HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies | |
Die einde van die wêreld: Die uitdaging van die moderne natuurwetenskappe aan die tradisionele eskatologie | |
Klaus Nürnberger1  | |
[1] Department of Dogmatics and Christian Ethics, University of Pretoria; | |
关键词: Apocalyptic; Eschatology; Resurrection; Cosmology; Entropy; Biblical hermeneutics; End of the world; Faith and science; | |
DOI : 10.4102/hts.v68i1.1254 | |
来源: DOAJ |
【 摘 要 】
The end of the world: The challenge of modern science to traditional eschatology. In biblical times the ‘Word of God’ indicated God’s creative and redemptive response to changing human predicaments and depravations. Redemptive events became traditions that were appliedto new situations. Many biblical future expectations lost their relevance and plausibilityalready within canonical history. Modern science has rendered a literal interpretation of themost recent and radical biblical future expectations – resurrection and a ‘new heaven andearth’ – problematic. Apocalyptic deliberately employed enigmatic symbols and metaphorsto indicate God’s miraculous intervention to change an evil world into a new and authenticreality. This motif can be reconceptualised as God’s vision for the comprehensive optimalwell-being of humanity within the well-being of creation as a whole, which translates intoGod’s concern for any deficiency in well-being in any dimension of life. The emergence of thenotion of resurrection to face judgement was rooted in concern about God’s justice (theodicy)rather than the longing for never-ending life. The resurrection of Jesus was deemed God’saffirmation of his messianic authority to proclaim and enact God’s redeeming love, thus itsvalidity for all times and places – which opened up participation in the new life of Christ infellowship with God for all people.
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