Message of Biblical Apocalyptic Literature and its Relevance for Contemporary Christianity in Ghana
Undoubtedly, apocalyptic literature is among the difficult literature to understand and to interpret due to its literary genre and mode of communication which is often in the form of visions. Though weird symbols and images shrouded in secrets and coded language are the content of these visions, the...
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| description | Undoubtedly, apocalyptic literature is among the difficult literature to understand and to interpret due to its literary genre and mode of communication which is often in the form of visions. Though weird symbols and images shrouded in secrets and coded language are the content of these visions, the literature [those in the Judeo-Christian Scriptures] has been both an inspiration and a mystery to Christians in particular and Ghanaian Christians in general. Apart from serving as a motivational tool for Christians to know that true authority and power belongs to God, and among others, the literature also offers hope to Ghanaian Christians of the impending judgment at the end of this age. Though the literature has not been rightly handled by some Ghanaian pastors and Christians, the unending effect has made people hope in the Lord. This paper, therefore, contributes to the general knowledge of apocalyptic literature and accentuates how its message in the Judeo-Christian scriptures have greatly influenced the beliefs, lifestyle, and thought pattern of Ghanaians in general, and contemporary Christianity in Ghana, in particular; making them live in consonance with the message of the biblical apocalyptic literature which encourage them to develop a certain kind of belief, thought pattern, and lifestyles different from an ordinary individual, and not otherwise. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-63ac7430388d4643b38e7d4b9c1efe6f2023-08-02T01:20:26ZengNoyam JournalsE-Journal of Religious and Theological Studies2458-73382020-11-0168386393https://doi.org/10.38159/erats.2020115Message of Biblical Apocalyptic Literature and its Relevance for Contemporary Christianity in GhanaEmmanuel Foster Asamoah0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7861-8180Joseph Williams Acheampong1https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9554-5270Emmanuel Kojo Ennin Antwi2https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0542-6492The Church of Pentecost, Antoakrom, KumasiKwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, GhanaKwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi-GhanaUndoubtedly, apocalyptic literature is among the difficult literature to understand and to interpret due to its literary genre and mode of communication which is often in the form of visions. Though weird symbols and images shrouded in secrets and coded language are the content of these visions, the literature [those in the Judeo-Christian Scriptures] has been both an inspiration and a mystery to Christians in particular and Ghanaian Christians in general. Apart from serving as a motivational tool for Christians to know that true authority and power belongs to God, and among others, the literature also offers hope to Ghanaian Christians of the impending judgment at the end of this age. Though the literature has not been rightly handled by some Ghanaian pastors and Christians, the unending effect has made people hope in the Lord. This paper, therefore, contributes to the general knowledge of apocalyptic literature and accentuates how its message in the Judeo-Christian scriptures have greatly influenced the beliefs, lifestyle, and thought pattern of Ghanaians in general, and contemporary Christianity in Ghana, in particular; making them live in consonance with the message of the biblical apocalyptic literature which encourage them to develop a certain kind of belief, thought pattern, and lifestyles different from an ordinary individual, and not otherwise.https://noyam.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/ERATS611205.pdfapocalyptic literatureapocalypseapocalypticismapocalyptic eschatologyghanaian christianity |
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| title | Message of Biblical Apocalyptic Literature and its Relevance for Contemporary Christianity in Ghana |
| title_full | Message of Biblical Apocalyptic Literature and its Relevance for Contemporary Christianity in Ghana |
| title_fullStr | Message of Biblical Apocalyptic Literature and its Relevance for Contemporary Christianity in Ghana |
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| title_short | Message of Biblical Apocalyptic Literature and its Relevance for Contemporary Christianity in Ghana |
| title_sort | message of biblical apocalyptic literature and its relevance for contemporary christianity in ghana |
| topic | apocalyptic literature apocalypse apocalypticism apocalyptic eschatology ghanaian christianity |
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