Death and its role in Eschatology
According to traditional Christian faith, all people who die will be raised at the end of time and will live eternally, either in the presence of God in heaven or in hell. What does this have to do with eschatology?
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I don't understand the question ... you use "end of time" in your resurrection sentence and eschatology is about "end times" ...
Orthodox Bishop Alfeyev: "To be a theologian means to have experience of a personal encounter with God through prayer and worship."; Orthodox proverb: "We know where the Church is, we do not know where it is not."
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MJ. Smith said:
I don't understand the question ... you use "end of time" in your resurrection sentence and eschatology is about "end times" ...
I am trying to find the different methods in which eschatology is studied.
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Christian Alexander said:
I am trying to find the different methods in which eschatology is studied.
Sorry for being dense, but aren't all the methods of theology applicable to eschatology? I think of the basic topics as death, judgment, heaven and hell with everything else being more modern additions rather than core to the topic. But then I think of it as a rather English contribution to theology as it was the English whose interest brought it to the forefront. Unfortunately, that puts it out of what I really know much about.
Orthodox Bishop Alfeyev: "To be a theologian means to have experience of a personal encounter with God through prayer and worship."; Orthodox proverb: "We know where the Church is, we do not know where it is not."
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Christian Alexander said:
I am trying to find the different methods in which eschatology is studied.
Consider spritual resurrection vs. bodily resurrection e.g.
The Two Resurrections
A significant element of amillennialism is its treatment of the two resurrections referred to in Revelation 20:4–5: “They came to life [the first resurrection], and reigned with Christ a thousand years. The rest of the dead did not come to life until the thousand years were ended [the second resurrection].” The first resurrection, say amillennialists, is spiritual, the second is either bodily-physical or spiritual. Most amillennialists consider the second resurrection to be physical, and writers like Floyd E. Hamilton have presented the arguments for this position. A more recent presentation of this position appeared in a 1960 article by Ray Summers.
Erickson, M. J. (1998). A Basic Guide to Eschatology: Making Sense of the Millennium (pp. 76–77). Baker Books.Dave
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The locus of eschatology can be divided into two branches. Universal eschatology is what people usually think of when they hear the word, the "last things" or "end of the world/age." Individual eschatology studies what happens to human beings after death. It can also be treated under the locus of anthropology.
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My view of this issue is one must first consider where you start as is understood in the conversation Jesus has with Martha in Jn 11:26.Christian Alexander said:I am trying to find the different methods in which eschatology is studied.
Furthermore, one must project to the situation depicted in Revelation, esp. Rv 2:11 and further interpreted in Rv 20:14. There are other relevant scriptures, but I will let you find them and fit them into a view of this matter.
Meanwhile, Jesus kept on growing wiser and more mature, and in favor with God and his fellow man.
International Standard Version. (2011). (Lk 2:52). Yorba Linda, CA: ISV Foundation.
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