Glossary for Lessons 1-4
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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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kenosisthe theological term used to describe Jesus' act of veiling his divine glory during his first advent | |
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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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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 | |
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regeneraterecreated or reborn; spiritually renewed | |
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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) | |