This has led us to designate Jesus’ resurrection as an eschatological event. It is an anticipation of the end. To speak crudely, it is a piece of eschatology split off from the end and planted in history. The end has begun; the future is present.

George Eldon Ladd (1911–1982), Professor für Neues Testament und Theologe

Topics: Eternity & Hope Beyond Death, God, Jesus & the Holy Spirit

Occasions: The Church Year, For Reflection

George Eldon Ladd

George Eldon Ladd (1911–1982) war ein US-amerikanischer baptistischer Theologe und lehrte von 1950 bis 1980 als Professor für Neues Testament am Fuller Theological Seminary in Kalifornien. Er prägte im evangelikalen Raum das Konzept der inaugurierten Eschatologie, die das Reich Gottes als „schon jetzt, aber noch nicht vollendet“ versteht, und grenzte sich dabei scharf vom Dispensationalismus ab. Für Bibelleser bietet seine heilsgeschichtliche Theologie bis heute ein weit verbreitetes exegetisches Referenzmodell zum Verständnis neutestamentlicher Reich-Gottes-Texte.

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