Kekhasan Eskatologi Paulus

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 21-41
Author(s):  
E. Chrisna Wijaya
Keyword(s):  
Significant Influence ◽  
Systematic Theology ◽  
Apostle Paul ◽  
Greek Thought ◽  
End Times ◽  
Theological Thought ◽  
Second Coming

"The peculiarity of Paul's eschatology," is an explanatory study of Paul's theological thought, specifically relating to the ideas or teachings of the end-time (eschatology). It is remembered that eschatology is one of the doctrines in systematic theology that has not yet been fulfilled so it often leads to debate and often becomes a neglected doctrine because of the difficulty or error in interpreting the teaching. in this connection, this study intends to provide clarification and affirmation that Paul's belief in the events of the end times contained in his eschatological discussion is a fact that will really happen. In addition, this study also intends to convey the uniqueness or uniqueness of the end-time doctrine from the perspective of the apostle Paul. To realize that understanding, the author conducts a study of several Bible verses and the views of the experts in approaching the passages of Paul's eschatology. From this approach, there is some understanding of the peculiarities of Paul's eschatology whose impure theological thought is derived from himself, but his thoughts have had a significant influence, among them his background as a genuine Jew, his background of life stained by Greek thought, and that is primarily the influence of Paul's own Christian experience. Second, the peculiarity of Paul's eschatology is apparent through the notion of parousia, which refers to the notion of the second coming of Christ, the persistent perspective and hope of Paul in the second coming of Christ, and the deeply christological nuance found in his eschatological thought.Keywords: peculiarities, eschatology, Paul, end times, parousia, the second coming of the Lord.Abstrak“Kekhasan Eskatologi Paulus,” merupakan penelitian yang memberikan eksplanatori mengenai pemikiran-pemikiran teologis Paulus, secara khusus berkaitan dengan pemikiran-pemikiran atau pengajaran mengenai akhir zaman (eskatologi). Hal tersebut mengingat bahwa eskatologi merupakah salah satu doktrin dalam teologi sistematika yang belum tergenapi sehingga seringkali menimbulkan perdebatan dan tidak jarang menjadi doktrin yang diabaikan karena kesulitan atau kekeliruan dalam menafsirkan ajaran tersebut. sehubungan dengan hal tersebut, maka penelitian ini bermaksud untuk memberikan klarifikasi dan afirmasi bahwa keyakinan Paulus akan peristiwa-peristiwa akhir zaman yang terdapat dalam pembahasan eskatologinya merupakan fakta yang benar-benar akan terjadi. Di samping itu, penelitian ini juga bermaksud untuk menyampaikan keunikan atau kekhasan doktrin akhir zaman tersebut dari perspektif rasul Paulus. Untuk mewujudkan pemahaman tersebut, maka penulis melaksanakan kajian terhadap beberapa ayat Alkitab dan pandangan para pakar dalam mengadakan pendekatan terhadap ayat-ayat eskatologi Paulus. Dari pendekatan tersebut, diperoleh beberapa pemahaman mengenai kekhasan daripada eskatologi Paulus yang pemikiran teologis yang tidak murni berasal dari dirinya sendiri, namun pemikirannya mendapat pengaruh yang cukup signifikan, di antaranya adalah latar belakangnya sebagai orang Yahudi asli, latar belakang kehidupannya yang diwarnai oleh pemikiran Yunani, dan yang terutama adalah pengaruh pengalaman kekristenan Paulus sendiri. Kedua, kekhasan eskatologi Paulus nampak melalui pengertian parousia, yang merujuk pada pengertian kedatangan Kristus yang kedua kali, perspektif dan pengharapan Paulus yang pasti akan kedatangan Kristus yang kedua kali, serta nuansa kristologi yang sangat kental yang ditemukan dalam pemikiran eskatologinya.Kata-kata kunci: kekhasan, eskatologi, Paulus, akhir zaman, parousia, kedatangan Tuhan kedua kali.

“Negroes Should Worship a God Who Is a Negro”

2020 ◽  
pp. 45-66
Author(s):  
Andre E. Johnson
Keyword(s):  
Rhetorical Analysis ◽  
Systematic Theology ◽  
Public Theology ◽  
Specific Context ◽  
Theological Thought

This chapter offers a brief sketch of the theological thought, or more specifically, the God-Talk language of Turner. The chapter then offers a rhetorical analysis of the text and argues that Turner engages in what some scholars call rhetorical theology. By maintaining that all theology is at its core a form of argument, rhetorical theology places emphasis on how a speaker or writer situates language in order to persuade its hearers to a certain position. In other words, when Turner spoke and wrote “God is a Negro,” he was not doing systematic theology; he was engaged in a public theology, which is a rhetorical enterprise that had as its aim a persuasive function within a specific context.

scholarly journals Parosia Menurut Paulus

2016 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-11
Author(s):  
Yanjumseby Yeverson Manafe
Keyword(s):  
Apostle Paul ◽  
God's Word ◽  
In Christ ◽  
The Dead ◽  
The Devil ◽  
Second Coming

Kedatangan Kristus yang kedua kali merupakan penggenapan janji Allah kepada manusia, setelah Kristus mati dan naik ke surga dan firman Tuhan menyaksikan bahwa Ia akan datang kembali ke dunia pada suatu hari kelak. Kedatangan Kristus yang kedua kali berbeda dengan kedatangan-Nya yang pertama dimana telah dinubuatkan oleh nabi baik tempat dan dari keturunan siapa. Kedatangan-Nya yang kedua kali bukan untuk membawa damai melainkan untuk menghakimi dan mengangkat orang-orang percaya, maka setiap orang percaya dituntut hidup berjaga-jaga dan terus menantikan kedatangan itu dengan iman dan pengharapan bahwa Yesus tidak pernah mengingkari janji kedatangan-Nya dan janji itu tidak ditunda sampai genap waktunya. Kedatangan Kristus yang kedua kali (Parousia) merupakan hal yang dinanti-nantikan oleh setiap orang, namun hal ini tidak seorangpun yang dapat mengetahuinya. Sebab Yesus sendiri yang mengklaim tentang hal itu, kedatangan-Nya seperti pencuri pada malam hari yang artinya bahwa tidak seorangpun yang dapat mengetahuinya selain Dia sendiri. Rasul Paulus memberikan pengajaran tentang parousia, bahwa kedatangan-Nya kembali merupakan hal yang pasti, kendatipun waktuNya tidak ada seorangpun yang tahu. Namun setiap orang percaya harus selalu waspada dan siap sedia setiap saat menyambut kedatanganNya. Tuhan Yesus akan datang kembali untuk membangkitkan orang yang mati dalam kristus, kemudian menghancurkan iblis. Hal ini merupakan berita yang penuh sukacita, terlebih lagi karena Ia akan membawa setiap orang yang percaya padaNya ke surga, yaitu tempat mereka yang sebenarnya sebagai warga negara surgawi, dan akan mentransformasi tubuh mereka yang fana kepada tubuh yang tidak fana seperti tubuh-Nya sendiri.   The second coming of Christ is the fulfillment of God's promise to humans, after Christ died and ascended to heaven and God's word testifies that He will come back to earth one day. The second coming of Christ is different from His first coming which was prophesied by the prophet both the place and from whose descendants. His second coming is not to bring peace but to judge and uplift believers, so every believer is required to stand guard and continue to wait for that coming with faith and hope that Jesus never breaks His promise of coming and that promise not postponed until the time is even. The second coming of Christ (Parousia) is something that everyone has been waiting for, but this is not known to anyone. Because Jesus himself claimed about it, His coming was like a thief in the night which means that no one can know but Himself. The Apostle Paul gave teachings about the parousia, that His return was a sure thing, even though His time was unknown. But every believer must be vigilant and ready at all times to welcome His coming. The Lord Jesus will come again to raise the dead in Christ, then destroy the devil. This is joyous news, especially because He will bring everyone who believes in Him to heaven, their true place as a citizen of heaven, and will transform their mortal bodies into immortal bodies like His own.

scholarly journals In Search of the Key to the Theology of Paul the Apostle

2021 ◽  
Vol 90 (5) ◽  
pp. 443-462
Author(s):  
Waldemar Rakocy
Keyword(s):  
New Testament ◽  
Old Testament ◽  
Clear Definition ◽  
Apostle Paul ◽  
New Creation ◽  
Decisive Influence ◽  
The New Testament ◽  
Pauline Theology ◽  
Theological Thought ◽  
The Relationship

The Author of the paper looks for a key to the theological thought of the Apostle Paul. The fact that it lacks a clear definition results in authors radically differing in their perception, for instance, regarding the relationship between the Old and the New Testament, and as a result, whether or not the Old Testament has a decisive influence on the Pauline thought, continuing along this line: whether the Apostle in his view always remained a Jew, or whether he distanced himself from Judaism. The fact that we do not have a category clearly defining the relationship between the Old and New Testament salvific reality results in an abundance of contradictory opinions. That is also transferred to other areas of the Pauline theology. The interpretation of Paul’s theology tends to be determined by preconceptions, built upon various ways of understanding the significance of the Old Testament, or various relationship to Judaism and its thought. The author of the paper indicates a concept, treated as marginal by scholars, of a new creation in Christ as the key to understanding the Pauline thought. It lays in the background of all themes treated by Paul and connects them into a single, coherent entity.

History Past and History Present in Calvin’s Reception of Paul

2020 ◽  
pp. 36-67
Author(s):  
Barbara Pitkin
Keyword(s):  
Bible Study ◽  
Systematic Theology ◽  
Biblical Exegesis ◽  
Apostle Paul ◽  
Biblical Authority ◽  
Reformed Church ◽  
Pauline Studies ◽  
The Church

This chapter takes up John Calvin’s central biblical authority, the apostle Paul. Because of Paul’s significance for the entirety of Calvin’s reforming program, this chapter broadens the focus from Calvin’s exegesis in order to determine the character of Calvin’s “Paulinism.” The investigation examines Calvin’s access to Paul; Calvin’s reception of Paul in his biblical exegesis (through his treatment Galatians 2 in commentary, sermon, and Bible study); the role of Paul in his reformation agenda (viewed through the program outlined in a 1543 treatise on reforming the church); and, finally, the ways in which Calvin can be considered a “Pauline” theologian (in the development of the Institutes). On the foundation of a historically informed reading of Paul, Calvin built a distinctive program of biblical exegesis, established a reformed church in Geneva, and developed a systematic theology that constituted the only serious rival to that of his mentor in Pauline studies, Philip Melanchthon.

Pentecostals, Israel, and the Prophetic Politics of Dominion

2020 ◽  
Vol 30 (3) ◽  
pp. 426-473
Author(s):  
Joseph Williams
Keyword(s):  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
Significant Influence ◽  
Political Organization ◽  
Global Politics ◽  
Racial Identification ◽  
Early Twenty ◽  
Vocal Minority ◽  
Second Coming

ABSTRACTThis essay traces the evolution of a specific tradition of prophecy interpretation in U.S. pentecostal-charismatic circles, which I dub the “prophetic politics of dominion.” From the start, this strain of pentecostal-charismatic religiosity merged transnational sensibilities with dominion-style language but typically shied away from overt political organization. Building on Israel-themed symbols and ideas acquired from nineteenth-century evangelical prophecy interpretation, a small but influential group of white proto-pentecostals and early pentecostals embraced a distinctive set of eschatological teachings known as British Israelism and its attendant literal racial identification of Anglo-Saxons with Jews. Such emphases bolstered a conviction that spirit-empowered Christians would exert significant influence on global politics prior to the Second Coming of Jesus. In the ensuing decades, a vocal minority of notable pentecostals and their charismatic successors kept alive similar emphases even as they eschewed the highly racialized conceptions of pentecostal connections to the “Lost Tribes of Israel.” More comfortable employing Christian millennial tropes than engaging pragmatic politics, these figures, nevertheless, anticipated the rapid Christianization of society and their own ascendance to positions of spiritual and temporal power in preparation for Christ's return. All the while, Israel-centric symbols and identities remained central. The crystallization of this transnational, dominion-now tradition, with its unique Israel-centric emphases and millennial motifs, represented one of the most significant—and most misunderstood—contributions to evangelical politics by U.S. pentecostals and charismatics over the course of the twentieth and early twenty-first centuries.

scholarly journals Signifikansi Salib Bagi Kehidupan Manusia dalam Teologi Paulus

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 227-246
Author(s):  
David Eko Setiawan ◽  
Dwiati Yulianingsih
Keyword(s):  
New Testament ◽  
Human Life ◽  
Apostle Paul ◽  
The New Testament ◽  
The Cross ◽  
Theological Thought ◽  
Power Of God

Abstrak            Rasul Paulus adalah salah satu teolog besar dalam Perjanjian Baru yang kaya dengan pemikiran teologis. Salah satu hasil pemikirannya adalah tentang signifikansi salib bagi kehidupan manusia. Penulis memandang penelitian ini penting, karena akan semakin memperjelas signifikansi salib bagi kehidupan umat manusia.            Rumusan Masalah di dalam penelitian ini adalah bagaimanakah signifikansi salib bagi manusia dalam teologi Paulus? Adapun Tujuan penelitian ini adalah untuk menjelaskan signifikansi salib bagi manusia dalam teologi Paulus. Sedangkan metode yang dipakai oleh penulis adalah menggunakan literature reasech. Hasil dari penelitian menunjukkan bahwa dalam teologi Paulus salib memiliki signifikansi yang besar bagi kehidupan manusia, kerena salib adalah kekuatan Allah yang menyelamatkan umat manusia, tempat pertukaran penghukuman, jaminan kebebasan dari kutuk, dan tempat pendamaian.Abstrack            The Apostle Paul is one of the great theologians in the New Testament who are rich in theological thought. One result of his thinking is about the significance of the cross for human life. The author views this research as important, because it will further clarify the significance of the cross for human life.            Formulation the problem in this study is how is the significance of the cross for humans in Paul's theology? The purpose of this study is to explain the significance of the cross to humans in Paul's theology. While the method used by the author is to use the literature reset. The results of the study show that in Paul's theology the cross has great significance for human life, because the cross is the power of God that saves mankind, a place of exchange of punishment, guaranteed freedom from curses, and a place of reconciliation.

scholarly journals Learning of the Second Coming of Christ in 1 Epistle of the St. Apostle Paul to the Thessalonians (1 Thess. 5, 1-11): An Experience of Theologicaland Exegetical Commentary

2020 ◽  
pp. 113-132
Author(s):  
Михаил Всеволодович Ковшов ◽  
Михал Ерёмин
Keyword(s):  
Apostle Paul ◽  
Thessalonians 1 ◽  
Second Coming

В статье рассматривается отрывок из первого послания апостола Павла к Фессалоникийцам (1 Фес. 5, 1-11), темой которого является учение о последних временах, о Втором пришествии Христа и о времени его наступления. Эсхатологическое учение является основным в богословии этого послания. Данное учение следует рассматривать в контексте нравственных наставлений апостола Павла верующим фессалоникийцам, в которых образ «сынов света» является основным для обозначения христиан. The article examines a fragment from the First Epistle of the Apostle Paul to the Thessalonians (1 Thess. 5, 1-11), the theme of which is the doctrine of the last times, the Second Coming of Christ and the time of His coming. The eschatological teaching is fundamental in the theology of this Epistle. This teaching should be considered in the context of the moral instructions of the Apostle Paul to the faithful Thessalonians, in which the image of the «sons of the light» is the main one for designating Christians.

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