TY  - BOOK
AU  - Wahl,Willem Petrus
TI  - Die verhouding "Ekklesia" tot die "Koninkryk van God": 'n hermeneutiese studie in die lig van Openbaring 1-3: vir die graad Magister Artium in Teologie
PY  - 2007///-05
PB  - University of the Free State
KW  - Dissertation (M.A. (Biblical and Religious Studies))--University of the Free State, 2007
KW  - Bible. N.T. Revelation -- Criticism, interpretation, etc
KW  - Bible. N.T. Revelation -- Hermeneutics
KW  - Apocalyptic
KW  - Biblical hermeneutic
KW  - Unity of the church
KW  - Ecclesia
KW  - Eschatology
KW  - Kingdom of God
KW  - New Testament theology
KW  - Revelation
KW  - Text criticism
KW  - UCTD
KW  - Dissertation
N1  - application/pdf; Thesis / Dissertation ETD; Bibliografie included; Inleiding -- Metodiek -- Die historiese konteks van die boek Openbaring -- Die literêre konteks van Openbaring en eksegese van Openbaring 2-3 -- 'n Tekskritiese beskouing van Openbaring 6 -- Die koninkryk van God as Goddelike heerskappy -- Die ekklesia (kerk) as eenheid -- Die verhouding tussen Ekklesia en koninkryk van God in Openbaring 1-3 -- Finale samevatting; Open access content
N2  - The purpose of this study is to do research on the relation between the terms Kingdom of God and Ecclesia, within the problem field of Biblical hermeneutics. The focus is on Revelation 1-3 as it encompasses the main idea of this study, namely that the Kingdom of God is the axel around which the existence of the Ecclesia (church) revolves. A study on the historical background indicates that the Church in Revelations has gone through an era of prosecution and that it will happen again. Victory is encompassed in the reality of a religious experience of the Kingdom that has to function in and through the Church. Revelations is an apocalyptic writing (document) with prophetic-eschatological alignment (direction). A text-critical study of Revelation 1:6 reveals that the correct use of the word basilei,a (basileia: kingdom) symbolizes selective seclusion and sovereignty with God. The Greek word basilei,a (basileia: kingdom) has a functional/abstract meaning (the fact that God reigns) but also a geographical meaning. The study of the different eschatological interpretation models contributes to consequent-eschatological dialectics; the Church experiences the reality of a religious experience now already, but also realizes that the eschatological Kingdom of God has not come yet. The coming of the Kingdom of God has two principal moments, namely the first and the second coming of Christ. The Ecclesia is essentially the communion of the faithful. A Bipolar unit model, the invisible unity of the Church, as symbolized metaphorically in the people of God and the body of Christ, is combined with the visibility of the institutional Church through the emergence of the mystical unity character of the Church through the institutional Church. Aspects concerning the mystical unity of the Church are the togetherness, the predestination, the unity in diversity and the principalship of Christ. In Revelations is, and replace the Church, the people of Israel. The relationship between the Ec
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/11660/2113
ER  -