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The Heavenly Jesus Reinterprets Daniel: The Apocalypse as Corrective for the Olivet Discourse

  • Scott Charlesworth

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Abstract

The destruction of Jerusalem did not usher in the parousia as the earthly Jesus had taught. Now the heavenly Jesus sets out to recalibrate expectation by correcting the Olivet Discourse and reinterpreting Daniel. The reference in the sixth seal to signs in the heavens that accompany the parousia (Rev 6:12-17) corrects the interpretation of Daniel found in Mk 13 par. Because the heavenly signs occur in the sixth of seven seals opened by a slaughtered but now exalted Lamb (Rev 4-5), the consecutive openings imply a sequencing of events and, therefore, a delay.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationBook of the Seven Seals: The Peculiarity of Revelation, its Manuscripts, Attestation, and Transmission
EditorsThomas J Kraus, Michael Sommer
Place of PublicationTübingen, Germany
PublisherMohr Siebeck Verlag
Pages241-262
Edition1
ISBN (Print)9783161527418
Publication statusPublished - 31 Dec 2016

Publication series

NameWissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament
Number363
ISSN (Electronic)0512-1604

Keywords

  • Christian Studies (incl. Biblical Studies and Church History)
  • Classical Greek and Roman History

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