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I overheard a radio preacher today (paraphrased) mention the atoning and resurrection work of Jesus Christ as 'telos', as in a teleological divine plan.

Telos being the Greek root word of the philosophical terms, teleological and also teleology.

Telos as the end...

Revelation 21:6

English Standard Version (ESV) 6 And he said to me, “It is done! I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. To the thirsty I will give from the spring of the water of life without payment.

Revelation 22:13

English Standard Version (ESV) 13 I am the Alpha and the Omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the end.”

The ‘end’ being telos in New Testament Greek. τέλος, as seen in the two examples from Revelation below.

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21: 6

6καὶ εἶπέν μοι, Γέγοναν. ἐγώ [εἰμι] τὸ Ἄλφα καὶ τὸ Ὦ, ἡ ἀρχὴ καὶ τὸ τέλος. ἐγὼ τῷ διψῶντι δώσω ἐκ τῆς πηγῆς τοῦ ὕδατος τῆς ζωῆς δωρεάν.

22: 13

13ἐγὼ τὸ Ἄλφα καὶ τὸ Ὦ, ὁ πρῶτος καὶ ὁ ἔσχατος, ἡ ἀρχὴ καὶ τὸ τέλος.

PhD Edit

Jesus Christ as God the Son, is the beginning and the end, the first and the last, and the gospel work, in regard to humanity, is a key aspect. My theological and philosophical explanations for the support of compatibilism and my Biblical exegesis demonstrates a teleological logical Reformed perspective within the theodicy. There is solid academic evidence of a teleological divine plan where the problem of evil is willingly allowed, dealt with via Christ, and a Kingdom ultimately established. These perspectives and the overall thesis presentation provide reasonable argumentation on why sovereignty perspectives support divine justice as opposed to refuting it.

Bloesch defines teleological as a word coming from the Greek telos, or end, where the emphasis is on goals and consequences. Bloesch (1987: 19). Blackburn also describes teleology from the Greek as 'telos' end. It is the study of the ends or purposes of things. It is described as a Aristotelian view of nature and ethics and is also a view and doctrine of the Christian tradition. Blackburn (1996: 374).

The Teleological May 26 2015

Teleology August 24 2014

MPhil, Bangor University, 2003: The Problem of Evil: Anglican and Baptist Perspectives 

PhD, University of Wales, Trinity Saint David, Lampeter, 2010: Theodicy and Practical Theology

BLACKBURN, SIMON (1996) Oxford Dictionary of Philosophy, Oxford, Oxford University Press.  

BLOESCH, DONALD G. (1987) Freedom for Obedience, San Francisco, Harper and Rowe Publishers.