The Spirit in Numbers 11

Numbers 11 is a foundational passage for OT pneumatology and supports pentecostal theology and practice. There, God, through Moses, expressed his plan that all believers should be empowered for prophetic ministry by the Holy Spirit. That experience of the seventy elders involved a kind of prophesying that was probably praise and prayer in tongues, as in Acts 2.

POSTMILENIALISME BERSYARAT: KRITIK TERHADAP ESKATOLOGI PREMILENIALISME DISPENSASIONAL DAN SEBUAH USULAN TERHADAP ESKATOLOGI PENTAKOSTA

So far, Pentecostal eschatology has always been connected with dispensational premillennialist views. But if analyzed, there are actually many things in dispensational premillennialism that are incompatible with Pentecostal theology. This article will briefly explain the history of how Pentecostal eschatology can be influenced by dispensational premillennialism, as well as providing criticisms that prove that this view actually does not correspond essentially with Pentecostal teaching. This article will also try to propose a model of conditional postmillennialism, which is seen as more appropriate to become a framework of Pentecostal eschatology. === Selama ini eskatologi Pentakosta selalu dihubungkan dengan pandangan premilenialisme dispensasional. Namun jika dianalisa, sebenarnya banyak hal di dalam premilenialisme dispensasional yang tidak sesuai dengan teologi Pentakosta. Artikel ini akan menjelaskan secara singkat sejarah bagaimana eskatologi Pentakosta dapat dipengaruhi oleh premilenialisme dispensasional, serta memberikan kritik-kritik yang membuktikan bahwa pandangan tersebut sebenarnya tidak bersesuaian secara esensial dengan pengajaran Pentakosta. Artikel ini juga akan mencoba mengusulkan sebuah model eskatologi postmilenialisme bersyarat (conditional postmillennialism), yang dipandang lebih sesuai untuk menjadi kerangka eskatologi Pentakosta.

Pentecostal Theology, Identity Politics, and Racialized Xenophobia: Claiming A New Social Order

Applying the methodological lens of ethnographic theology, the article argues that grounded Pentecostal theologies participate in reimagining a new social order, particularly in relation to racialized xenophobia. This argument is made in the specific context of two Pentecostal churches in Johannesburg, South Africa, both led and frequented by people who have come to Johannesburg from other parts of the African continent. The argument is outlined by unpacking three theological themes prominent in the collected ethnographic data: positive confession, Word-centred ecclesiology, and Christlike lifestyle. Taken together, these themes highlight a social conscience that other societal actors would do well to take seriously when considering combatting xenophobia. Overall, the article challenges the scholarly emphasis on Pentecostal theologies as uninterested in life-affirming structural change, building on Nimi Wariboko’s formulation of blackness, chosenness, and Nigerian Pentecostalism ‘that reads against the existing social order’ within the particular context of xenophobia in urban South Africa.