New Testament Eschatology

Hasting the coming of Jesus

Since all all things will be dissolved

opening phrase.

heavens and the earth (things)

eschatological expectation of a new world of righteousness.

the hope for the triumph of God’s righteousness demands righteous living now.

in holy forms of behavior and godly acts

the force of the plurals

holy and godly in all your conduct

2 Pe 1:3 - “A life of godliness”, “a godly life”

Eusebia (godliness) Hellenistic term. 9x in LXX, but frequent in 4 Maccabees (47x), Philo and Josephus

NT: Acts 3:12; pastorals (1 Tim 2:2; 3:16; 4:7-8; 6:3, 5-6, 11; Titus 1:1)

Respect for God’s will and the moral way of life - inseparable from the proper religious attitude to God.

Waiting for

Eschatological waiting

Jude 21 - wait for the mercy of our Lord. // mercy references the eschatological hope of God’s people. 2 Tim 1:18.

In the final judgment: not even the faithful Christians escapes condemnation except by the Lord’s mercy.