The Nature of the Beast

Both the popular interpretation (some future leader) and scholarly understandings (an anti-Christian power from the past) of “the beast” mentioned in Revelation 13 are short-sighted, but on the trail of something useful. Rather, Revelation's beast is one representation and possibly the final Ne...

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Publicado no:Review and expositor
Autor principal: Shoopman, James (Author)
Tipo de documento: Recurso Electrónico Artigo
Idioma:Inglês
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Publicado em: Sage 2009
Em: Review and expositor
Acesso em linha: Volltext (lizenzpflichtig)
Parallel Edition:Não eletrônico
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Resumo:Both the popular interpretation (some future leader) and scholarly understandings (an anti-Christian power from the past) of “the beast” mentioned in Revelation 13 are short-sighted, but on the trail of something useful. Rather, Revelation's beast is one representation and possibly the final New Testament twist in an evolving early Christian doctrine of the antichrist. This doctrine relates more to the ongoing state of the world than to its end. It calls for every generation to take sides in an ongoing conflict that will not end until human history draws to a close.
ISSN:2052-9449
Obras secundárias:Enthalten in: Review and expositor
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1177/003463730910600108