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.) |
kenosisthe theological term used to describe Jesus' act of veiling his divine glory during his first advent |
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 |
preterismbelief that most prophecies in the book of Revelation were fulfilled in the first century after Christ's birth |
protoeuangeliontheological term for "the first gospel" or the first promise of redemption found in Genesis 3:15 |
regeneraterecreated or reborn; spiritually renewed |
SadduceesJewish sect at the time of Christ that adhered to the written law and did not believe in the resurrection of the dead |
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) |