Editing Apocalypticism (section)

====Realized eschatology====
{{Main|Realized eschatology}}

Realized eschatology is a [[Christian eschatology|Christian eschatological theory]] popularized by [[J. A. T. Robinson]], [[Joachim Jeremias]], [[Ethelbert Stauffer]] (1902–1979),<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.etsjets.org/files/JETS-PDFs/13/13-1/13-1-pp053-063_jets.pdf |title=Charles M. Horne, "Eschatology: The Controlling Thematic in Theology," 60 |access-date=2019-06-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190803055217/https://www.etsjets.org/files/JETS-PDFs/13/13-1/13-1-pp053-063_jets.pdf |archive-date=2019-08-03 |url-status=live }}</ref> and 
[[C. H. Dodd]] (1884–1973), that holds that the eschatological passages in the [[New Testament]] do not refer to the future, but instead refer to the [[ministry of Jesus]] and his lasting legacy.<ref>{{cite book|title=A Theology of the New Testament|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eIdkM00EdlAC|page=56|author1=George Eldon Ladd|author1-link=George Eldon Ladd|author2=Donald Alfred Hagner|publisher=Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing|date=1993|isbn=0802806805|access-date=2019-06-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190624204514/https://books.google.com/books?id=eIdkM00EdlAC&printsec=frontcover|archive-date=2019-06-24|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite book | author = McKim, Donald K. | date = 2014 | title = Westminster Dictionary of Theological Terms | page = 106 | edition = 2nd | location = Louisville, KY | publisher = Presbyterian Publishing | isbn = 978-1611643862 | url = https://books.google.com/books?isbn=1611643864 | access-date = April 3, 2017 }}</ref> [[Eschatology]] is therefore not the end of the world but its rebirth instituted by Jesus and continued by [[Disciple (Christianity)|his disciples]], a historical (rather than [[transhistorical]]) phenomenon. Those holding this view generally dismiss end times theories, believing them to be irrelevant; they hold that what Jesus said and did, and told his disciples to do likewise, are of greater significance than any [[Messiah|messianic]] expectations.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://bible.org/seriespage/22-johns-problem-jesus-luke-718-35 |title=John's Problem with Jesus |access-date=2019-06-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190603193234/https://bible.org/seriespage/22-johns-problem-jesus-luke-718-35 |archive-date=2019-06-03 |url-status=live }}</ref>