Christian Beliefs Exam #3

Eschatology

Christian teachings about the last things; God’s end for creation in terms of time and goals.

Eschatological Tension

The concept that involves the coexistence of present realities with future hopes in Christian belief, highlighting the struggle between the already and the not yet.

Already

The present tense kingdom reality that began with the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus and continues up to this present moment.

Not-yet

The future tense reality of the kingdom to come into fullness, visibility, and power.

Overly Realized Eschatology

When we act as though Gods purposes for creation have been fully realized in the present. We forfeit future hope, discounting the fullness of the kingdom.

Eschatological Reservation

Acting in the knowledge that something is always reserved for the not-yet.

Parousia

The second coming of Christ

Resurrection

Not reanimation or resuscitation. When we meet the resurrected Jesus, we meet someone who has been transformed.

General Resurrection

Like Jesus, we will be raised from the dead to new life in new creation.

Intermediate State

A life for the soul in the time between an individuals death and the day of resurrection.

Soul Sleep

The belief that the dead are like sleepers, not conscious until the resurrection day.

Premillennialism

Expects Christ to return before (pre-) the thousand years of Revelation. Premillennial theologies expect life to grow worse and worse as we draw near to the coming of Christ.

Postmillennialism

Looks for Christ's second coming after (post-) the millenium, understood as a time when Christ will reign from heaven through the power of the gospel. Postmillennial theology looks on the world with optimism, expecting things to grow better as we approach the millennium

Amillennialism

Does not see the millennium in Revelation as a future thousand years. The millennium is read as a symbolic reference to the kingdom reign of Christ, a reign that is both already and not yet.

Hell

The end for those who would finally refuse God’s living offer of salvation.

Universalism

All will finally be saved.

Postmortem Evangelism

An invitation to say yes to Jesus after one has died.

Annihilationism

The proposal that hell is not everlasting but will finally wither away to nothing.

Purgatory

A postmortem space in which God purges all that remains of sin for those who have died in Christ but are not yet holy.

Porneia

Sex deformed by sin, contrary to God’s good intentions. sin against fidelity.

Jone’s Thesis for Faithful

What is sex is about God and who God is and about God’s good intentions for creation?

The three goods of sex

1. Fidelity: Sex is for others

2. Fruitfulness: Sex points us toward kingdom work

3. Relationship to God: Good sex points both spouses toward God. Sex is for God.

Redeemed Desire

Sex that lies => Sex that tells the truth

Selfish => sex that is for others

Shame => unashamed nakedness -trust

Blame -shifting => responsible

Exploitative => egalitarian, mutual, reciprocal

unstable => faithful

Purity Paradigm “rules”

1. Marriage is the expected reward for following the rules

2. Purity is a matter of gritting ones teeth and working hard to avoid sexual intercourse before marriage in order to preserve the value of ones body.

3. Purity matters more for females than males

4. Physical virginity constitutes purity

Libertine

Concludes that because bodies don’t matter we can do whatever we want with them.

Ascetic

Concludes that because bodies are a problem we should deny and denigrate them.