Dogmatics in Outline
Karl Barth, theologian and scholar
fittingly wrote a latter chapter of
Dogmatics in Outline on the
“Coming of Jesus Christ the Judge.”
Karl Barth’s beliefs of Christ’s coming
as judge are futuristic. He however,
recognized the already but not yet
of eschatology.
Problems addressed in the book are the Christians view of time, which
Jesus spoke with religious rulers of his
day about the end of a tradition in
marriage. Did Jesus see a world without
marriage?
Lately, there’s been a lot of talk about
whether the rights of marriage should
be extended to the gay community.
After giving some thought about living in
a world without traditional marriages, the
following thoughts occurred to me.
If there were no marriages, eventually,
population numbers would siginificantly
decrease. This would temporarily
lower the unemployment rate.
However, with smaller populations, the
world’s productivity will also cease, so
we won’t be as efficient and productive.
Next, real estate values would significantly
decrease because there would be fewer
people to purchase homes or rent apartments,
leaving millions of empty, unoccupied properties.
This would then have a catastrophic impact
on the economy and eventually raise the
unemployment rates.
So why did Jesus see a world without
marriage? (more…)
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of the creation. The primary focus of the study is Paul’s employ
of the terms apokaradokia and apekdechomai.
