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 he styles as “real time” versus God’s time. Dogmatics in Outline Defined Pre-Parousia Time In Karl Barth’s theology summary of present time, he saw Christ sitting at the right hand of God. This for him represented the present.  As such, the event occurred in real time. From this he concluded and rightly so that eternity had broken into ...

Hi, I appreciate your site,my question is: What are your thoughts on what happened After 70A.D. if the saved were taken up who was left to preach the Word ? Or were they actually taken away physically? I know the Kingdom would never be destroyed,but how was it to be carried on? Your help in this matter is greatly appreciated. Thanks, Bill Sanders Bundaberg,Queensland, Australia Bill: Thanks for submitting this question. It is true that the saved were taken up at A.D. 70, but who and how? According to Revelation 20: 14, Death and Hades were cast into the lake of fire, i.e. destroyed. This ...