The God of Christian hope is the triune God, the creator, redeemer, and consummator. From the foundation of the world, the purpose of the triune God has been to share life with others, to create a community of love in which all are united without loss of enriching differences. Through the work of Christ and by the power of the Spirit, we are invited to participate in the eternal life and glory of the triune God. As the power of the self-giving, other affirming, community-forming love, the triune God is the God whose glory is in the triumph of life over death, of justice over injustice, and of reconciliation and peace over hostility and war. (Migliore, 2004).
Christian Eschatological Symbols must be Interpreted Non-dualistically.
Christian eschatological symbols must be interpreted non-dualistically and must be shown to encompass the quest for fulfillment and wholeness in all dimensions of life. It is necessary to exercise a hermeneutics of suspicion and to dismantle all the harmful dualisms in the interpretation of Christian hope between the spiritual and the physical, between personal and communal fulfillment, between hope for humanity and hope for the whole creation. The activity of God has always finds its consummation in embodiment. (Moltmann, 1985).
Christian Eschatological Symbols Must Be Rightly Understood.
Christian eschatological symbols when rightly understood relativize all historical and cultural achievements of humanity. Christian hope differs from all utopianists that eventually capitulate to the ideas that the end justifies the means and that the present must be sacrificed for the future. Authentic Christian hope will certainly stand in opposition to present injustice and to every effort to absolutize the status quo. However, in the struggle for justice, equality, and human rights, Christians will always insist on "more "- on a different, greater future than what is ever achievable by human effort and ingenuity, a hope beyond hope.
