The Return of Christ

　

I. The Centrality of the Parousia

1. The Function of the Parousia in the Macrostructure of Eschatology

2. Consistent and Universal Teaching of the Parousia

3. Modern Denial of the Parousia: Spiritualizing and Secularizing the Parousia

4. Ethical and Missional Implications of the Parousia Faith

 

 

  II. The Time of the Parousia in the Bible

1. Gospels

(i)                 Imminence: Mk 9.1, 13.30, Mt 10.23

(ii)              Delay: Mt 24.14, Mk 14.7, 9, Mk 13.7, Several parables

(iii)            Unceratinty: Mk 13.32, Mt 25.13, Mk 13.33-37, Lk 12.35-36

2. Pauline Epistles

3. II Peter 3

  III. The Kingdom of God and the Redemptive History

1. The Centrality of the Kingdom

2. The Vision of the Kingdom in Daniel 2

3. The Inauguration, Progress, and Consummation of the Kingdom

  IV. Understanding The Nature of the Signs of the Parousia

1. The Misunderstandings

2. The Proper Functions

  V. The Signs of the Parousia

1. Signs Evidencing the Grace of God

(a)   The Proclamation of the Gospel to All Nations

(b)   The Salvation of the Fullness of Israel

2. Signs Indicating Opposition to God

(a)   Tribulation

(b)   Apostasy

(c)    Antichrist

3. Signs Indicating Divine Judgment

(a)   Wars

(b)   Earthquakes

(c)    Famines

  VI. The Place and Mode of the Parousia

　

심층연구

우주종말론과 재림

세기말적 위기의식과 종말론 신앙

기적과 유혹

음모설

Synopsis of Eschatological Passages

Synopsis of Parousia Passages