When Will These Things Happen? A Study of Jesus as Judge in Matthew 21–25

by Alistair I. Wilson

Publisher:

Paternoster

, 2004

Overview

This study by Alistair Wilson seeks to allow Matthew’s carefully constructed presentation of Jesus to be given full weight in the modern evaluation of Jesus’ eschatology. Careful analysis of the text of Matthew 21–25 reveals Jesus to be standing firmly in the Jewish prophetic and wisdom traditions as he proclaims and enacts imminent judgment on the Jewish authorities; then boldly claims the central role in the final and universal judgment.

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Key Features

• Foreword by Simon J. Kistemaker
• Analysis of the text of Matthew 21–25
• Examination of Jesus as the eschatological judge

Contents

Top Highlights

“that Jesus was steeped in the OT Scriptures and was perhaps using the conventions of the prophets in his own teaching?” (Page 118)

“ Jeremiah 8:11–13 is of particular importance in grasping the significance of Jesus’ action.^{73” (Page 98)}

“The historic is almost the only kind of eschatology we find in the Old Testament” (Page 114)

“Is it not in coming into the presence of the Ancient of Days and receiving a place of honour from him that we recognise that the ‘one like a Son of Man’ is receiving authority and vindication? This echo of Daniel 7 appears to indicate that some event will take place which will be an open vindication of Jesus before ‘the tribes of the earth’ although the precise nature of the event is disguised by the figurative character of the allusion.” (Page 157)

“First it includes the specific claim of Jesus to be able to forgive sins (9:2) and even more than that, to have authority (ἐξουσία) on earth to forgive sins (9:6). Secondly, it clearly shows the interpretation of Jesus’ words and actions made by the Jewish leaders. They saw clearly that here Jesus was claiming one of the prerogatives of God and so could only conclude that he was blaspheming (9:3).” (Pages 76–77)

Praise for the Print Edition

This book is an ambitious exploration of Jesus as judge in Matthew’s Gospel, particularly Matthew 21–25. It is a delight to read a book that is so carefully crafted and provocative…Wilson has made an important contribution to the study of Jesus as judge in Matthew’s Gospel, with some challenging implications for modern scholarship.

—J. Samuel Subramanian, Review of Biblical Literature

Product Details

• Title: When Will These Things Happen? A Study of Jesus as Judge in Matthew 21–25
• Author: Alistair Wilson
• Publisher: Paternoster Press
• Publication Date: 2004
• Pages: 292

About Alistair I. Wilson

Dr. Alistair Wilson is Lecturer in Mission and New Testament, and Director of Postgraduate Studies, Edinburgh Theological Seminary, Edinburgh, Scotland. He is a minister of the Free Church of Scotland. He holds a PhD in New Testament from the University of Aberdeen. He has previously taught at Highland Theological College, Scotland, and Dumisani Theological Institute, South Africa. He has previously served as New Testament Review Editor for Themelios and as the editor of the Scottish Bulletin of Evangelical Theology.