God, Heaven, and Har Magedon
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God, Heaven and Har Magedon: A Covenantal Tale of Cosmos and Telos (2006) is Reformed theologian Meredith G. Kline
's major work in many ways summing up his contributions to biblical and covenant theology
, written for a more general audience.
The book focuses on defining the Mountain of God (Har Magedon) and the holy war
waged for that mountain throughout the different eras of the history of redemption described in the Old and New Testaments. In the course of the book Kline outlines an "eschatological megastructure" and shows how this structure repeats itself in the three main biblical eras: before the flood
; between the flood and the Incarnation of Christ; and in the current age from the Incarnation of Christ to the Second Coming
.
The book is very striking in describing universal biblical patterns, events, and types, and presenting a unified big picture that in a real way puts a capstone on classical covenant theology which has been developing in Reformed Theology since the 16th century.
Meredith G. Kline
Meredith G. Kline was an American theologian and Old Testament scholar advance in Archeology, both Assyriology and Egyptology.-Academic career:...
's major work in many ways summing up his contributions to biblical and covenant theology
Covenant Theology
Covenant theology is a conceptual overview and interpretive framework for understanding the overall flow of the Bible...
, written for a more general audience.
The book focuses on defining the Mountain of God (Har Magedon) and the holy war
Religious war
A religious war; Latin: bellum sacrum; is a war caused by, or justified by, religious differences. It can involve one state with an established religion against another state with a different religion or a different sect within the same religion, or a religiously motivated group attempting to...
waged for that mountain throughout the different eras of the history of redemption described in the Old and New Testaments. In the course of the book Kline outlines an "eschatological megastructure" and shows how this structure repeats itself in the three main biblical eras: before the flood
Flood
A flood is an overflow of an expanse of water that submerges land. The EU Floods directive defines a flood as a temporary covering by water of land not normally covered by water...
; between the flood and the Incarnation of Christ; and in the current age from the Incarnation of Christ to the Second Coming
Second Coming
In Christian doctrine, the Second Coming of Christ, the Second Advent, or the Parousia, is the anticipated return of Jesus Christ from Heaven, where he sits at the Right Hand of God, to Earth. This prophecy is found in the canonical gospels and in most Christian and Islamic eschatologies...
.
The book is very striking in describing universal biblical patterns, events, and types, and presenting a unified big picture that in a real way puts a capstone on classical covenant theology which has been developing in Reformed Theology since the 16th century.