Johann Blumhardt

Johann Christoph Blumhardt (16 July 1805 in Stuttgart – 25 February 1880 in Boll[1]) was a German Lutheran theologian, best known for his contribution in thought towards a kingdom-now or kingdom-come theology and his motto and centralization of Christianity around the idea that "Jesus is Victor."

[2] His account, which identifies the girl only as "G." for the sake of discretion, describes her possession not only by several demons but mainly by the spirit of a widow who had killed two children and buried them in a field.

It was claimed there were many healings, conversions of some of the church's most determined opponents, and radical transformations of life and character.

In 1853 he purchased a thermal spa in Bad Boll to serve as a Christian retreat mostly for people seeking his renowned healing abilities.

Their ideas on the perennial breaking-in of God's kingdom from the future [vague] helped transform Christian eschatology in the twentieth century.