When we speak of life beyond death, or of a resurrected body, or of a new heaven and a new earth, we speak in images, metaphors and parables" (Calvin). ... In brief, Christian hope enlivens rather than paralyzes human imagination and action in the direction of God's coming new heaven and new earth. ... Parousia means arrival or coming and refers in the New Testament to the coming of the crucified and risen Jesus in glory. ... He continues to come into the World and sacrament and in ever-surprising encounters of his presence among the hungry, the thirsty, the naked, and the imprisoned who ...

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Since it first appeared on Korean soil and was nourished by the Korean philosophy of life, the new movement was naturally influenced to some extent by its environment. ... Finally, Mahayana Buddhists look forward to the arrival of a new Buddha (Maitreya) who will appear on earth at the last days to renovate the entire creation and bring inner peace to all mankind. ...

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., the raising of the dead in the last days) is the already accomplished resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead.My aim in this paper is to explain and defend this basic view of resurrection. ... What the body does is provide the soul with a vehicle for action in the world and expression of intentions and desires; and the soul pr ovides the body with animation and direction 5For another thing, the theory seems a neat way of reconciling the traditional view that the general resurrection does not occur until the eschaton with Jesus' statement to the good thief on the cross, " Today you w...

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