The article highlights how eschatology provides apophatic visions of God and tangible goals for life, suggesting potential issues when these purposes are conflated.
This article suggests two significant purposes of eschatology. One is to give apophatic visions of life in God beyond the horizon; the other is to give visions of something to work towards on this earth. The article seeks to highlight the importance of holding both, and the problems that arise when they are conflated or when only one is emphasized.
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