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Enormous confusion exists today concerning the Bible’s teaching about the future. Millions of contemporary Christians are caught up in “rapture” fever, evidenced by the phenomenal success of the Left Behind novels. At the opposite end of the spectrum are those, such as the leaders of the Jesus Seminar, who believe that Jesus did not teach about the approaching Kingdom of God. In God’s Time offers...

toward eschatology in the church today. I would locate myself squarely in Group Two; nevertheless, I think that I can understand the others’ position. The eschatological dimension of Christianity is burden as well as blessing. Its burden is the requirement of faith. Peter, James, John, and Paul had the benefit of seeing the resurrected Jesus, in whom they witnessed the eschatological future. We have their testimony and example to go on, but we cannot duplicate their experience. Our hope is more unseen.
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