Offer Them Life. Dan W. Dunn

      The second tension or continuum is that which Jon Levenson noted between God’s promise of life and the clearly observable fact of death, and the post-exilic development of a concept of the resurrection of the dead to address this situation. This is quite similar to the already/not-yet tension related to the kingdom of God that was discussed in chapter 2. I do not wish to revisit that discussion. However, I would like to note that the post-exilic development of the resurrection concept resulted in the postponement of the expectation for earthly benefits related to the life that God would share with God’s people. In this context, I want to share pertinent findings from my field research concerning the this-life benefits of following Christ and the after-life benefits of following Christ.