'De tijd is nabij': De toe-eigening van de toekomst in Bijbelse crisisperiodes

Writing and listening to, reading and experiencing Biblical literature as a community presupposes an active way of dealing with crises. In this contribution, three examples of biblical crisis literature are discussed, passages from Daniel, Revelation and 1 Corinthians. Drawing from studies in apocalypticism as a means of processing trauma and from studies in prefigurative politics as embodied resistence to imperialistic repression, it is argued that the creation of these texts is in itself a reflection of collective resistance to disasters of all kinds. In various ways, God's future is, as it were, drawn into the present in direct confrontation with great disasters and catastrophes. These insights, in turn, offer perspectives on the nature and calling of the church in the present time.