Abstract:
This article examines the phrase ἐλθέτω ἡ βασιλεία σου in Matthew and Luke’s versions of the
Lord’s Prayer in the light of Ewe-Ghanaian eschatological vision. Theoretically, it uses a
combination of the historical–critical and indigenous Mother Tongue Biblical Hermeneutical
approaches to explore the implication of βασιλεία for the Ewe-Ghanaian Christian. The article
discusses the diversity in the interpretations of the text from the early church to the modern
and postmodern periods in Christian history and argues that this diversity has occurred as a
result of the fluidity of the eschatological visions in the Judeo-Christian Scriptures and that the
linear eschatological vision described by the church is inconsistent with the cyclical vision in
Ewe cosmology. This dual eschatological vision creates a dilemma in the Ewe-Ghanaian
Christian’s understanding of the eternal states. Finally, it is argued that to resolve this
eschatological dilemma is to clearly define the place of Ewe eschatological vision in Christian
eschatology and interpreting the former as replica of the latter.
