Sports & GamesSports & GamesLalnuntluanga Ralte (Paul Bhaggien, Religious Studies) THE COMPATIBILITY OF CHRIST’S ASCENSION IN THE EPISTLE TO THE HEBREWS AND THE THEOLOGY OF PRE-ADVENT JUDGMENT. Abstract
The doctrine of pre-advent Investigative Judgment has come under scrutiny since some critical scholars and church leaders in the late 19th century began to question it and asserted that it is merely a traditional view of the Seventh-day Adventists which does not have a firm scriptural basis. The major reason for asserting the unbiblical was its incompatibility with the Epistle to the Hebrews
nature of pre-advent judgment (EH) in the New Testament where the death, resurrection and ascension of Jesus seems to become the fulfilment of the Day of Atonement. The purpose of the study is to provide a scriptural evidence that the concept of pre-advent Investigative Judgment prevalently occurred in the Bible and that it indeed, compatible with the other truths of the Bible. Moreover, the study attempts to find the compatibility of the pre-advent judgment in the book of Daniel and Christ’s ascension in the EH. It is necessary to do a brief survey on the meaning of the texts such as Hebrews 6:19 and Hebrews 9:12 in their contexts because it seems to be in contradiction with the theology of pre-advent judgment.
The findings show that the context of Hebrews 6:19 demands Jesus as to enter to the Most Holy Place, however, the context also brings out that the Day of Atonement is not the most favorable background to be applied. Instead, the most preferable context is king-priest for the day of inauguration where Moses entered within the veil as a king-priest dedication of the sanctuary. In this context, Jesus also went inside the veil as a like Moses in the order of Melchizedek to anoint the sanctuary in heaven which marked the beginning of His ministry as in the case for inauguration of the sanctuary, the only chapter that has the same context is Number 7 where Moses as a ruler and a priest inaugurated the earthly sanctuary. Thus, Jesus entered inside the veil as to inaugurate the sanctuary and not in the
Day of Atonement motif. The survey of the phrase tà ayia also confirms that Jesus did not entered the sanctuary to perform the eschatological Day of Atonement because the survey of the phrase shows that tà äyia is primarily employed for nomenclating the whole sanctuary and not solely the Most Holy Place. Therefore, there is no incompatibility between the doctrine of pre-advent judgment and the matter of Christ’s ministry in the EH.
R LALNEIHTHANGI (Sheela Chacko Paul, Education) A DESCRIPTIVE STUDY ON THE LEARNING STYLESOF UNDER- GRADUATE STUDENTS IN A PRIVATE UNIVERSITY IN PUNE.
Purpose of the Study
The purpose of the study is:
1) To identify the major perceptual learning style preferences of under- graduate students in two selected educational streams.
2) To find out the differences in the perceptual learning styles preferences of two
educational streams of under- graduate students in a private university.
Methodology
It is a descriptive quantitative research. in the study, the population was comprised of two educational streams such as Bachelor of Theology and Bachelor of Business Administration of the Private University. A standardized questionnaire ‘Perceptual Learning Style Preferences Questionnaire’ was used which was developed by Joy Reid in 1987. The final data collection was also done after obtains proper permission from the Head of department of both the Bachelor of Theology and Bachelor of Business Administration departments.
Results
The results of the study include the following:
8. There was no significant differences on Individual learning styles between the two educational streams.
