Download or read book The Presence of the Future written by George Eldon Ladd and published by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing. This book was released on 1996-07-29 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After surveying the debate of eschatology, Ladd discusses the promise of the kingdom, the fulfillment of the promise, and the consummation of the promise. Throughout the book he develops his thesis that the kingdom of God involves two great movements--fulfillment within history and consummation at the end of history.