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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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Hope and Promise  1

• 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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Hope and Promise  1

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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Hope and Promise  21

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.


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