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| Titre : | The Return of Christ |
| Auteurs : | G. C. Berkouwer, Auteur ; James Van Oosterom, Auteur |
| Type de document : | texte imprimé |
| Editeur : | Grand Rapids [USA] : William B. Eerdmans, 1972 |
| ISBN/ISSN/EAN : | 978-0-8028-3393-8 |
| Format : | 477 p. |
| Langues: | Anglais |
| Langues originales: | Néerlandais |
| Index. décimale : | EA/E (Parousie / Seconde venue de Jésus) |
| Résumé : |
Christians have always looked for the return of Christ, the last judgment, and the establishment of a new heaven and a new earth. Nevertheless, eschatology — the doctrine of the last things — remains an area in which questions frequently appear to outnumber answers; and in which many of the answers that arc offered come not from theologians who have studied the Bible seriously, but from faddists or self-appointed prophets. Serious students of theology, therefore, will welcome the appearance of Dr. G. C. Berkouwer’s detailed study of the last things.
In The Return of Christ, Berkouwer addresses himself to a wide range of questions : How does Christian expectation differ from ordinary human longing for a better future? Is there an “intermediate state” between the death of the believer and the return of Christ (or, where does the Christian go immediately after death) ? Is the Christian faith in crisis because the Lord has not yet returned? What ought Christians be doing until His return? And what will His return be like? Speaking to issues much in evidence today, the author also provides his response to questions such as these : How are we to understand the “signs of the times” — specifically, the signs of antichrist, the “Millennium,” and the restoration of Israel? What is the meaning of “seeing God”? Is there any scriptural warrant for teaching that ultimately God’s grace will triumph over all sin, resulting in the salvation of all men? What is the Christian really praying for when he prays “Thy Kingdom come”? Berkouwer deals with his subject in considerable details, taking note of and interacting with other Protestant and Roman Catholic theologians such as Cullmann, Barth, H. Berkhof, Bultmann, Rahner. Numerous scriptural passages are cited, and the historic confessions of the church are referred to again and again. And, as is his practice, the author presents his theology with a keen sens of its relation to the preacher. |
| Note de contenu : |
- Abbreviations 1. Expectation of the Future 2. Twofold Expectation? 3. Crisis of Delay? 4. The Meaning of the "Time Between’’ 5. The Reality of the Parousia 6. Resurrection 7. The New Earth 8. Signs of the Times 9. The Antichrist 10. The Millennium 11. Israel as Sign? 12. Visio Dei 13. Apocatastasis? 14. The Coming of the Kingdom - Indexes |
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| EA/E 024 | EA/E 024 | Livre | Bibliothèque principale | Livres empruntables | Prêt possible Disponible |
