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July 29, 2023
Some top quotes (from closer to the end!)
"The purpose of Christian living is not personal holiness but gospel witness."
“We must allow God freedom to surprise us in fulfilling his promises. ... [But remember, the future] will be a surprise, not a disillusionment for God’s children”
I feel a bit like I forgot the start because it took me so long to finish, but what a finish!
A good summary of his argument from the preface:
"In each phase of Jesus’ history, he fulfils the covenant - God’s creation goal - in some particular way: for us, especially during his earthly ministry; in us, in his word through the Holy Spirit; and with us, particularly at his second coming.
The phrase “last days” is never used in NT for some future period. … The last days have already dawned. … in which Christ was born and worked.
We live in the end as part of the end, Christ himself. … It is not true that every tick of the clock brings us nearer the end, since the end is a person - and we are already in him and united with him.
For STEM book-club, in preparation for Ancon, a definite stretch of a book! But worth it.
Some more quotes in this google doc: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Y...
"The purpose of Christian living is not personal holiness but gospel witness."
“We must allow God freedom to surprise us in fulfilling his promises. ... [But remember, the future] will be a surprise, not a disillusionment for God’s children”
I feel a bit like I forgot the start because it took me so long to finish, but what a finish!
A good summary of his argument from the preface:
"In each phase of Jesus’ history, he fulfils the covenant - God’s creation goal - in some particular way: for us, especially during his earthly ministry; in us, in his word through the Holy Spirit; and with us, particularly at his second coming.
The phrase “last days” is never used in NT for some future period. … The last days have already dawned. … in which Christ was born and worked.
We live in the end as part of the end, Christ himself. … It is not true that every tick of the clock brings us nearer the end, since the end is a person - and we are already in him and united with him.
For STEM book-club, in preparation for Ancon, a definite stretch of a book! But worth it.
Some more quotes in this google doc: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Y...
May 15, 2023
A dense but really great book that clearly shows how the eschaton is realised as the person and history of Jesus himself, as opposed to nebulous "end times" or "end things". It describes three modes of the eschaton: Jesus achieving it for us by his ministry, death, and resurrection; in us during the interim by the transformative work of the Holy Spirit through faith; and eventually with us at his second coming as he reveals and fulfils in full what has already been attained in him
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December 13, 2012If you are a Christian at all (either a pastor, priest, lay), if you ever heard about the End, the End time, the Last days, Apocalypse, etc. (i.e. anything of eschatology), this is a must read in your life time - not some time later, but better to be right now.
It would be a shame if the publisher neglects to put out a new printing or in e-book format. I read it 1990 with heavy underlining, of course. I am still picking it up to go through and get refreshed. Thanks to the author, Adrio, for a profound insight on who Christ is for us and for the future.
It would be a shame if the publisher neglects to put out a new printing or in e-book format. I read it 1990 with heavy underlining, of course. I am still picking it up to go through and get refreshed. Thanks to the author, Adrio, for a profound insight on who Christ is for us and for the future.
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