Henry, William W., Jr. Atonement
and the Logic of Resurrection in Hebrews 9:27–28: Jesus’s Ministry to
Lead Believers for Salvation into Heaven a Very Little While after
Individual Death and Judgment. Eugene, OR: Wipf & Stock, 2024.
Description:
"The general believer waiting for salvation by Jesus hopes to see him appear while living or promptly at death. Comfort during loss of life usually portrays those passing now in heaven. Conversely, the more religiously academic, the less one thinks anyone, ever, goes to heaven. Trained scholars typically choose a closed heaven with temporal delays and spatial detours in limitation of God's promises about "so great salvation." "Better" typically perceives as a resuscitated flesh on earth that lives by decay of the surrounding creation. Hearing word-meaning by mapping creation with an old first-century option for plural heavens, this project reexamines the conversation recommended by the pastor in the letter to the Hebrews about promises regarding the twofold ministry of Christ. By analysis with current study tools, the conversation both challenges the common academy views and reintroduces a first-century hearing option for God's speech concerning prompt, postmortem, Christ fulfillment into heaven. Listening includes the milk of the beginning teaching requirements for atonement and logic of resurrection to God immediately after death and judgment. Hearing senses the solid food about priestly intercession by Jesus after death at judgment to shepherd his believers for salvation into heaven a very little while after individual death and judgment."
"The general believer waiting for salvation by Jesus hopes to see him appear while living or promptly at death. Comfort during loss of life usually portrays those passing now in heaven. Conversely, the more religiously academic, the less one thinks anyone, ever, goes to heaven. Trained scholars typically choose a closed heaven with temporal delays and spatial detours in limitation of God's promises about "so great salvation." "Better" typically perceives as a resuscitated flesh on earth that lives by decay of the surrounding creation. Hearing word-meaning by mapping creation with an old first-century option for plural heavens, this project reexamines the conversation recommended by the pastor in the letter to the Hebrews about promises regarding the twofold ministry of Christ. By analysis with current study tools, the conversation both challenges the common academy views and reintroduces a first-century hearing option for God's speech concerning prompt, postmortem, Christ fulfillment into heaven. Listening includes the milk of the beginning teaching requirements for atonement and logic of resurrection to God immediately after death and judgment. Hearing senses the solid food about priestly intercession by Jesus after death at judgment to shepherd his believers for salvation into heaven a very little while after individual death and judgment."
Having taken a look through, I fear this is another of Wipf & Stock's more predatory acquisitions. They sometimes make their money by authors paying them to publish (I heard a friend say that asked for $5,000 to publish his book). That the book didn't have to pass much editorial review should be clear from the first paragraph of the first argumentative chapter:
ReplyDelete"This chapter sketches the "Get Ready! . . . Get Set!" preparations for exploration of a prompt, postmortem, heavenly entrance through the fulfillment of the promised covenant ministries of Christ outlined by Heb 9:27-28. Surprisingly, modern reader conceptions for a present ministry of Christ for a place of destiny and continuance of life immediately at death never emerge. The global faith perception by many for swift heavenly entrance by both Christ and people, when mapping the Pastor's corresponding spatial-temporal guides, suggest possible tension with the lengthy postponements and alternative endpoints for salvation often presumed upon authorial intensions. For multiple millennia both directions before and after the first century CE, the where and when of salvation questions have generated intense debate. However, the delayed and detoured sense heard for salvation fulfillment is today rarely questioned. Usually, the text hearing in the academy interprets as a warrant for only the earthly second coming with added philosophical proposals for logical discourse about fleshly resurrection" (1–2).
Just a word of warning should someone be interested in ordering it.
Hi, thanks for your comment. It would be nice if you identified yourself rather than posting anonymously. As you can see from the disclaimer that I posted on the sidebar, posting a resource on this blog does not necessarily mean that I am endorsing the ideas in the book. I have not read it yet. The book does show evidence of scholarly research—hence its presence on this blog—but the author has identified himself as an independent researcher. Hence, it may not have been properly vetted by the scholarly community. So, your warning is well taken.
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