How to Read the Bible for All Its Worth: Fourth Edition by Gordon D. Fee & Douglas Stuart

Author:Gordon D. Fee & Douglas Stuart
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Biblical Studies, Bible Study
ISBN: 9780310517825
Publisher: Zondervan
Published: 2014-06-23T22:00:00+00:00

(Satan’s Time)

(The Time of God’s Rule)

characterized by:

characterized by:

sin

the presence of the Spirit

sickness

righteousness

demon-possession

health

evil people triumph

peace

The earliest Christians, of course, well understood this eschatological way of looking at life. For them the events of Jesus’ coming, his death and resurrection, and his giving of the Spirit were all related to their expectations about the coming of the end. It happened like this.

The coming of the end also meant for them a new beginning — the beginning of God’s new age, the messianic age. The new age was also referred to as the kingdom of God, which meant “the time of God’s rule.” This new age would be a time of righteousness (e.g., Isa 11:4 – 5), and people would live in peace (e.g., Isa 2:2 – 4). It would be a time of the fullness of the Spirit (Joel 2:28 – 30) when the new covenant spoken of by Jeremiah would be realized (Jer 31:31 – 34; 32:38 – 40). Sin and sickness would be done away with (e.g., Zech 13:1; Isa 53:5). Even the material creation would feel the joyful effects of this new age (e.g., Isa 11:6 – 9).

Thus when John the Baptist announced the coming of the end to be very near and baptized God’s Messiah, eschatological fervor reached fever pitch. The Messiah was at hand, the one who would usher in the new age of the Spirit (Luke 3:7 – 17).

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