Foretaste of the Future
eBook - ePub

Foretaste of the Future

Reading Revelation in Light of God's Mission

  1. 240 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Foretaste of the Future

Reading Revelation in Light of God's Mission

About this book

For many Christians, the book of Revelation inspires confusion and fear. It's seen as a coded screenplay for the end times, or it's just too strange to understand. The problem, Dean Flemming contends, is that when we read Revelation as focused on the future, we miss what it says about what God is doing in the world now.

Revelation is one of the richest texts in Scripture for understanding both God's mission to make everything new and how the church is caught up in that mission. In Foretaste of the Future, Flemming mines this largely untapped resource by introducing a missional reading of Revelation. Drawing from a variety of cultural perspectives, Flemming explores Revelation's original context, key themes, and transformational message that rings out for each new generation.

By reading Revelation in light of God's mission, we gain a renewed vision of God's great purpose to redeem and restore all creation through the work of the slain Lamb. We also see how God's people are called to help offer a foretaste of salvation and healing now, along with insight on how to contextualize this mission in particular settings. A missional reading not only invites us to imagine the future; it teaches us to let the future cast its light into the present to guide our way.

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Information

Publisher
IVP Academic
Year
2022
Print ISBN
9781514001561

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Dedication
  4. Contents
  5. Acknowledgments
  6. Introduction: Reimagining Revelation
  7. 1. What Is Revelation Trying to Do?
  8. 2. The God of Mission
  9. 3. The Mission of the Slaughtered Lamb
  10. 4. The Mission of God's People
  11. 5. Mission as Witness
  12. 6. Mission and Judgment
  13. 7. Missional Worship
  14. 8. Missional Politics
  15. 9. A New Jerusalem Mission
  16. 10. Reading Revelation Missionally Today
  17. Questions for Reflection or Discussion
  18. Notes
  19. Further Reading
  20. Image Credits
  21. Subject Index
  22. Scripture Index
  23. Praise for Foretaste of the Future
  24. About the Author
  25. More Titles from InterVarsity Press
  26. Copyright