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There is no shortage of books on eschatology—the study of the last things and the end-times. Many arise out of incoherent or superficial readings of the Bible that detract from the “once and for all” achievements of God through the death and resurrection of the Lord Jesus. Others fail to consider the manner in which God reveals himself through the Lord Jesus and by the power of his Spirit. Too...

The specifics of these kinds of promises will be addressed in the chapters that follow but for now a theological definition of promise-making will depend on what we learn about God and how he relates to his human creatures as a consequence of making promises to them. How God makes promises and then fulfils them is the key to understanding eschatology in the context of life in the Middle. Barth suggested that we should consider two key biblical promises: God’s promise to be present in creation and
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