The Justifying Judgement of God

by Terry, Justyn; Rae, Murray

• ISBN13: 9781556356629
• ISBN10: 1556356625
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-02-01
• Publisher: Wipf & Stock Pub

Summary

This monograph argues that the doctrine of atonement may be presented more coherently by recognizing judgement as the principle metaphor of the reconciling work of Christ. Judgement, understood not only as condemnation but as the whole process of bringing about justice, provides the pattern to which victory, redemption, and sacrifice may be compared and to which they should be related.The first section is a study of twentieth-century British atonement theology to understand the assumptions that give rise to the difficulties in proclaiming the atonement. The second section examines Karl Barth's account of reconciliation in terms of the judgement of Jesus Christ, and its relationship to victory, redemption, and sacrifice. The proposal is made that judgement is the paradigmatic metaphor of the doctrine of atonement. The implications of this claim are then considered for the response to the work of Christ, and how repentance, baptism, Eucharist, and holiness are related to judgement.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. xiii
Preface	p. xv
Introduction: Problems in Proclaiming the Atonement	p. 1
Introduction	p. 1
Uncertain Images	p. 4
Single image approaches	p. 4
Multiple images approaches	p. 6
Trivializing Illustrations	p. 10
How we shall Approach the Problems	p. 15
Conclusion	p. 16
Twentieth Century British Atonement Theology
Theories, Images and Metaphors of Atonement	p. 17
Introduction	p. 17
Hastings Rashdall: The Atonement in the Light of Historical Progress	p. 19
Gustaf Aulen: The Rediscovery of the Classic Idea	p. 23
F.W. Dillistone: Analogues and Parables of Atonement	p. 28
Frances Young: Sacrificial Images of Atonement	p. 32
Paul Fiddes: Overlapping Images of Salvation	p. 34
Colin Gunton: Metaphors of Atonement	p. 37
Problems with the Theories, Images and Metaphors in their Present Form	p. 41
Conclusion	p. 44
Biblical Hermeneutics and the Metaphors of Atonement	p. 45
Introduction	p. 45
Rashdall and Fiddes on Love	p. 46
Descriptive	p. 46
Synthetic	p. 49
Hermeneutic	p. 50
Aulen on Victory	p. 52
Descriptive	p. 52
Synthetic	p. 54
Hermeneutic	p. 55
Dillistone on Redemption	p. 55
Descriptive	p. 56
Synthetic	p. 56
Hermeneutic	p. 58
Young on Sacrifice	p. 59
Descriptive	p. 59
Synthetic	p. 60
Hermeneutic	p. 61
Gunton on Judgement	p. 62
Descriptive	p. 62
Synthetic	p. 64
Hermeneutic	p. 64
Combining the Metaphors	p. 66
Conclusion	p. 68
P.T. Forsyth and Perfect Obedience as the Co-ordinating Principle of Atonement	p. 71
Introduction	p. 71
Redemption	p. 72
Justification	p. 79
Judgement	p. 80
Sacrifice	p. 92
Sanctification	p. 98
The Relationship between Redemption, Justification and Sanctification	p. 103
Conclusion	p. 105
The Judgement of Jesus Christ as the Paradigmatic Metaphor of Atonement
Karl Barth and the Judgement of Jesus Christ as the Primary Statement of Atonement	p. 107
Introduction	p. 107
The Judgement of God as the Judgement of Jesus Christ	p. 108
Jesus Christ as the judge	p. 109
Jesus Christ as the judged	p. 112
Jesus Christ undergoing judgement	p. 115
Jesus Christ the just	p. 120
The Judgement of God at the Last Day	p. 127
Conclusion	p. 136
Judgement as the Paradigmatic Metaphor of the Doctrine of Atonement	p. 139
Introduction	p. 139
Victory	p. 139
The victory of Christ as God's judgement against his enemies and for his covenant people	p. 148
Redemption	p. 151
The redemption by Christ as the liberation of his covenant people brought about through judgement	p. 154
Sacrifice	p. 156
Sacrifice as God's judgement on sin revealed in death	p. 163
Judgement as Paradigmatic Metaphor	p. 168
Conclusion	p. 171
Responding to the Gracious Judgement of God	p. 173
Introduction	p. 173
Repentance as accepting God's condemnation of sin and vindication of Christ	p. 173
Baptism as passing through the waters of judgement in the name of the Lord	p. 181
Eucharist as the eschatological feast for those who have passed through judgement	p. 188
Holiness as the formation of Christlike character under the purifying judgement of God	p. 194
Conclusion	p. 200
Conclusion: Proposals for Proclaiming the Atonement	p. 203
Introduction	p. 203
Results of the Study	p. 203
Implications of the Study	p. 208
Conclusion	p. 213
Bibliography	p. 215
Index	p. 223
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