Ervin Budiselić: he Role and Place of Tithing in the Context of Christian Giving - Part 2
he Problem of “Kingdom Now” heology Challenge Part 2
Ervin Budiselić Biblijski institut, Zagreb ebudiselic@bizg.hr UDK:27-72;277;279.15 Original scientiic paper Received: January, 2016 Accepted: April, 2016
Abstract In this part two of the article the article begins by introducing positive challenges of the Kingdom Now theology, and ater that it analyzes various teachings of the Kingdom now theology in areas such as soteriology, eschatology, ecclesiology, Christology and anthropology. Based on theological-biblical analysis, the article identiies two major problems of Kingdom Now theology: the irst problem is the so-called “over-realized eschatology” wherein the blessings of salvation that belong to the future time - at the time of the coming of Christ - are claimed as present realities. he second problem is the humanization of Christ and divinization of believers. Accordingly, the article argues for the need to recognize and accept the positive things that Kingdom Now theology brings, but also there is a need for recognizing and rejecting all of the wrong and heretical doctrines and practices. Key terms: Kingdom Now theology, Faith movement, divinization, humanized God, over-realized eschatology, apostles, transformation.
Introduction In the first part of the article, we provided an introduction into KN theology, while we summarized its basic postulates and listed some of its problematic teachings. As we pointed out, it is obvious that KN theology has some problems in its key theological areas, such as Christology, soteriology, and anthropology. That is what makes such prevalence of this theology among Evangelical Christians so surprising. Maybe the main reason for that is that this theology comes “in segments,” so it is hard to see the whole picture without a systematic study
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