatological fact of the destruction of death.

Insofar as an eschatological epiphany of Christ can occur only in conjunction with a realization in total experience of the kenotic process of self - negation, we should expect that epiphany to occur in the heart of darkness, for only the universal triumph of the Antichrist can provide an arena for the total manifestation of Christ.

For the first disciples» faith in the resurrection is itself part and parcel of the eschatological event which is the article of faith.

The Kingdom is an eschatological miracle, and those destined for it are not thus destined because of their humanity but because they are called of God.

First, it must again be stressed that the eschatological message of Jesus, the preaching of the coming of the Kingdom and of the call to repentance, can be understood only when one considers the conception of man which in the last analysis underlies it, and when one remembers that it can have meaning only for him who is ready to question the habitual human self - interpretation and to measure it by this opposed interpretation of human existence.

In other words, the cross is not just an event of the past which can be contemplated, but is the eschatological event in and beyond time, in so far as it (understood in its significance, that is, for faith) is an ever - present reality.

What we are proposing as a more adequate tool for the verification of the reality of God is believing reason, since it reaches the eschatological future where the reality of God can be discovered.

For the spirit of the evangelical counsels, of the Sermon on the Mount, of the cross, the spirit of hope in the risen Christ and an eschatological attitude to life belong to all Christian existence and are binding on all.

If Christianity be rightly understood and if Christians understand themselves correctly, things are exactly the opposite of what most Christians and non-Christians imagine: hope in the absolute future of God who is himself the eschatological salvation does not justify a fossilized conservatism which anxiously prefers the safe present to an unknown future; it is not a tranquillizing «opium for the people» in present sorrow; it is, on the contrary, the authoritative call to an ever - renewed, confident exodus from the present into the future, even in this world.

The best and most important evidence for the currency of the eschatological Kingdom of God expectation at the time of Jesus and its lack of definite form is the Kaddish prayer of the ancient synagogue.

We stated there that the eschatological dimension is the foundation for religious talk.

U2's great song «Where the Streets Have No Name» is an eschatological plea for a time when we can't tell who's Catholic and who's Protestant, who's friend or enemy, based on address or surname.

Naturally enough, with the rise of apocalyptic, the hope for God's ultimate forgiveness becomes the hope for God's eschatological forgiveness, and with the rise of Messianism, it becomes the hope for messianic forgiveness: In Pesikta 149a, the Messiah comes «with grace and pardon (slyhh) on his lips.»

The biblical message of the kingdom is eschatological in orientation, for it proclaims God's ultimate lordship over creation, which lordship has already broken into history in the appearance of Jesus.

If that trust is articulated in the properly eschatological terms of Christian self - understanding, then a confident hope for a future full recognition of that God, a hope for a vision of the whole beyond present ambiguity and brokenness, is disclosed in the proleptic manifestation called Jesus Christ.

The final contribution of Pannenberg's program is its eschatological orientation, for his entire systematic theology focuses on the eschaton, and thereby on hope.

While the appearance of Jesus as eschatological judge and the reference of all deeds of mercy to Jesus imply the exclusiveness of Jesus» role, the truth - judgment regarding this exclusivity runs counter to the metaphysical lure that grounds the confession itself by providing a universal sanction for Jesus» decisions.

Hoping for the redemption of all creation, Christians maintain a certain eschatological reserve about the way things are.

Now these are all descriptions of the eschatological fulfillment, for which other men had only wished, or at best only vaguely hoped.

Clearly, the text calls for faith in Jesus as the eschatological judge; the question is whether it actually demands a formalization of the faith - response in a specific conceptualization of Jesus» status — one of a doctrinal character that demands assent.

The eschatological character of the symbol indicates that the future is indeed open and that we are continually presented with possibilities for decision and actualization.

One of the dominant eschatological views within evangelicalism is premillenial dispensationalism, a system that carves out a significant role for an earthly Jewish state in the events at the end of days.

The eschatological vision of the Garden of Life is the promise and hope for the life on earth.

The opposites can not be simply annulled or negated, for then there would be neither a forward movement nor an eschatological End.

Significantly, the same passage in Hebrews that describes so vividly the reality the heavenly church gathered in eschatological assembly with the angels and believers of all time also provides the strongest proof text in the Bible for regular church attendance, «Forsake not the assembling of yourselves together» (Hebrews 10:25).

For Dodd's approach to succeed, it would be necessary to show that the inclusion of details from Jesus» life is not part of the adiaphora, i.e. not just one means among others of emphasizing the incarnation, but rather that it is indispensable for conveying the existential meaning of the kerygma, i.e. is constitutive of the kerygma as eschatological eveFor Dodd's approach to succeed, it would be necessary to show that the inclusion of details from Jesus» life is not part of the adiaphora, i.e. not just one means among others of emphasizing the incarnation, but rather that it is indispensable for conveying the existential meaning of the kerygma, i.e. is constitutive of the kerygma as eschatological evefor conveying the existential meaning of the kerygma, i.e. is constitutive of the kerygma as eschatological event.

For instance, since the eschatological expectations recorded in both the Hebrew and Christian testaments have not come to pass after hundreds and hundreds of years, why should Christians today harbor the same expectations?