To continue exploring the eschatology in [The Coming of the Son of Man][1], I’ll next look at the narrative in Daniel. Specifically, I’ll be looking at the second portion of Daniel which is a description of three visions.
The first vision comes from Daniel 7. In it, four beasts are described as ascending from the sea.
> “I was watching in my vision during the night as6 the four winds of the sky were stirring up the great sea. 3 Then four large beasts came up from the sea; they …

I posted briefly yesterday that I have been reading a book called [The Coming of the Son of Man][1]. I decided that I’d go ahead and put my notes and thoughts down in text to help sort things out. So…this post will start things off with the setup of the book.
[The Coming of the Son of Man][1] approaches eschatology in its original narrative and attempts to keep it in that content. Basically, it looks at NT eschatology as a story within a story within a story, describing …

I’m about 3/4 of the way through a book called [The Coming of the Son of Man][1] by a fellow by the name of Andrew Perriman (the editor of [opensourcetheology.net][2]). It’s subtitle is *New Testament Eschatology for an Emerging Church* and it’s essentially the authors reading of the apocalyptic language of Jesus, Paul and others in the New Testament and how they relate to us today.
What’s intriguing about it is the perspective it comes from — preterism. Preterism is the belief that eschatological events described in the Bible …

I’m excited because I just got this book in the mail: [The Coming of the Son of Man][1] by Andrew Perriman. It’s a look at eschatology for an emerging church (according to the sub-title). Should be a good read.
[1]:http://www.amazon.com/Coming-Son-Man-Testament-Eschatology/dp/1842272993/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1207285566&sr=8-1