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ETS Paper Nov 16, 2023, San Antonio, TX, 2023
This paper probes anthropological questions surrounding Jesus appearing to the dead waiting for h... more This paper probes anthropological questions surrounding Jesus appearing to the dead waiting for him in Hebrews 9:27–28. It searches for correspondence with the possibility of immediate resurrection in Matthew 27:52–53; 1 Corinthians 15:12–58; 2 Corinthians 4–5, and Philippians 1:21–24; 3:17–21. Modern readers usually overlook the overarching discourse context of Hebrews 9:27–28 and presume a traditional proof text for only Jesus’s earthly second coming. Neither second coming features nor speculation for future earthly resuscitation-resurrection of the flesh of believers ever emerge in Hebrews, which should be puzzling.
Examination of this functional unit conclusion of text that governs the discourse lines of Hebrews searches for a cohesive message that Jesus, now, promptly at death leads bodily into heaven those who believe in his offering for their sin—just as God both promptly raised him, as a bodily, complete, eternal-place spirit, at the instant of death on the cross, to inaugurate the promised, new covenant benefits as Christ, and confirmed his spirit, eternal-place redemption to those on earth by the sign of his fleshly resurrection.
The paper compares the anthropological foundation behind the common traditional views toward the dead in Hebrews 9:27–28. Most opinions perceive either an inferior bodiless soul or some level of delayed consciousness until resuscitation-resurrection of the flesh. The paper looks for possible cohesion with the less common anthropological expectation both before and since the first century for immediate transformation from flesh to spiritual bodies into an open heavenly access by Jesus’s present shepherd ministry.
Book by William W Henry Jr
WIPF & Stock, 2024
Forthcoming August 2024
PhD Dissertation by William W Henry Jr
Atonement and the Logic of Resurrection in Hebrews 9:27–28: Jesus’ Ministry to Lead Believers fo... more Atonement and the Logic of Resurrection in Hebrews 9:27–28:
Jesus’ Ministry to Lead Believers for Salvation into Heaven
A Very Little While after Individual Death and Judgment
This project probes the question of Jesus appearing to the dead waiting for him in Hebrews 9:27–28. It searches for correspondence with the possibility of immediate resurrection in Matthew 27:52–53; 1 Corinthians 15:12–58; 2 Corinthians 4–5, and Philippians 1:21–24; 3:17–21. Living readers usually overlook the overarching discourse context of Hebrews 9:27–28 and presume a traditional proof text for only Jesus’ earthly second coming. Neither second coming features nor speculation for future earthly resurrection of the flesh of believers ever emerge in Hebrews, which should be puzzling.
Research appraises the thesis that Jesus now intercedes a very little while after death at judgment to bring into heaven people who believe in his offering for sin, in the same way God promptly raised him in salvation from the dead into heaven, recaps Hebrews 9:27–28, as the true conversation of the exposition, exhortation, and rhetoric. Rather than a tangential topic, contextual analysis explores if the text functions as an interconnected macro conclusion/summary. The rhetoric clarifies proper teaching conversation about what Jesus, as the Christ, achieves for salvation completion in the tabernacle of the heavens and co-ministerial teaching accountability when before Jesus in heaven. Hebrews 1:1–4 initiates discourse topics/subtopics that track by corresponding cognates, related referents and phrases, and OT midrash in a narrow path to this conclusion about Jesus’ present ministry for approaching believers after death at an individual judgment. Examination of the functional units of text that govern these discourse lines searches for a cohesive message that Jesus, now, promptly at death leads bodily into heaven those who believe in his offering for their sin—just as God both promptly raised him, as a bodily, complete, eternal-place spirit, at the instant of death on the cross, to inaugurate the promised, new covenant benefits as Christ, and confirmed his spirit, eternal-place redemption by the sign of his fleshly resurrection.
Investigation of this thesis begins with word studies for lexical meaning by correspondence to the most probable to least possible extant first-century sources. Readers then explore the spatial, background, aiōn-field theology behind the discourse. Topic consistency evaluates next by discourse and thought-structure analysis within a natural Greek chiasm. The assessment traces the functional groupings of text above the sentence level that conceptually map God’s speech about death, judgment, intercession, and salvation from the discourse introduction through each discourse unit conclusion and section transition. In the footnote discussion, the resultant macrosummary contextually compares with other corresponding first-century conversation that relates to Jesus’ present ministry. Also, the discussion differentiates common missteps that influence listeners toward either a postmortem, inferior quality of bodiless soul or complete closure of a believer’s immediate access into heaven, when at death inheriting the indestructible life of the promise of God, who cannot lie.
William W. Henry Jr., MATh, MD, PhD
Supervisor: Terry Wilder, PhD
School of Theology
Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2023
MATH Thesis by William W Henry Jr
COSMOLOGY OF THE HEAVEN(S), TABERNACLE, AND SANCTUARY OF THE PRIESTLY WORK OF CHRIST IN HEBREWS ... more COSMOLOGY OF THE HEAVEN(S), TABERNACLE,
AND SANCTUARY OF THE PRIESTLY WORK
OF CHRIST IN HEBREWS 8-10
This thesis argues the author of Hebrews purposely used spatial referents in a context of ontological reality typified by the Tabernacle. Also, the Tabernacle framework outlines and shadows a background grid for the subtext main point explaining Christ’s priestly work.
Chapter 1 introduces cosmology which can be cartographically mapped. Chapter 2 establishes the synchronic existence of a text for plural heavens in Hebrews 8-10, tracks the diachronic treatment of the plural of οὐρανός, and explains the disappearance of the biblical textual usage of plural heavens. Chapter 3 develops semantically the context of plural heavens and includes a brief comparison among other New Testament authors. Chapter 4 answers proposed contra arguments. In Chapter 5 the subtext of the work of Jesus as High Priest is applied cartographically using the test text of Hebrews 9:11-14 with a test question of whether Jesus actually took his own blood to heaven. Finally, Chapter 6 concludes.
William W. Henry Jr., M.D., M.A.Th.
Supervisor: David L. Allen, Ph.D.
School of Theology
Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2015
Biblical Mapping of Tabernacle of the Heavens by William W Henry Jr
This research was omitted from my dissertation due to space limitations. Bibliographic references... more This research was omitted from my dissertation due to space limitations. Bibliographic references, abbreviations, figures, tables, and appendixes locate in the main work: William W. Henry Jr., “Atonement and the Logic of Resurrection in Hebrews 9:27–28: Jesus’ Ministry to Lead Believers for Salvation into Heaven a Very Little While after Individual Death and Judgment” (PhD diss., Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2023). The supplement introduces an area of future research regarding other nodal gospel descriptions outside of Hebrews that may include language for immediate resurrection after death. This need further tests a first-century, [aiōn-field] apocalyptic background for the narrative concerning the atonement and logic of Jesus’ resurrection in Hebrews 9:27–28 as promptly after his death with experience upward into the way of the holy places before fleshly resurrection as the proof of his ministry of completed atonement.
This material was omitted from my dissertation due to graphic limitations in William W. Henry Jr.... more This material was omitted from my dissertation due to graphic limitations in William W. Henry Jr., “Atonement and the Logic of Resurrection in Hebrews 9:27–28: Jesus’ Ministry to Lead Believers for Salvation into Heaven a Very Little While after Individual Death and Judgment” (PhD diss., Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2023). The graphic further tests the cohesion of the horizontal and vertical language in Hebrews with other biblical narrative for a possible first-century, [aiōn-field] apocalyptic background that concerns the atonement and logic of Jesus’ resurrection in Hebrews 9:27–28 as promptly after his death with experience upward into the way of the holy places before fleshly resurrection as the proof of his ministry of completed atonement.
This supplemental material was omitted from my dissertation due to graphic limitations in William... more This supplemental material was omitted from my dissertation due to graphic limitations in William W. Henry Jr., “Atonement and the Logic of Resurrection in Hebrews 9:27–28: Jesus’ Ministry to Lead Believers for Salvation into Heaven a Very Little While after Individual Death and Judgment” (PhD diss., Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2023). The graphic further tests the cohesion of the probable vertical language in Hebrews with other biblical narrative for a possible first-century, [aiōn-field] apocalyptic background that concerns the atonement and logic of Jesus’ resurrection in Hebrews 9:27–28 as promptly after his death with experience upward into the way of the holy places before fleshly resurrection as the proof of his ministry of completed atonement.
Supplemental Material by William W Henry Jr
This research was omitted from my dissertation due to space limitations. Bibliographic references... more This research was omitted from my dissertation due to space limitations. Bibliographic references, abbreviations, figures, tables, and appendixes locate in the main work: William W. Henry Jr., “Atonement and the Logic of Resurrection in Hebrews 9:27–28: Jesus’ Ministry to Lead Believers for Salvation into Heaven a Very Little While after Individual Death and Judgment” (PhD diss., Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2023). The supplement introduces an area of future research regarding missteps in translation of the Greek plurals of ουρανος (“heaven”) initially by Martin Luther that is maintained today. This observational evidence further tests a first-century, [aiōn-field] apocalyptic background for the narrative concerning the atonement and logic of Jesus’ resurrection in Hebrews 9:27–28 as promptly after his death with experience upward into the way of the holy places before fleshly resurrection as the proof of his ministry of completed atonement.
The graphic further tests the cohesion of the horizontal and vertical language in Hebrews with ot... more The graphic further tests the cohesion of the horizontal and vertical language in Hebrews with other biblical narrative for a possible first-century, [aiōn-field] apocalyptic background that concerns the atonement and logic of Jesus' resurrection in Hebrews 9:27-28 as promptly after his death with experience upward into the way of the holy places before fleshly resurrection as the proof of his ministry of completed atonement.
ETS Paper Nov 16, 2023, San Antonio, TX, 2023
This paper probes anthropological questions surrounding Jesus appearing to the dead waiting for h... more This paper probes anthropological questions surrounding Jesus appearing to the dead waiting for him in Hebrews 9:27–28. It searches for correspondence with the possibility of immediate resurrection in Matthew 27:52–53; 1 Corinthians 15:12–58; 2 Corinthians 4–5, and Philippians 1:21–24; 3:17–21. Modern readers usually overlook the overarching discourse context of Hebrews 9:27–28 and presume a traditional proof text for only Jesus’s earthly second coming. Neither second coming features nor speculation for future earthly resuscitation-resurrection of the flesh of believers ever emerge in Hebrews, which should be puzzling.
Examination of this functional unit conclusion of text that governs the discourse lines of Hebrews searches for a cohesive message that Jesus, now, promptly at death leads bodily into heaven those who believe in his offering for their sin—just as God both promptly raised him, as a bodily, complete, eternal-place spirit, at the instant of death on the cross, to inaugurate the promised, new covenant benefits as Christ, and confirmed his spirit, eternal-place redemption to those on earth by the sign of his fleshly resurrection.
The paper compares the anthropological foundation behind the common traditional views toward the dead in Hebrews 9:27–28. Most opinions perceive either an inferior bodiless soul or some level of delayed consciousness until resuscitation-resurrection of the flesh. The paper looks for possible cohesion with the less common anthropological expectation both before and since the first century for immediate transformation from flesh to spiritual bodies into an open heavenly access by Jesus’s present shepherd ministry.
WIPF & Stock, 2024
Forthcoming August 2024
Atonement and the Logic of Resurrection in Hebrews 9:27–28: Jesus’ Ministry to Lead Believers fo... more Atonement and the Logic of Resurrection in Hebrews 9:27–28:
Jesus’ Ministry to Lead Believers for Salvation into Heaven
A Very Little While after Individual Death and Judgment
This project probes the question of Jesus appearing to the dead waiting for him in Hebrews 9:27–28. It searches for correspondence with the possibility of immediate resurrection in Matthew 27:52–53; 1 Corinthians 15:12–58; 2 Corinthians 4–5, and Philippians 1:21–24; 3:17–21. Living readers usually overlook the overarching discourse context of Hebrews 9:27–28 and presume a traditional proof text for only Jesus’ earthly second coming. Neither second coming features nor speculation for future earthly resurrection of the flesh of believers ever emerge in Hebrews, which should be puzzling.
Research appraises the thesis that Jesus now intercedes a very little while after death at judgment to bring into heaven people who believe in his offering for sin, in the same way God promptly raised him in salvation from the dead into heaven, recaps Hebrews 9:27–28, as the true conversation of the exposition, exhortation, and rhetoric. Rather than a tangential topic, contextual analysis explores if the text functions as an interconnected macro conclusion/summary. The rhetoric clarifies proper teaching conversation about what Jesus, as the Christ, achieves for salvation completion in the tabernacle of the heavens and co-ministerial teaching accountability when before Jesus in heaven. Hebrews 1:1–4 initiates discourse topics/subtopics that track by corresponding cognates, related referents and phrases, and OT midrash in a narrow path to this conclusion about Jesus’ present ministry for approaching believers after death at an individual judgment. Examination of the functional units of text that govern these discourse lines searches for a cohesive message that Jesus, now, promptly at death leads bodily into heaven those who believe in his offering for their sin—just as God both promptly raised him, as a bodily, complete, eternal-place spirit, at the instant of death on the cross, to inaugurate the promised, new covenant benefits as Christ, and confirmed his spirit, eternal-place redemption by the sign of his fleshly resurrection.
Investigation of this thesis begins with word studies for lexical meaning by correspondence to the most probable to least possible extant first-century sources. Readers then explore the spatial, background, aiōn-field theology behind the discourse. Topic consistency evaluates next by discourse and thought-structure analysis within a natural Greek chiasm. The assessment traces the functional groupings of text above the sentence level that conceptually map God’s speech about death, judgment, intercession, and salvation from the discourse introduction through each discourse unit conclusion and section transition. In the footnote discussion, the resultant macrosummary contextually compares with other corresponding first-century conversation that relates to Jesus’ present ministry. Also, the discussion differentiates common missteps that influence listeners toward either a postmortem, inferior quality of bodiless soul or complete closure of a believer’s immediate access into heaven, when at death inheriting the indestructible life of the promise of God, who cannot lie.
William W. Henry Jr., MATh, MD, PhD
Supervisor: Terry Wilder, PhD
School of Theology
Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2023
COSMOLOGY OF THE HEAVEN(S), TABERNACLE, AND SANCTUARY OF THE PRIESTLY WORK OF CHRIST IN HEBREWS ... more COSMOLOGY OF THE HEAVEN(S), TABERNACLE,
AND SANCTUARY OF THE PRIESTLY WORK
OF CHRIST IN HEBREWS 8-10
This thesis argues the author of Hebrews purposely used spatial referents in a context of ontological reality typified by the Tabernacle. Also, the Tabernacle framework outlines and shadows a background grid for the subtext main point explaining Christ’s priestly work.
Chapter 1 introduces cosmology which can be cartographically mapped. Chapter 2 establishes the synchronic existence of a text for plural heavens in Hebrews 8-10, tracks the diachronic treatment of the plural of οὐρανός, and explains the disappearance of the biblical textual usage of plural heavens. Chapter 3 develops semantically the context of plural heavens and includes a brief comparison among other New Testament authors. Chapter 4 answers proposed contra arguments. In Chapter 5 the subtext of the work of Jesus as High Priest is applied cartographically using the test text of Hebrews 9:11-14 with a test question of whether Jesus actually took his own blood to heaven. Finally, Chapter 6 concludes.
William W. Henry Jr., M.D., M.A.Th.
Supervisor: David L. Allen, Ph.D.
School of Theology
Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2015
This research was omitted from my dissertation due to space limitations. Bibliographic references... more This research was omitted from my dissertation due to space limitations. Bibliographic references, abbreviations, figures, tables, and appendixes locate in the main work: William W. Henry Jr., “Atonement and the Logic of Resurrection in Hebrews 9:27–28: Jesus’ Ministry to Lead Believers for Salvation into Heaven a Very Little While after Individual Death and Judgment” (PhD diss., Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2023). The supplement introduces an area of future research regarding other nodal gospel descriptions outside of Hebrews that may include language for immediate resurrection after death. This need further tests a first-century, [aiōn-field] apocalyptic background for the narrative concerning the atonement and logic of Jesus’ resurrection in Hebrews 9:27–28 as promptly after his death with experience upward into the way of the holy places before fleshly resurrection as the proof of his ministry of completed atonement.
This material was omitted from my dissertation due to graphic limitations in William W. Henry Jr.... more This material was omitted from my dissertation due to graphic limitations in William W. Henry Jr., “Atonement and the Logic of Resurrection in Hebrews 9:27–28: Jesus’ Ministry to Lead Believers for Salvation into Heaven a Very Little While after Individual Death and Judgment” (PhD diss., Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2023). The graphic further tests the cohesion of the horizontal and vertical language in Hebrews with other biblical narrative for a possible first-century, [aiōn-field] apocalyptic background that concerns the atonement and logic of Jesus’ resurrection in Hebrews 9:27–28 as promptly after his death with experience upward into the way of the holy places before fleshly resurrection as the proof of his ministry of completed atonement.
This supplemental material was omitted from my dissertation due to graphic limitations in William... more This supplemental material was omitted from my dissertation due to graphic limitations in William W. Henry Jr., “Atonement and the Logic of Resurrection in Hebrews 9:27–28: Jesus’ Ministry to Lead Believers for Salvation into Heaven a Very Little While after Individual Death and Judgment” (PhD diss., Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2023). The graphic further tests the cohesion of the probable vertical language in Hebrews with other biblical narrative for a possible first-century, [aiōn-field] apocalyptic background that concerns the atonement and logic of Jesus’ resurrection in Hebrews 9:27–28 as promptly after his death with experience upward into the way of the holy places before fleshly resurrection as the proof of his ministry of completed atonement.
This research was omitted from my dissertation due to space limitations. Bibliographic references... more This research was omitted from my dissertation due to space limitations. Bibliographic references, abbreviations, figures, tables, and appendixes locate in the main work: William W. Henry Jr., “Atonement and the Logic of Resurrection in Hebrews 9:27–28: Jesus’ Ministry to Lead Believers for Salvation into Heaven a Very Little While after Individual Death and Judgment” (PhD diss., Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2023). The supplement introduces an area of future research regarding missteps in translation of the Greek plurals of ουρανος (“heaven”) initially by Martin Luther that is maintained today. This observational evidence further tests a first-century, [aiōn-field] apocalyptic background for the narrative concerning the atonement and logic of Jesus’ resurrection in Hebrews 9:27–28 as promptly after his death with experience upward into the way of the holy places before fleshly resurrection as the proof of his ministry of completed atonement.
The graphic further tests the cohesion of the horizontal and vertical language in Hebrews with ot... more The graphic further tests the cohesion of the horizontal and vertical language in Hebrews with other biblical narrative for a possible first-century, [aiōn-field] apocalyptic background that concerns the atonement and logic of Jesus' resurrection in Hebrews 9:27-28 as promptly after his death with experience upward into the way of the holy places before fleshly resurrection as the proof of his ministry of completed atonement.