Eschatology: Pathology and Treatment: Self-Test 2

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* 1. Jesus told Nathanael, “You believe because I told you I saw you under the fig tree. You shall see greater things than that. I tell you the truth, you shall see heaven open, and the angels of God ascending and descending on the Son of Man.” Work claims that this passage shows Jesus challenging conventional Jewish aspirations of

Israel's bright future in its dark world

God's assurance and vindication of righteous Israel

Israel's coming judgment and restoration

God's coming decisive judgment that delivers Israel from its enemies

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* 2. Work claims that Israel's national hopes are radically shifted in Christianity because of

the ascension

the Babylonian exile

Constantinianism

Monasticism

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* 3. Work compares the healthy effects of the good news on ordinary human wackiness to the effects of

ideologies

paradigms

probiotics

vitamins

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* 4. Greco-Roman cultural influences, according to Work,

enriched the early Church's futurology with greater philosophical sophistication

gave Christian future thinking new symbolism but kept its substance

replaced healthy futurology with heresies such as Constantinianism and clericalism

weakened apostolic teaching's integrity and apocalypticism in favor of Platonism

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* 5. Work claims that "Atlanta," that is the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus, has "fulfilled, appropriated, and reshaped Israel's futurologies" among his followers. Use your own words to explain (as if to a peer who hasn't seen the lecture) the impact Jesus makes on the eschatology of his disciples. Try to illustrate with biblical texts either from the lecture or from our own memory or study.