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Looking Into the Future: Evangelical Studies in Eschatology (Evangelical Theological Society Studies)

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This book is a collection of all the eschatology papers that were presented at the 1999 Evangelical Theological Society's annual meeting. Eschatology is thr study of last things, the study of the end times. One of my favorite articles was the one about Martin Luther's eschatology, how he believed that the soul slept but was alive in heaven with Jesus until the second coming. He also believed that hell referred to the struggles of this life and doesnt become a real place until Judgment Day.

I also enjoyed the article by Darrell Bock on the kingdom in New Testament Theology. He shows how the term kingdom is used in different ways throughout the NT canon.

There are also a series of articles about eschatology within Open Theism. Steven Roy and others charge that Open Theism cannot provide any confident assurance that things will turn out OK in the end because they believe that God only knows the future choices we will make as probabilities, not certainties.

Robert Thomas's article shows a commitment to Revised Dispensationalism as he shoots down the concepts of imminence in preterism, progressive dispensationalism, and in prewrath rapturism.

But a theologian from Midwest Baptist Seminary effectively counters Thomas with his sturdy concept of imminence and of posttribulationism.

I have only commented on a sampling of the articles, but I trus that this gives you an idea of the book's flavor.

I felt like I was at this conference while reading this volume. I am grateful for all those who were able to contribute these stimulating articles.

This book is a collection of all the eschatology papers that were presented at the 1999 Evangelical Theological Society's annual meeting. Eschatology is thr study of last things, the study of the end times. One of my favorite articles was the one about Martin Luther's eschatology, how he believed that the soul slept but was alive in heaven with Jesus until the second coming. He also believed that hell referred to the struggles of this life and doesnt become a real place until Judgment Day.

I also enjoyed the article by Darrell Bock on the kingdom in New Testament Theology. He shows how the term kingdom is used in different ways throughout the NT canon.

There are also a series of articles about eschatology within Open Theism. Steven Roy and others charge that Open Theism cannot provide any confident assurance that things will turn out OK in the end because they believe that God only knows the future choices we will make as probabilities, not certainties.

Robert Thomas's article shows a commitment to Revised Dispensationalism as he shoots down the concepts of imminence in preterism, progressive dispensationalism, and in prewrath rapturism.

But a theologian from Midwest Baptist Seminary effectively counters Thomas with his sturdy concept of imminence and of posttribulationism.

I have only commented on a sampling of the articles, but I trus that this gives you an idea of the book's flavor.

I felt like I was at this conference while reading this volume. I am grateful for all those who were able to contribute these stimulating articles.

This is as another reviewer pointed out from the ETS conference in 1999 this late after the printing I have while enjoyed it would like to see the updated edition as I know 1 of the contributors is no longer in the ETS. Overall a good breakdown of their various positions on End times theology.