Kingdom, Eschatology & Luke-Acts I

Last week I posed a question: how do we factor in the Parousia (Jesus’ return) with regard to Christian conduct and ethics? Is it possible to live out Jesus’ ethics in light of a Parousia that is either pushed into an unforeseen future (Hans Conzelmann) or even failed (Albert Schweitzer)?

Over the next few weeks I am going to share some of my own reflections on the delay of the Parousia as it relates to Luke's eschatology. First, I am going to talk more about the cause and effect relationship between kingdom and ethics; second, I will talk about the role of eschatological delay in Second Temple literature; third, I will address Hans Conzelmann’s analysis of Luke’s presentation of salvation history. I hope that you can join me!