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dc.contributor.advisorSeccombe, D P
dc.contributor.authorKayumba, Paul Lumbu
dc.date.accessioned2017-08-30T12:31:11Z
dc.date.available2017-08-30T12:31:11Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10394/25455
dc.descriptionMA (New Testament), North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2017en_US
dc.description.abstractThe kingdom of God ushered in and launched by Christ’s presence through the work of the Spirit, the salvation of the people of God, which brings them into the sphere of peace, and the community of the people of God are interconnected concepts in Luke-Acts. Informed by both the Psalter and Isaiah, Luke’s concept of peace is both political and theological, although the theological emphasis takes precedence—peace with God. By using the peace motif during the time of the Pax Romana, Luke is not giving a theological interpretation of the political category of peace as perceived by the Greco-Roman world, although this does not mean that God’s providential hand was not in absolute control of the Pax Romana. However, “The eirene of the Gospel of the kingdom is not a puppet, nor even an ally of the Pax-Romana” (Swartley, 1983:32). The peace motif of Luke-Acts is most often linked to the King, his kingdom, his gospel of salvation and the forgiveness of sins. It must never be confused with salvation, but nor should it be divorced from it. It is so closely connected to the concepts of salvation and the kingdom of God that one can almost use them interchangeably. The Lukan peace is therefore not primarily something achieved by force or military endeavour. It is predominantly peace with God, resulting in the harmonious relationships and well-being of a multicultural community of the people of God (people on whom his favour rests, Luke 2:11). This peace with God incorporates a social peace, peace of mind through the forgiveness of sins, which each individual member of the kingdom of God (child of peace, Luke 10:6) has personally received. Having said that, one should not overlook the possibility that there is an eschatological dimension to peace which may be brought about in part by the coercive judgement of God (the last battle)en_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherNorth-West University (South Africa) , Potchefstroom Campusen_US
dc.subjectPeaceen_US
dc.subjectKingdomen_US
dc.subjectKingen_US
dc.subjectSalvationen_US
dc.subjectJudgementen_US
dc.subjectMessiahen_US
dc.subjectJusticeen_US
dc.subjectProsperityen_US
dc.subjectEnemyen_US
dc.titleThe peace motif in Luke-Acts : its meaning and its affectsen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
dc.description.thesistypeMastersen_US
dc.contributor.researchID11848170 - Seccombe, David Peter


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