The Last Things: Resurrection, Judgment, GloryIn The Last Things Donald G. Bloesch takes up difficult and sometimes controversial themes such as the coming of the kingdom of God, the return of Jesus Christ, the life hereafter, the millennial hope, the final judgment, hell, heaven, purgatory and paradise. Wrestling with biblical texts that often take metaphorical form, Bloesch avoids rationalistic reductionism as well as timid agnosticism. While he acknowledges mystery and even paradox, Bloesch finds biblical revelation much more than sufficient to illuminate the central truths of a Christian hope articulated throughout the history of the church. The Last Things is not just a review of past Christian eschatology but a fresh articulation of the grace and glory of God yet to be consummated. The triumph of the grace of Jesus Christ and the dawning of hope beckon us to reach out in the power of the Spirit to receive that blessed future and the promise to renew the life of the church universal today. |
Contents
Abbreviations | 12 |
Troeltschs Typology | 18 |
Controversial Themes in Eschatology | 29 |
The Life Hereafter | 35 |
The Mission to Israel | 41 |
Light Against Darkness | 47 |
The Victory of Jesus Christ | 53 |
An Excursus on Angelology | 59 |
Purgatory | 148 |
Mystic Communion Between Earth and Heaven | 161 |
Predestined to Glory | 174 |
Openness and Mystery | 188 |
Judaism and Christianity | 204 |
The Meaning of Hell | 219 |
Grace Invincible | 232 |
The Dawning of Hope | 243 |
Signs of His Coming | 65 |
The Advance of the Kingdom | 71 |
The Olivet Discourse | 79 |
The Millennial Hope | 87 |
Moltmanns Millennial Explorations | 106 |
Resurrection as Event and Process | 120 |
The Interim State | 133 |
Beyond Optimism and Pessimism | 256 |
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Dispensationalism | 276 |
Bibliography of Writings by and About Donald G Bloesch | 303 |
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