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cultural mandate the command in Genesis 1:28 instructing humanity to develop and rule the creation to display God's glory |
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eschatology the study of the last things |
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futurism view of the end times that asserts the visions of Revelation have not been fulfilled and will be fulfilled during the final crisis before Christ's second coming |
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Gehenna this Greek word is used in places like Matthew 5:22 to identify a place of fiery punishment, torment and destruction |
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general eschatology the study of God's universal acts of judgment and salvation in the last days |
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Great Commission Christ'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) |
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historicism in eschatology, the belief that the precursors to Christ's return were manifested in history by actual people and events |
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holiness both moral purity and acceptability in God's presence |
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idealism in eschatology, the belief that the precursors to Christ's return were manifested in history by abstract concepts and general principles |
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inaugurated eschatology view 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" |
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