![]() ![]() Take, for example, the question of whether we are in a position to discuss the meaning or even the possibility of ultimate human rejection of the reconciliation. ![]() We simply don't know how or to what degree that power affects the eschatological situation. And since the resurrection of the dead (of the just and the unjust alike) is something that happens to them solely by virtue of Jesus' resurrection.everything that happens after the second coming of Jesus - judgment, heaven and even hell - happens within the triumphantly reconciling power of his death and resurrection. The judgment occurs only after the general resurrection of the dead. For a related article from theologian Baxter Kruger, click here. I recommend a careful reading of the whole book for the details, including Capon's careful scriptural argumentation. In this book, Capon analyzes Jesus' parables, which speak frequently of judgment and hell. In answering this and related questions, I've found help from Episcopal priest-theologian Robert Farrar Capon in Kingdom, Grace, Judgment: Paradox, Outrage, and Vindication in the Parables of Jesus. ![]()
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