Word Associations: Proleptic Eschatology

"Proleptic" = anticipatory; assumption that a future event has already happened.

"Eschatology" = from the Greek eschatos "last" and -logy "study of." The study of the end time, last days, the consummation and perfection of God's creation.

Flash-forward;

God's future, accomplished in the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ;

the new heavens and new earth;

anticipation of the reconciliation of all things;

God's goal for creation;

the first fruits of the resurrection;

the "now" and the "not yet;"

the time between the resurrection and the last days.

Key scripture reference:

Isaiah 11:6 "the wolf shall dwell with the lamb"

See also Isaiah 65:25.

Art: The Peaceable Kingdom

See also Ted Peters, God, the World's Future.