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After surveying the debate over eschatology, Ladd discusses the promise of the kingdom, the fulfillment of the promise, and the consummation of the promise. Throughout the book he develops his thesis that the kingdom of God involves two great movements--fulfillment within history and consummation at the end of history.

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  • Paperback: 384 pages
  • Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company (June 1996)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0802815316
  • ISBN-13: 978-0802815316
  • Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.3 x 1 inches
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  • Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
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eschatological sanction, eschatological visitation, prophetic tension, eschatological consummation, eschatological realm, dualistic terminology, messianic salvation, eschatological order, apocalyptic consummation, apocalyptic kingdom, eschatological kingdom, apocalyptic concepts, eschatological dualism, eschatological ethics, futuristic eschatology, old aeon, eschatological day, eschatological salvation, present fulfillment, messianic fulfillment, prophetic hope, prophetic eschatology, eschatological event, apocalyptic eschatology, acted parable
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Old Testament, New Testament, Das Evangelium, Consistent Eschatology, John the Baptist, The Parables of Jesus, Jesus of Nazareth, Olivet Discourse, Saint Mark, Coming One, Neuen Testament, Die Heidenmission, Reich Gottes, The Historic Mission of Jesus, The Meaning of the Sermon, Zukunftsschau Jesu, Most High, The Relevance of Apocalyptic, The Religion of Maturity, Albert Schweitzer, The Parables of the Synoptic Gospels, Gottes Herrschaft, War Scroll, Das Volk Gottes, Die Eschatologie
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26 of 26 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Book on Already/Not Yet Eschatology, April 24, 2001
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This book is a book that should be read by all who are interested in eschatology and redemptive-historical themes. Ladd does an excellent job demonstrating that God's promised Kingdom had already come in Jesus Christ. He uses ample Scripture verses and uses very scholarly secondary sources to back up his points. He interacts with many scholars who have written books and articles on this subject. His main focus is that God's kingdom has already come, yet is awaiting a future consummation. He distinguishes between apocalyptic and eschatological imagery used in the Bible. He shows the fallacies of both Covenant Theology and Classical Dispensationalism. As a Progressive Dispensationalist I do agree with a lot of things that Ladd writes about in the book, though not everything. Ladd is considered a Kingdom Theologian (no wonder Bock says that PD and Ladd's view have a lot in common). Without becoming so dogmatic in the Reformed/Covenant tradition or Classical Dispensationalism, Christians should read this book and try to understand that God's Kingdom has both a present and future aspect to it.
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23 of 27 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars THE book on Inaugurated Eschatology, April 5, 2001
By Shawn W. Gillogly "DenSem Grad" (Denver, CO United States) - See all my reviews
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George Eldon Ladd is considered among theologians today the second most influential theologian among evangelicals. This book, and his New Testament Theology, are why.

Ladd's theology of the "Already/Not Yet" Kingdom of God has become the standard theological position today. It states that Jesus' coming was the fulfillment of the prophetic stream of thought concerning Messiah--but not the consumation. it emphasizes that the Kingdom of God is primarily a rule rather than a realm, yet it does not deny that there will be a future Millenial Kingdom.

It also sees as errant any direct idenitification of the Kingdom of God with the Church. Yet the Church is not a parenthesis, but was the natural part of the plan of God in extending that Kingdom to the world.

In short, if you want to understand how Evangelical Theology today, and for the forseeable future, understands the Kingdom of God, you must start here.

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars An excellent introduction to Biblical Eschatology, April 21, 2006
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If you are going to understand what Jesus was doing here on Earth, you've got to understand the notion of the Kingdom of God and to understand that you've got to take into account the Jewish and Old Testament background of the concept. This is what Ladd attempts to do in this book - he argues for what has become the dominant position among biblical scholars regarding the kingdom of God and New Testament eschatology. Ladd ably argues against views of the kingdom that interpret it as solely in the future and instead supports the view that the kingdom is already present, though not yet consummated - that we, as some say, are living in a time 'between the times' where the old age of sin and death and the new age of life and salvation are overlapping, the first defeated and to pass away and the second inaugurated and to be fulfilled. Ladd interprets the life of the church and of the individual Christian in kingdom terms and develops a very nice view of the church and salvation in relation to the kingdom of God. Some of his arguments are out of date and the views of Jesus and his ministry have become much more nuanced and better grounded in the Old Testament and Jewish backgrounds (I would particularly recommend some of NT Wright's work), but this book is a great place to start for the beginner of moderate intelligence or learning who is willing to spend the time to think things through and listen to what is being said. I first read this for my own personal edification while a Freshman in college and found it fairly easy to read for me and a great catalyst in introducing me to real biblical scholarship. For an easier, more accessible version of Ladd's basic views I recommend his 'Gospel of the Kingdom'.
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5.0 out of 5 stars THE book on the Kingdom
Ladd's most complete work on the kingdom is perhaps the most important single volume to read on this subject. Read more
Published 22 months ago by Eric W. Zeller

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent
George Ladd's contributions to scholarship on the kingdom of God and biblical eschatalogy are simply worth their weight in gold. Read more
Published on September 18, 2006 by Brian G Hedges

2.0 out of 5 stars Not my type of book but raises some interesting questions.
The author says that Jesus didn't clarify what he meant exactly by the 'the kingdom of God', Jesus just assumed we should know what it means. Read more
Published on April 16, 2003

3.0 out of 5 stars An Excellent View of Already/Not Yet Eschatology... but
George Eldon Ladd, former Professor of New Testament at Fuller Theological Seminary (now dececesed) has written the foremost work on an already/not yet eschatology. Read more
Published on December 7, 2001 by Allen Mickle

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