Promises
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by Jurgen Moltman

What then do we mean by a promise? A promise is a pledge that proclaims a reality which is not yet at hand. A promise pledges a new future, and in the promise this new future is already word-present. If a divine promise is involved, it means that this future does not result from those possibilities which are already inherent in the present, but that it originates from God’s creative possibilities.

The Experiment Hope, p. 49., by Jurgen Moltman