Rapture, Resurrection Hope & New Creation

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Biblical Theology / Rapture, Resurrection Hope & New Creation

Rapture, Resurrection Hope & New Creation

Christ’s return, rapture interpretations, the intermediate state, bodily resurrection, and renewed creation.

The return of Messiah and the renewal of creation

Christian hope joins the return of Messiah, bodily resurrection, judgment, and the renewal of creation. These studies evaluate rapture timelines and millennial schemes, examine disputed passages, and consider personal identity between death and resurrection. They argue against reducing salvation to escape from the material world. Readers should distinguish the author’s preferred readings from the wider range of Christian interpretations and assess the historical and lexical arguments in their own contexts.

Start Here

Reading 1

Begin with renewed-earth hope

Frame the destination of the biblical story before debating timelines.

Heaven on Renewed Earth

Reading 2

Investigate rapture history and exegesis

Compare interpretive development with the relevant biblical language.

The Genealogy and Exegesis of the Rapture

Reading 3

Explore the intermediate-state question

Consider personal continuity while keeping resurrection central.

Between Mortality and New Creation

Questions to Explore

  • What is the purpose and setting of the gathering to Messiah?
  • How do bodily resurrection and the intermediate state relate?
  • What does the biblical hope of renewed creation imply about heaven and earth?