Marking Time: Forming Spirituality through the Christian Year

22

Mark i ng T ime : Formi ng Sp i r i tua l i t y through the Chr i s t i an Year

a. Jesus as the Last Adam, the Head of a New Human Race, 1 Cor. 15.45-49

b. God drawing out of the world a New Humanity, Eph. 2.12-22

5. In-between the times: tokens of Age of Sabbath and of Jubilee, Acts 2.17 ff. Cf. Joel 2; Amos 9; Ezek. 36.25-27

G. The Fulfillment of Time (the Parousia of Christ), 1 Thess. 4.13-17

1. Completion of World Mission: the evangelization of the world’s ethnoi , Matt. 24.14; Mark 16.15-16; Rom. 10.18

2. The apostasy of the Church, 1 Tim. 4.1-3; 2 Tim. 4.3; 2 Thess. 2.3-12

3. The Great Tribulation, Matt. 24.21ff; Luke 21.24

4. The Parousia : the Second Coming of Jesus, 1 Thess. 4.13-17; 1 Cor. 15.50-58; Luke 21.25-27; Dan. 7.13

5. The Reign of Jesus Christ on earth, Rev. 20.1-4

6. The Great White Throne and Lake of Fire, Rev. 20.11-15

7. “For He Must Reign”: The final placement of all enemies under Christ’s feet, 1 Cor. 15.24-28