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Ten Things the Church Can Learn About Missions From a Narrative-Historical Perspective

Ten Things the Church Can Learn About Missions From a Narrative-Historical Perspective

Section titled “Ten Things the Church Can Learn About Missions From a Narrative-Historical Perspective”

  • The death of Jesus guaranteed “eternal life” for those who believed in him, but eternal life was the life of the age to come. For the martyrs, for those who lost their lives in the eschatological process because of their witness to Jesus, the life of the age to come meant reigning with Jesus in heaven (Rev. 20: 4-6). But more importantly, the life of the age to come was the life of God’s people after the catastrophe of the war against Rome and then after the triumph of the conversion of the ancient pagan world.