The Threefold Coming of Jesus Christ: Karl Barth on the Past, Present and Future Resurrection (November 16, 2018)

Many Christians believes that there will be a future general resurrection of all people at the end of time, and this event will be initiated by the "Second Coming" of Jesus Christ. Karl Barth argues that the future resurrection is not a second coming of Jesus, because there is only one coming […]

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The Extinction of Humanity: Karl Barth’s Eschatology (November 30, 2016)

Introduction We are not guaranteed that we will die.  In a moment, in a twinkling of an eye (1 Cor 15:52), the life of every human being in the world will be supernaturally concluded by the final coming of Jesus Christ.  According to Karl Barth, this will be the final event in the […]

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