Constructing Eschatology: Rethinking the Prophecy in Isaiah - Hardcover

De Vera, Nixon

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1666702234 ISBN 13: 9781666702231

Publisher: Wipf & Stock Publishers, 2022

Synopsis

This work seeks to provide a critical analysis of the prophecies in the book of Isaiah that parallels the prophetic insights in the book of Revelation. The underlying question is, ""To what extent has God foreordained things, especially before and during the final judgment?"" The author thinks all that concerns God's majestic plan, i.e., to accomplish God's purpose for humanity, is covered in its entirety. God is highly active in foreordaining things, and whatever God foreordains shall be fulfilled in the end. Isaiah's conception of the interplay between the themes of punishment and healing is central to his eschatological trajectory. In this respect, theologically speaking, the total restoration of Israel signifies the restoration of all humankind. Such an eschatology might accommodate the notion of Christian Universalism.

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About the Authors

Nixon de Vera is an Honorary Postdoctoral Associate at the University of Divinity, Melbourne, Australia and lecturer of religious studies at Manila Adventist College, Philippines. He is the author of The Suffering of God in the Eternal Decree (2020).

Associate Professor Mark R. Lindsay is Director of Research at MCD University of Divinity. He is the author of two earlier books on Karl Barth--Covenanted Solidarity: The Theological Basis of Karl Barth's Opposition to Nazi Antisemitism and the Holocaust (2001), and Barth, Israel and Jesus (2007)--as well as numerous chapters and articles on Barth, Bonhoeffer, and post-Holocaust theology.

Edition details

• Publisher: Wipf & Stock Publishers
• Publication date: 2022
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1666702234
• ISBN 13: 9781666702231
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 248