Surprised by Hope
[Pages:348]SURPRISED BY HOPE
Rethinking Heaven, the Resurrection, and the Mission of the Church
N. T. WRIGHT
In grateful memory of Stephen Neill, George Caird, and Charlie Moule teachers, scholars, pastors, and friends in the sure and certain hope of the resurrection of the dead
CONTENTS
Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii
part I ... setting the scene
1. All Dressed Up and No Place to Go? Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Confusion about Hope: The Wider World . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7
Varieties of Belief . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
2. Puzzled About Paradise? Christian Confusion About Hope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Exploring the Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
The Effects of Confusion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Wider Implications of Confusion. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
The Key Questions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
3. Early Christian Hope in Its Historical Setting Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Resurrection and Life after Death in Ancient Paganism
and Judaism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
The Surprising Character of Early Christian Hope. . . . . . . . . . . .40
4. The Strange Story of Easter
Stories Without Precedent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Easter and History . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Conclusion. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
part II ... god's future plan
5. Cosmic Future: Progress or Despair?
Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Option 1: Evolutionary Optimism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Option 2: Souls in Transit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
6. What the Whole World's Waiting For
Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Fundamental Structures of Hope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Seedtime and Harvest. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
The Victorious Battle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Citizens of Heaven, Colonizing the Earth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
God Will Be All in All . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
New Birth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
The Marriage of Heaven and Earth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Conclusion. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
7. Jesus, Heaven, and New Creation
The Ascension . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
What About the Second Coming? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
8. When He Appears
Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Coming, Appearing, Revealing, Royal Presence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
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9. Jesus, the Coming Judge
Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Second Coming and Judgment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
10. The Redemption of Our Bodies
Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Resurrection: Life After Life After Death . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Resurrection in Corinth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Resurrection: Later Debates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Rethinking Resurrection Today: Who, Where, What
Why, When, and How . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
11. Purgatory, Paradise, Hell
Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Purgatory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Paradise . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Beyond Hope, Beyond Pity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Conclusion: Human Goals and New Creation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
part III ... hope in practice: resurrection and the mission of the church
12. Rethinking Salvation: Heaven, Earth,
and the Kingdom of God
Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
The Meaning of Salvation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
The Kingdom of God . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
13. Building for the Kingdom Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
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Justice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Beauty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
Evangelism. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Conclusion. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
14. Reshaping the Church for Mission (1): Biblical Roots
Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
The Gospels and Acts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
Paul . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246
15. Reshaping the Church for Mission (2): Living the Future
Introduction: Celebrating Easter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
Space, Time, and Matter: Creation Redeemed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
Resurrection and Mission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264
Resurrection and Spirituality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271
Appendix: Two Easter Sermons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291
Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315
Biblical Passages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .331
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