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O u r P r e s e n t a n d
F u t u r e H O P e
J OHn e . PHela n Jr .
eiechoogy
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EeiEchoogy
Our PrEsEnt and
FuturE HOPE
JOHn E. PHElan Jr.
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Contents
Akwdm / 9
Irdu /
Hp d Prm /
An Overview and Invitation
Hp d Ammd / 3
3 Hp r Rurr / 49
4 Hp r Judm / 67
Hp r Kdm Gd / 8
6 Hp r Ju’ Rur /
7 Hp Md Empr / 9
8 Hp r Mum / 36
9 Hp r Ir / 3
Hp r Cur / 7
Bbrp / 89
Nm Idx / 97
Subj Idx / 99
Srpur Idx /
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Introduction
Eschatology, or the study of “last things,” drd
prpr Cr . Sm dr r purvw
r, mr rb, r. Or, ur, r ur -
d b rprv puzz D’ prp d J’ Rv.
B rrr p p dvr r rd mp
uur— p r rd w drdd d d-
rdd mp. Fw m durd b . Hwvr, r dfr
r b d ju mpr Cr
d . Fr rm b prpr , xr
heart Cr.
T Bb rrv b r d d w r.
Ir’ prp pd m w r Gd wud ru vr
r. Ju m prm pr kdm Gd d
d wr v u vu kdm. Pu d
rurr Ju w r d rur-
r, d ru Ju’ d d rurr v
“pwr” d b dd. J d ur A Mr
rm u uur prur d ur pru,
d Gd’ purp wud b mpd. Evr pr Bb wr w d vw , Pu wud pu , Gd
wud b (1 Cr 15:2).
E mr prpr Cr p-
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rpr r. Wu Cr wr. Wu
r m k d. I m b mrb. Bu k
b r muum p d wr ru p juk.E v Cr pwr b mr wu
r wk rm. T kdm v Cr d
Cr mmu rr d d. Bb wr Gd’
judm prvd Cr w mr v. T prm rur-
r d w r prvd Cr w p. Wu -
Cr m d ur purp.
E mr w w pp “ d.” I mr w Ju w m r wr r w b “mum.” W
u r mpr, u mr r mu
r m r m u. W m I? W d m r m x?
D m bd have u r m bd ensouled — , m u x
pr rm m bd? W d m d? W pp ur vd
w d? Ar w Gd v? D “p” d w
rurr dd? W v w? W bu
w r Cr? W rvr, r w Gd v m
r ? W w? W rurr dd?
W w , d w w ur? W d Gd’
pp? W “ v w d” r v “w r”?
W Gd’ pp v, r w v m m? T d
r vr prud d pr qu r eschatological qu.
E r rpr qu w dvdu . W
r ur Gd’ prmd kdm? Sud
ur wrk rz r v br kdm Gd? Or
ur rr b dpr wmmr wp w rm
wrk rd d k wrd? Hw d ur v
vu m kdm w m vu
ur vru uur d v mm ? I pr “v
ur m,” “ur r k” r “ wrr bu ur ”? I “Ju
Lrd” b w d m kdm, w d ur vu w pp r ub r “rd”? W r w
b “ pp,” d w r w mmd pwr
ru Gd? T r qu.
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Introduction 1
Cr bu mr m pr v. Ju w
mp dvdu; w rm mmu dp w
wud v u w vu m kdm Gd. H wrm eschatological community , mmu d um
d. T mmu d mp u uur u u Gd
drppd prp Ir r r Pu. Nr d
rud d w r d. I d b kdm
Gd md kdm wrd. Gd u mp r
u m, Pu pu 2 Cr 5, bu bm pr
dv pr d. A pr kdm Gdw r “Gd’ mbdr” r ur r d ur mmu
w vr. T ur prvd rv kdm
wrd mp r uur bu pr.
T bk wr ur dvdu Cr d ur
k Cr ru. I I ru r rm b
r r dr, m practical d pr -
dr. Evr d ur , r ud b, d
pr kdm Gd Ju’ mr, m,
d d rurr. T ur’ m, mr d mmu
r v p b prm rurr d judm, d
m w v d w r. Cr r pp p.
Ad ur p mr pr bu rpr d uvr. Cr
r pp mission, d m mvd b Gd’ v d
r rw d r r m. T
ur v m rw d p r
Gd. B wrp d w p rw
d prp r.
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1
Hope and Promise
An Overview and Invitation
Does the world have a purpose? D m v purp? M
u v kd qu k m r r ur v. T
r r m r. Prp v d pu pbr u dpr r wk w wdr r ud
d. Or prp pr ur d w dppm w
ur ur v br u vr d dum. W wdr
wrd r udr r d d mp Gd r
vrd b dfr d mpr r wu rrd
r vru, v r v. W wdr r br d pu uur
br u r drk d dppm.A bwdr vr , r d fr qu bw-
dr vr ru wr d r qu.
Ar rup dvr fr u mr ur dv rrd
ru. T u j prur p pr r
mvm. M w b ud, , r ju r
qub x p r pr vrm. S r dpr
d wr d dv u brv p r wrd’ m d r mk b .
T , m d prp v frd w prp wr
qu ’ dr d purp. Sm v rud u-
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d br, d d rbr. Ju pr ur ummr d
ummr d wr, ur v d, dd d
d . M , , w m-pr pur um . A um rr k ru-
ur . W mv ru k p, pru k d,
rw ruu mur d k bk r urur
x r. T rpd vr d vr . I m
rd pr k um b rm wr r
—r v vr! Bu r wrd d br, d
d rbr w d, purp bu w prpu.Jw d Cr k purp d dr vr dfr-
rm , m d prp. Fr m mpr
d d d rbr, bu jur, prm. L
dpd r r pr bu rrw. Jw d Cr r
wdr wdr bu d purpu r Prmd
Ld. Tr r r br, d d rbr, bu r mp
. T jur m d. Gd’ mru purp
r ud. T r up wrd dfr,
mpr d purp, bu pr, v d full purp. L
, Mb drd, “ d b d, u ud d ur,
.” Rr,
T d v Lo vr ,
mr vr m d;
r w vr mr;
r ur u. (Lm :22-2)
Judm d Cr, r wrd, r eschatological. T bv
Gd d br r wrk r mp.
Am r , m ud , r “ ,”
mpr bu v dr rm bu d
wrd. T prp r d d-m r mr
bur prp x. T mp d -r r prd m Ju’ rur v d mr prvd
r mkr d mbrrm. Cdr w:
William Shakespeare, Macbeth, act , scene , lines -.
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• Fwr Jm Fr bvd r 120 “w pr-
drmd d mrkd r .”
• T br prdd Cr wud rur 120.
• J Npr Sd prdd wrd wud d 1.
• Hr Ad Grm u judm wud b 1.
• Or prdd d wud m 1, 11, 1, 10, 1, 1
d .2
Jw m wr u prd d r-
rv M. Ad u prd v d. W I rrvd m r d m pr mr S, K,
bk d 88 Reasons Why the Rapture Will Be in 1988 w m dk.
M Cr v b k b u r prd. Uru,
r ur prd r wrd Ju m dmp
um m k ( Mk 1:2). Fr r bzrr
u “prp” d m d m. T vd bk k
D d Rv, m b “pm”—bv w “p u” d. Bu r b r dfr d ju
Bb.
Tr mu mr Cr mr prd. E-
bu d , bu bu b d mdd
d w. Cr, ud, r.
T m, ud, Cr bv wrd purp—
dd mwr. T Cr bu p. T Crm d w. T wrd kd d d
d rbr r rppd d pr d . Gd’
prm “w v d w r” (I 5:1; Rv 21:1-). Bu d
m Gd’ uur rm r w pv w. Fr Cr
uur p pr. Ju wud r prud
kdm Gd w rd r. T p Pu wud w
r rd rd w Cr (Rm ) d rd “d . . . w m
v p” (Ep 2:). T rur d ur v rd b
Robert G. Clouse, Robert N. Hosack and Richard V. Pierard, Te New Millennium Manual (Grand
Rapids: Baker, 1999), pp. 10-9.Ibid., pp. 109-1.
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d w d r. T bru wd wud w w wr d
ur w u r. Gd’ xd pp wud rur d
d m Z w ;
vr j b up r d;
b j d d,
d rrw d w. (I 5:10)
T r rur rm x w m r.
T prp H bu r dppm r-
ur br d p prp. “Cdr w u v rd,”
dr. “Yu v w mu, d rvd ; u , bu u
vr v u; u drk, bu u vr v ur ; u ur-
v, bu wrm; d u r w r w pu m
b w ” (H 1:5-). Au pp d rurd
d, mp w ru, w wr rubb d
wr br urvv vrm ( N 1–2). O m
pr x d rurd , d r wr
drd d rurd. T w rd w I d d m xp! Ovr r u Gd’ pp dd r mprv.
B m Ju dppm w pu bvu. Sm
vd p Gd’ rv, prp ru “d ,”
M. Or rmd mmu pr dr p
mprm r rur w d Rm. S r d
r pp Rm d w mpzd w m,
bd r kv m rb. Sm u m-mu, Srpur d rd dr. Or mp v
up Gd d “p Ir” (Jr 1:; A 2:20). Prp w r
r v wrd “fr”: “Wr prm
m? Fr vr ur r dd, u wr
rm b r” (2 P :-). P m Ju
w wmp , dpr, dfr d p Ju b
prm d w.Ard Gp Luk, Ju b u
mw Nzr. H ppr v d u prrm Luk
:1-0. H b b qu rm I 1:
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T Spr Lrd up m;
bu d m
br d w pr.H m prm r pv
d rvr bd,
pprd r,
prm r Lrd’ vr. (Lk :1-1)
S r Ju w rd, I’ p wr dd. Hwvr dp
r dppm r u ppr, Ju d r
w d w. N , d, “d rpur bud ur r” (Lk :21). T prm I, dd
d rurd, wr m ru. T rm dd d w r
Ju. Erd prumpuu, drv m u w. I w
rd upu b!
Nvr, Nzr Ju d ud prrm. r
x w I’ prrm. I bv Ju k u rm bk
I d rmd mr rud bk’ p d xp.
Ev d r Sufr Srv I 5. W w
I mpr Ju? I wud u I’ mpr w
ud , w r prpd rw, md
r bd rqurm rbu mp, rrd w d r-
wd u. H kd um Ir’ uur
bu um Gd’ r w r. I’
m rk rd m. w p r k:
I 5:1-25 d 25:-. Dd rk prp rr -
rvv r Ir, r d prp v m mr md?
Ad w d wrd v d w p r-ur Jw
r, r mr, w pp v w -r ur?
IsaIah and the restoratIon of all thIngs
Im u r durd px Jw k u v
dvd r d urd. Yu v rubb. Yurbr r . Yu r vr uur ur dr d prp
dub vr urvv ur mmu. Yu r pr d d-
d pp, v d v, pwru d v mpr. Yu
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v rd w ur Gd dd p pp m
u vr d um. W d , u wdr, r w ur
Gd dd b d Bb d w umbd br d Pr? Hw wud u r wrd?
I m bu r w v
d w r;
rmr b rmmbrd
r m md.
Bu b d d rj rvr
w I m r;r I m bu r Jrum j,
d pp d.
I w rj Jrum,
d d m pp. (I 5:1-1)
Tr qu u wud r d w. Prp ur r
wud b r d ur drm p wud r. Yu br
u rrd , ruu d d pp dr p prpru v. Yu p, prpr d ur—w vr um b,
vr um m, r.
Bu I m r:
N mr r b
v bu w d,
r d pr w d v u m. (I 5:20)
T ud ju b w pk ur d mmu. Bu r ur brw b. Ad prp mk
r r prm:
T w d mb d r,
rw k x;
bu rp— d b du!
T ur r dr
m mu, Lo. (I 5:25)
Fr wv d mb d r d rw k x,
m drm wud d pp. Prdr d pr d r-
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m , . O u ud k rr
-u prp k—xr r k f. Bu prp
u wud wdr ju w ud m.I I 5 rd ur brw, I 25 wud u ur jw drp.
T p prm vr r Ir vr r m. I vr’
rm r w b r br:
O mu Lo w mk r pp
r d, w-d w,
r d d w mrrw, w-d w rd r.
(I 25:)
S r, d, bu , , I m qu upr-
db d r:
Ad w dr mu
rud vr pp,
prd vr ;
w ww up d rvr. (I 25:)
T wud v b m qu w rur x. A w
w r bk, r mu Ir’ r r w xp-
rurr rm dd. T dd, m d r, r d
, w S, bd dd wr, b, vd
dw x.6 T p d pk rurr, bu
d m prd d d. W ud m?
Tr w m r bu wrd. T prp pk
“ prd vr all nations.” D m G
wr mw b udd b? W prp d
wud b r “ pp,” dd m ud G? A-
r prp wud k rwrd m w “ Lo w bm
k vr r” (Z 1:). T dd G wud mk
prm Jrum “ wrp K, Lo , d
kp v b” (Z 1:1). Ir’ Gd wud mp b
rb d, Gd wk d dd pp. Rr wud
w m b Gd v d r, Jw d G k. A
Alan F. Segal, Lie Afer Death: A History o the Aferlie in the Religions o the West (New York:
Doubleday, 004), pp. 10-40.
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m p uur wud bm r vr!
I mb rm p rm pp r prpr, p
d ur w mr rd p: ww up d, d prdr bvr d rw r r. Pp
wud v r w d d wrp r w Gd wu r
r mr pwru m. I , m wud b vrd d
m Ir wrp r Gd d m r r v.
A u udm ur wv
d bu ur um prdr w. I , I d
prdd :T b r wrd pwr,
d r pr pru k;
up wrd ,
r r wr mr. (I 2:)
T rdr p. T mprr d wr
v mrk um rp, b pr r
. T dur muu urd dru(MAD). T p Gd: “H jud bw ,
d rbr r m pp” (I 2:). T p prdud
b um vr b um mr r dpm k.
T Gd. I u Gd wrk ru r r
Dvd w w rb Dvd’ kdm “d upd w ju
d w ru rm m wrd d rvrmr” (I :).
T “ . . . rm ump J” (I 11:1) w p vr Spr Gd d prdu ru d p Ir d
r ( I 11:2-).
Rur Nzr. k u r wrd rm
Jp d Mr’ b. Hr rr wrd I—wrd
vr rw mr w r rd. Ad , u k,
udrd r v pd d p, prpr d ur u
d m r v pd m wr . Tpp Ir d b brd b Grk, b Rm d b r
w r d. Cud p mu r? Wr Gd’
prm mp? Ad r u m “d
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rpur b ud ur r” (Lk :21). W dd k
w? W dd k w d? Bu w d. T um,
dr, wud b ju r Ir. I wud, I d ud,ud G w—v Sd d Sr (Lk :25-2). “A
u,” Luk wr, “wr d w r” (Lk :2).
T d w Jw Ju’ d wr w w d
x. T wr k r p, prpr d ur r
w d d ppru b rud b r w k d wrp
r w Gd. T wr p um d d r
m, G—p Rm. Sm, w prpD, wr xp mr mr vr. T wr p
rurr dd: “M ,” D d wr, “w
p du r wk, m vr , d m
m d vr mp. T w r w k
br k, d w d m ru, k
r rvr d vr” (D 12:2-). Or wr p mr
pr vr vr r m— rd r r.
I rm dppm d xp p Ju w
m p, um kdm Gd. W dd
m b kdm Gd?
Jesus and the Message of the KIngdoM
I w v mr bu kdm Gd d mr Ju
r bk. Hr I w mp xpr w Ju rprd
kdm Gd d mr d w ud v
m rr. Rmmbr I 5:5- d prd “
bd” b pd, “ r d” b uppd,
m “p[] k dr” d “ u p” r
j? Ju’ mr rrzd b ju u d br-
. T r mp mprv m ; r
pr Gd’ kdm. I mr Ju m prud
kdm rd r. W Ju d k d u dm“b r Gd,” “ kdm Gd m u” (Lk 11:20).
Ju d k d u dm p w v
d w r wr, I prmd, d dd d r
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d. I mr Ju, kdm w bu . Gd’
ru ju d p w m u, bu, Ju md b
, mr w pr w.Ju’ d xrm r pr mr
p d rpr pr kdm. I
d w v d v k rwrd m w wrd
wud bm pwr d pr pru k. T
m mu — Srm Mu Mw 5–. I
“pr pr” pp w bm “ r” d
“ wrd” (M 5:, 1-1). T bd d w. T ru v b u w . T pu
u m b v r m. T v w mp, u-
m d ru. T v judm Gd d v bd
Ju. Tr v r uuu—rr r d -
quv w r br. T r, , v kdm v
before kdm rrv u ( M 5–). T r “
r,” “ wrd,” “ bu ” (M 5:1-1). T
r, r wrd rud m, pr kdm.
I d mr Ju r prud pr
d uur m r. I , d d rurr Ju,
kdm w uurd, w bu. Fr p Pu, r x-
mp, Ju’ rurr w mp Ju’ rr . Ju’ r-
urr w “r ru” r d rurr (1 Cr
15:20). Pu ru w w ru urv Gd’ v Cr,
w d d r w m (Rm ). Fr Pu m w v rd
xprd Ju’ rurr prud r . A dvdu
d Cr mmu m w r d, I ud rr,
pr rurr. A pd w v d w
r b vd u Cr mmu— mmu
rd dd d b rd w Cr.
as It Was In the BegInnIng: John’s fInal VIsIon
T d mr Ju p Nw m
wr prp I ur prm. I prmd w
v d w r wr ru wud dw. Wr, m, d-
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r d prmur d wud b p. Gd’ pp wud
v ur udr dr, ru ru Gd. Ju d drd
d mr kdm d bu d w mmu wb d v u kdm r. Empwrd b Gd’ Spr d
rzd b rurr Ju, mmu wud u
d w d md kdm mmbr d pp rp-
d vd m prp rurr Ju. -
r, mmbr w mmu wud br w Ju d
w umm— w v d w r.
Mr x r r d d rurr Ju, prpmd J d r v rm Grk d Pm.
H pwru d durb v v ur A
Mr—pr-d urk. H ddrd ur w r. T
r mmdd u md pru d wrd
mprm. T ur, k pp Ir br , w w
ufr rm ppr Rm. W r v d
v bdd w vr pr, prp r dr, r J
w rd, w r Cr rm xp
mpr. Sm k ur A Mr md k r
w w Ju w u ’ v b-
b mk fr Cr d. Or md k
w bd bqu r d ,
ur, r xpr purp mk bu . Prp r
wdrd pp wud rpd mr rd d w Cr-
md fr b br? J d r r kd
k. Su pp, d, br mrk Ju bu
mrk b.
J’ v p bk rud I: “T I w w v
d w r; r r v d r r d pd w, d
w mr. Ad I w , w Jrum, m
dw u v rm Gd, prprd brd drd r r ubd”
(Rv 21:1-2). A I d prdd, Gd wud dw w pp:
S, m Gd m mr.
H w dw w m r Gd;
w b pp. (Rv 21:)
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J u, u wrd vr mr I 25:
H w wp vr r rm r .
D w b mr;
mur d r d p w b mr,
r r v pd w. (Rv 21:)
A I, r v r bqu, “ mrr uppr
Lmb” (Rv 1:). Ad vr w b vd wrp Gd
v m dw r: “T w wk b , d
k r w br r r ” (Rv 21:2).
I d, J mk r, w d’ v; v m
u. Ard I d J, ur d r d. I w
mr bu r, bu ppur ur um
v w u d drrd ru, d mu mr x-
, xp Bb.7 I J’ v Gd rur
rd rm w Adm d Ev wr bd. T rd w
md r . Tr “ wr , br r, []
w rm r Gd d Lmb.” Tr “ r d rvr r w wv kd ru, prdu
ru m; d v r r r -
” (Rv 22:1-2). Gd’ pp w ru p d ru
d Gd m, “r Lrd Gd w b r , d w
r rvr d vr” (Rv 22:5). I d Gd d bd
r r pp bu b wrd d pp r. T
ur p d wrd’ d.
IMplIcatIons and expectatIons
W r v rm mr ur ur. I,
Ju, Pu d J fr b p d wr. T r mp -
rd w ur’ uur r v urr dur; r -
rd w m. E ju bu uur rur
Ju, judm, d w v d w r. I bu w w v p pr. I bu w ur
N. . Wright, Surprised by Hope: Rethinking Heaven, the Resurrection, and the Mission of the Church
(New York: HarperOne, 00), pp. 3-30.
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“pr uur”8 d rm kdm. T vu
uur kdm r b ur vu w. W d br
kdm, bu we make the kingdom present in our lives and ministries. TJw w rd I pk r m rv
Gd dd xpr u r xp. Bu dd x-
pr prvd r Gd md r ufr d
ru. Ad vd p, prm. Fwr Ju
v xprd u ur xp. Ar w v
w m p?
Bu, m pp m k, w m . T mwr v pp vr dfr rm u. I u p v pb
r u d? C mdr pp r k rwrd w v d
w r? C w r p m Ju, bm
Gd’ kdm p, wud d
r? I’ rr prmv? Ar’ w bd w? Bk k
Ezk, D d Rv m m r, v du,
m u d. Ad r r pr r, r bk
ud v b wr rd, m wr vr m-
prr dr. Rd Rv w wr vrm dv-
r Rv 12–1 w wr p dm d
. M ur mprr wrd dr bu
v r wr m; m fr dpr r r. I
x pr I w u w v b brd b mdr
r d pp, prur W, w d Cr p
mr vr.
Um w m b Cr, wr Ju. W
r pp p. Su p wu k r vu dr r
wrk u—mw. Bu w v rud urv Ju,
Pu wr, “w v p w Gd ru ur Lrd Ju Cr, ru
wm w v bd r w w d; d w b
ur hope r r Gd” (Rm 5:1-2). r r
Gd b pr Gd. T p d mk u mu. Id mk u pv. I prvd u w ur m, ur dr, ur
George Eldon Ladd, Te Presence o the Future (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 199).
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—b dvdu d mmu. I r r Pu w d-
r u “mbdr r Cr” rud w “mr r-
.” Our m rm Gd bu “Gd w Cr r wrd m, u r rp m” (2 Cr 5:1-20).
Our mr, ur m bu r wrd— Gd’
pp d r rd rdr! N d r u Gd’
v d Gd’ p. Bu ur W m dr
mprm ur A Mr. T bk wr
pr r u w ur mprm, ur pv, ur dfr—
v ur db. W d p vr br.