Glossary for Lessons 1-2
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cultural mandatethe command in Genesis 1:28 instructing humanity to develop and rule the creation to display God's glory | |
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eschatologythe study of the last things | |
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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) | |
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holinessboth moral purity and acceptability in God's presence | |
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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.) | |
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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 | |
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protoeuangeliontheological term for "the first gospel" or the first promise of redemption found in Genesis 3:15 | |
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regeneraterecreated or reborn; spiritually renewed | |
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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) | |
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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 | |
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unregeneratenot recreated or reborn; spiritually dead | |
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vassalin the Ancient Near East, a king or nation that must submit to a more powerful emperor or king (suzerain) | |