BET Archive | Volume 8 - Essays on Forgiveness
Title
Forgiveness and Reconciliation for the Sake of the Kingdom: An Eschatological Imagining of Joseph's Story
Nathan Chang
Abstract (from the Editorial of BET vol. 8.2)
Placing the story of Joseph’s forgiveness of his brothers in the context of God’s promise of the land to Israel, Chang encourages us to reflect on the relationship between the eschatological promise of eternity with God and our neighbor and the call of the church to forgive one another. Through this, Chang calls us to read Joseph’s story as pedagogy in communal forgiveness for Israel, and so through an Eastern, communal lens, and encourages us to reflect more deeply on the function of forgiveness in the building up of the Body of Christ.
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Nathan Chang is Assistant Professor of Church History and Director of Student Success at Kansas Christian College in Overland Park, Kansas. He holds a PhD in Church History from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School. Nathan is a member of the St. Augustine Fellowship of the Center for Pastor Theologians.
