The Gospel, Disease, and Theistic Evolution
Through the cross, Christ established the kingdom of God, which set in motion a process that will bring about not only the restoration of God's people but the renovation of the entire cosmos. A key part of this restoration is the reversal of death and disease, mourning and pain, of which Jesus’...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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2022
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Reformed theological review
Year: 2022, Volume: 81, Issue: 2, Pages: 120-138 |
IxTheo Classification: | CF Christianity and Science HA Bible NBD Doctrine of Creation NBE Anthropology NBK Soteriology |
Further subjects: | B
Disease
B Theistic Evolution B Kingdom B Gospel B Death |
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Summary: | Through the cross, Christ established the kingdom of God, which set in motion a process that will bring about not only the restoration of God's people but the renovation of the entire cosmos. A key part of this restoration is the reversal of death and disease, mourning and pain, of which Jesus’ healings and revivifications in the Gospels are a confirmation and foretaste. If Jesus died to bear every illness and disease of those who place their faith in him, then all human disease must come as a result of the fall. Thus, sickness and disease are, from the Bible's perspective, related to the fall. If, however, sickness and disease were already a part of the human experience prior to the fall, then the Gospel is compromised. |
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ISSN: | 0034-3072 |
Contains: | Enthalten in: Reformed theological review
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.53521/a296 |