Apocalyptic Eschatology in the Words of Jesus of Nazareth and its Reflection in the Gospels

Subject Areas : Christianity

Tahereh  Hajebrahimi ¹ (ندارد)
Mohammad Reza  Adli ² (ندارد)

Received: 2014-11-24 Accepted : 2014-11-24 Published : 2007-11-22

Keywords: Kingdom of God, Catastrophical Tribulations, Parousia, Son of Man, Resurrection, Last Judgment,

Abstract :

Jesus was in fact an apocalyptic preacher and a herald of eschatologicalrestoration. His message can be fairly characterized as apocalypticeschatology. His own words were reflected in the Gospels more thanany other parts of the New Testament. But the narrators of the Gospelsadded their own speculations to these words; however, these words andthe speculations reflect the early Christian traditions.This article tries to survey the teachings of Jesus, considering itseschatological aspects. Moreover it reviews the Jewish background ofthe eschatological concepts. Finally it comes to this conclusion:apocalyptic eschatology constitutes the essential theme of the Jesus'teachings.