Where Is the Promise of His Coming?
The Delay of the Parousia in the New Testament
Published on 26. October 2018
Book
Hardback
130 pages
978-1-5326-7003-9 (ISBN)
Description
The New Testament contains numerous statements by Jesus and New Testament authors that seem to suggest that Jesus was coming back soon, in their lifetime! But two thousand years later here we still are. How do we handle this apparent "failed prophecy"? Did Jesus and his followers get it wrong? Did they miscalculate the timing of Jesus' return? Or were Jesus and the authors of the New Testament anticipating something else? The purpose of this book is to examine this issue by looking in detail at the New Testament texts that seem to promise that Christ is coming back right away. It will provide a possible answer to these questions in light of the tension between the promised imminent return of Christ and its delay.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Eugene
United States
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
With dust jacket
Illustrations
Illustrations, black and white
Dimensions
Height: 222 mm
Width: 145 mm
Thickness: 11 mm
Weight
304 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-5326-7003-9 (9781532670039)
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David L. Mathewson
Where Is the Promise of His Coming?
The Delay of the Parousia in the New Testament
E-Book
10/2018
Wipf and Stock Publishers
€19.49
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Person
David Mathewson is associate professor of New Testament at Denver Seminary in Colorado. He is the author of Uncovering the Treasures of the Apocalypse (2022).
Jennifer Fitzgerald is a business owner and former church planter with a prayer room ministry. She currently serves on leadership with the women's ministry at Bridgeway Church in Denver, Colorado.