One of our pastors brought up this eschatological perspective in regards to this topic as well. Even if we look at the past biblical history that had more patriarchy, could it be that egalitarianism is the progressive accomplishment of God’s perfect will? I liked that perspective and I feel you articulated it well theologically in this article.
I appreciate this theological contribution and resonate with your approach. If Revelation 21-22 is *the* eschatological vision, I suggest that the Fourth Gospel is a missing link in ecclesial visions that seek to connect Eden and the Eschaton. Everything you’re arguing in this essay is present in the Fourth Gospel. The FG vision of the church is both non-hierarchical and inclusive of all believers. Raymond Brown even said that Paul’s dream of gender equality in Gal 3:28 wasn’t fully realized in the Pauline communities, but it does seem to have been realized in the Johannine communities. If interested, see https://onceaweek.substack.com/p/clericalism-and-women-in-ephesus-3f0?utm_source=publication-search.
Thank you for sharing! I’ll check it out. I know it gets dicey talking about Gal. 3:28 given the split between whether or not it has eschatological implications or “merely” soteriological ones but I think the implications are there. I’ll be interested in seeing how the FG plays a part in this framework.
This is excellent, and I appreciate the shoutout! No joke, I'm currently editing a paper for my grad program about reading the Scriptures with an eschatological hermeneutic. Made me laugh to be tagged in a post about reading backwards from the eschaton.
Amazing! Feel free to share what you’ve been gleaning from that paper and others. I’d love to hear how others are reading and interpreting via the Eschaton.
One of our pastors brought up this eschatological perspective in regards to this topic as well. Even if we look at the past biblical history that had more patriarchy, could it be that egalitarianism is the progressive accomplishment of God’s perfect will? I liked that perspective and I feel you articulated it well theologically in this article.
thank you good sir!
I appreciate this theological contribution and resonate with your approach. If Revelation 21-22 is *the* eschatological vision, I suggest that the Fourth Gospel is a missing link in ecclesial visions that seek to connect Eden and the Eschaton. Everything you’re arguing in this essay is present in the Fourth Gospel. The FG vision of the church is both non-hierarchical and inclusive of all believers. Raymond Brown even said that Paul’s dream of gender equality in Gal 3:28 wasn’t fully realized in the Pauline communities, but it does seem to have been realized in the Johannine communities. If interested, see https://onceaweek.substack.com/p/clericalism-and-women-in-ephesus-3f0?utm_source=publication-search.
Thank you for sharing! I’ll check it out. I know it gets dicey talking about Gal. 3:28 given the split between whether or not it has eschatological implications or “merely” soteriological ones but I think the implications are there. I’ll be interested in seeing how the FG plays a part in this framework.
This is excellent, and I appreciate the shoutout! No joke, I'm currently editing a paper for my grad program about reading the Scriptures with an eschatological hermeneutic. Made me laugh to be tagged in a post about reading backwards from the eschaton.
Amazing! Feel free to share what you’ve been gleaning from that paper and others. I’d love to hear how others are reading and interpreting via the Eschaton.
I'd be happy to DM it to you if you'd like to read. Just let me know!
That’d be awesome, send it my way!