Lindley Ross Johns

The Mystical, Christ Experience Lindley Ross Johns

Therefore, the purpose of this study is to demonstrate Paul's particular moral and ethical use of the parousia concept from his letters. It will indicate a new and different textual and hermeneutical 'fit' on a linguistic and grammatical basis. It will also suggest that Paul constantly used it (the word parousia) as a 'moral imperative' for the transformation of the early, christological believers' behavior based on the living presence of the mystical Christ experience for their religious and moral life.