In These Last Days: The Dynamics of Biblical Revelation

Offering a "big picture" of divine revelation, Graeme Goldsworthy's In These Last Days: The Dynamics of Biblical Revelation underscores the importance of the historical nature of divine revelation. God is not static; he acts in history, which is why not all parts of Scripture relate in exactly the same way to other portions of Scripture. Acknowledging these historical acts, Goldsworthy invites readers to a more careful reading and application of Scripture. Unless we read texts in terms of their location in the progress of divine revelation, Goldsworthy contends that we will inevitably misunderstand and misapply those biblical texts.

The book comprises four sections:
– The Word of God
– The Being of God
– The Doing of God
– The People of God

In an age of growing biblical illiteracy, In These Last Days provides basic biblical and theological literacy for how the church can rightly divide and apply the Word for its daily lives.

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Table of Contents

List of illustrations
Foreword by Stephen J. Wellum
Preface
Acknowledgements
List of abbreviations
Introduction

Part 1: THE WORD OF GOD

1 Reading the Bible with understanding
2 A place to stand
3 The theological task
4 The gospel and the rush to dehistoricise it
5 The revelation-dynamics of salvation history

Part 2: THE BEING OF GOD
6 The revelation-dynamics of God the Father
7 The revelation-dynamics of God the Son and the gospel
8 The revelation-dynamics of God the Holy Spirit
9 The Trinity and the pattern of truth

Part 3: THE WORKS OF GOD
10 The revelation-dynamics of creation to new creation
11 The revelation-dynamics of the Fall, judgement and atonement
12 The revelation-dynamics of the covenant of grace and the people of God
13 The revelation-dynamics of Israel, the nations and the Church
14 The revelation-dynamics of prophecy
15 The revelation-dynamics of eschatology

Part 4: THE PEOPLE OF GOD
16 The revelation-dynamics of kerygma, evangelism and response
17 The revelation-dynamics of living as God’s people in these last days
18 The revelation-dynamics of doing church and being family
19 Letting the Bible speak to us today

Epilogue
Bibliography
Index of authors
Index of subjects
Index of Scripture references