The Bible and the Future

by Anthony A. Hoekema

Publisher:

Eerdmans

, 1994

Overview

Writing from the perspective that the coming of God’s kingdom is both present and future, Hoekema covers the full range of eschatological topics in this comprehensive biblical exposition. The two major sections of the book deal with inaugurated eschatology (the “already”) and future eschatology (the “not yet”). Detailed appendix, bibliography, and indexes.

Contents

Top Highlights

“(a) The characteristic activity of the present age is missions.” (Page 33)

“(5) All of history is moving toward a goal: the new heavens and the new earth.” (Page 31)

“(b) We live in a continuing tension between the already and the not yet.” (Page 34)

“We conclude, then, that the nature of New Testament eschatology may be summed up under three observations: (1) the great eschatological event predicted in the Old Testament has happened; (2) what the Old Testament writers seemed to depict as one movement is now seen to involve two stages: the present age and the age of the future; and (3) the relation between these two eschatological stages is that the blessings of the present age are the pledge and guarantee of greater blessings to come.” (Pages 21–22)

“(c) There are two lines of development in history.” (Page 34)

Product Details

• Title: The Bible and the Future
• Author: Anthony A. Hoekema
• Publisher: Eerdmans
• Print Publication Date: 1994
• Logos Release Date: 2014
• Pages: 355
• Era: era:Contemporary
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• Subject: Eschatology › Biblical teaching
• ISBNs: 9780802808516, 0802808514
• Resource ID: LLS:BBLANDTHEFUTURE
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2022-09-29T22:04:42Z

About Anthony A. Hoekema

Hoekema emigrated from the Netherlands to the United States in 1923. He attended Calvin College (A.B.), the University of Michigan (M.A.), Calvin Theological Seminary (Th.B.) and Princeton Theological Seminary (Th.D., 1953). After serving as minister of several Christian Reformed churches (1944-56) he became associate professor of Bible at Calvin College and later professor of systematic theology at Calvin Theological Seminary. He wrote The Four Major Cults (1963), What about Tongue-Speaking? (1966), Holy Spirit Baptism (1972), The Christian Looks at Himself (1975) and The Bible and the Future (1979).