This week in the forum, Gayle talked about Paul's Judaism. We looked at the development of Christianity developing first as a sect of Judaism and then as a separate religion.
We discussed the Convenant that the Jews entered into with YHWH. We reviewed the 3 types of eschatology (study of the end times).
1. Promise-Fulfillment eschatology: God and Israel enters into a covenant which brings Shalom to the world.
2. Prophetic eschatology: the path from making the covenant to the desired result of Shalom (Peace for all) was broken because of the unfaithfulness of the Jewish people.
3. Apocolyptic eschatology: The path to shalom is continually interrupted as people make mistakes, repent and get back on the right path again, and then mess up again. It will take some form of crisis to break this cycle and bring Shalom.
We examined the meaning of the word: righteous to Paul and the Jews. The word "righteous" would be wonderful to Paul because it describes God bringing the world together in shalom, in peace, as it was in the beginning of creation. Righteousness to Paul meant Justification, righteousness, and justice all in one greek word.
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