cultural mandatethe command in Genesis 1:28 instructing humanity to develop and rule the creation to display God's glory |
eschatologythe study of the last things |
Gehennathis Greek word is used in places like Matthew 5:22 to identify a place of fiery punishment, torment and destruction |
Great CommissionChrist's appointment of the eleven faithful apostles as his authoritative representatives and his charge to spread the kingdom of God throughout the whole world (Matthew 28:19-20) |
holinessboth moral purity and acceptability in God's presence |
inaugurated eschatologyview of the end times that says the age to come has begun (been "inaugurated"), but hasn't yet come in all its fullness; the "already, not yet" |
individual eschatologythe study of how individual human beings experience the events of the last days (e.g. - life, death, intermediate state, etc.) |
moral abilitythe idea that regenerate human beings have the capacity to please God and merit his blessings |
moral inabilitythe idea that that unregenerate human beings have no capacity to please God or merit his blessings |
protoeuangeliontheological term for "the first gospel" or the first promise of redemption found in Genesis 3:15 |
regeneraterecreated or reborn; spiritually renewed |
SheolHebrew term (transliteration) used in the Old Testament to refer to the place of departed spirits, both the righteous and the wicked (e.g. - Psalm 9:17) |
the age to come'olam habbah' in Hebrew, a phrase used by rabbis and leaders in Israel to describe the future age of righteousness, love, joy and peace that would follow the exile; time when all of God's purposes will be fulfilled; also known as “the last days,” “the kingdom of God,” and "the age of a new covenant" |
this age'olam hazeh' in Hebrew, a phrase used by rabbis and leaders in Israel to describe the present age of sin, suffering and death |
unregeneratenot recreated or reborn; spiritually dead |
vassalin the Ancient Near East, a king or nation that must submit to a more powerful emperor or king (suzerain) |