Jesus and the Coming Destruction: Who, Why, and How?

September 17, 2021 00:09:07
Jesus and the Coming Destruction: Who, Why, and How?
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Jesus and the Coming Destruction: Who, Why, and How?

Sep 17 2021 | 00:09:07

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Show Notes

In my book on Revelation, one of my goals (once I start to write it) will be to contrast its view of judgment with that of Jesus himself. I think the differences are stark and telling. BUT, that is not because I think Jesus imagined that God was simply a God of love who would forgive everyone in the end. I wish he did think that, but alas. He was a Jewish apocalypticist who firmly believed the judgment of God was coming on the earth. So did the prophet John, seventy years later, writing the Apocalypse. But for me the important issue is the object and reason for destruction. Here they differ significantly, in ways that make me think John the prophet is not preaching the gospel of Jesus. Read by Petra Ortiz

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