<!doctype html public «-//w3c//dtd html 4.0 transitional//en»> http-equiv=content-type> Did Luke formulate a Parousia-free eschatology because early Christianity had experienced a crisis of faith from the delay in the Parousia and abandoned their earlier expectations? This book offers a new interpretative approach to the statements on the Parousia in Luke-Acts. It shows that the Parousia in Luke should be understood as an element of the Christ history associated with the rule of Christ in the present time.
