A abordagem metodista do livro do Apocalipse
Palavras-chave:
Metodismo; John Wesley; Escatologia; Apocalipse; Teologia WesleyanaResumo
Descrevendo a Wesleyan-Methodist Magazine (Revista Metodista Wesleyana) na década de 1820, W. H. Oliver disse que, de todas as principais revistas religiosas da Inglaterra, esta revista “tinha o menor interesse em profecia”. Embora a sua ênfase na profecia fosse pós-milenista, a profecia em geral não era uma grande ênfase dentro do Metodismo. Henry Rack disse que o Metodismo não era um movimento “'milenar”. D. N. Hempton concluiu que entre os intérpretes da profecia bíblica do século XIX, “os Metodistas Wesleyanos destacam-se pela sua ausência”. Mas o Metodismo tinha uma escatologia. Eles pregaram sobre os grandes temas do julgamento, ressurreição, céu e inferno. Na verdade, o requisito necessário para aderir às sociedades metodistas – um desejo de fugir da ira que está por vir –, é um conceito escatológico. A seguir, veremos alguns dos pontos interpretativos dos principais representantes do metodismo, desde John Wesley a James Strong
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