The Covenantal Kingdom: A Brief Summary of the Biblical Argument for PostmillennialismChristian Liberty Press, 1996 - 102 pages |
Contents
2 The Sons Atonement | 33 |
3 The Spirits Power | 35 |
GODS COVENANTAL KINGDOM | 37 |
What Is a Covenant? | 38 |
How Important Is the Covenant? | 41 |
What is the Essence of the Covenant? | 43 |
Covenant and Eschatology | 45 |
The Christ and the Covenants | 47 |
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Creation Symbolism and the Coming of Christ | 19 |
Conclusion | 21 |
THE CONFLICT OF HISTORY | 23 |
Jesus Loses in History | 25 |
Optimistic Amillennialism? | 27 |
Premillennial Pessimism | 29 |
Satan Defeated the World Converted | 30 |
The Defeat of Satan in the New Testament | 31 |
The Salvation of the World | 32 |
2 The Davidic Covenant Fulfilled in Christs Ascension | 49 |
3 The New Covenant Fulfilled in Christs Death and Resurrection | 50 |
Jesus Covenantal Rule | 52 |
Covenantal Sanctions and the Growth of the Kingdom | 53 |
Conclusion | 56 |
CHRISTS CALL TO BUILD HIS KINGDOM | 58 |
COVENANTS AND DISPENSATIONS | 61 |
A NEGLECTED MILLENNIAL PASSAGE FROM SAINT PAUL | 68 |
UNDERSTANDING THE BOOK OF REVELATION | 77 |
A TEST CASE REVELATION 191116 | 90 |
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Popular passages
Page 59 - I am the vine, ye are the branches; he that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit; for without me ye can do nothing. If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered; and men gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they are burned.
Page 49 - Therefore being a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him, that of the fruit of his loins, according to the flesh, he would raise up Christ to sit on his throne...
Page 48 - For ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus. For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ. There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus.
Page 47 - Fear not, Mary: for thou hast found favour with God. And behold, thou shalt conceive in thy womb, and bring forth a son and shalt call his name JESUS. He shall be great and shall be called the Son of the Highest...
Page 46 - And the fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of the earth, and upon every fowl of the air, upon all that moveth upon the 25 earth, and upon all the fishes of the sea ; into your hand are they delivered.
Page 81 - But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, even to the time of the end : many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be increased.
Page 97 - For verily I say unto you, that whosoever shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea ; and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that those things which he saith shall come to pass ; he shall have whatsoever he saith.
Page 33 - For the love of Christ constraineth us, because we thus judge, that if one died for all, then were all dead; And that he died for all, that they which live should not henceforth live unto themselves, but unto him which died for them and rose again.
Page 49 - Therefore being by the right hand of God exalted, and having received of the Father the promise of the Holy Ghost, he hath shed forth this, which ye now see and hear.