The Reign Of Christ On Earth Or The Voice Of The Church In All Ages C

Author : Daniel Thompson Taylor
Publisher : Theclassics.Us
ISBN 13 : 9781230376608
Total Pages : 126 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (766 download)

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Download or read book The Voice of the Church on the Coming and Kingdom of the Redeemer, Or, a History of the Doctrine of the Reign of Christ on Earth written by Daniel Thompson Taylor and published by Theclassics.Us. This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1855 edition. Excerpt: ... judgment, applying the subject, with great power, to the hearts of all, he proceeds: "The third thing promised, is to show that the Lord Jesus will quickly appear; that is, he will come within a short time. "' He that shall como, will come, ' there is the certainty of his coming, and 'yet a little while, he will come, and will not tarry, ' there is the speedinessof his coming. 'The Lord is at hand, ' Phil. 4:5. 'The coming of the Lord draweth nigh, ' James 5:8. 'The Judge standeth at the door, ' ver. 9. 'The end of all things is at hand, ' 1 Peter 4: 7. Therefore our days are called the 'last days, ' 2 Tim. 3:1. 'And upon us the ends of the world are come, ' 1 Cor. 10: 11. We live in the end of the world, in the last days, in the old age thereof The world hath as it were three ages: the youth, the middle age, and the old age; the youth of the HALL AN ANTI-MILLENNARIAN. 197 world was from the creation to the flood; the middle age from the flood to the first coming of Christ; the old age from the first coming of Christ to the second coming. The old age and last days of the world began in the apostles' time; now many of them are spent, and we are come not only to the declining years, but also to the decrepid age of the world. And if the Lord Jesus Christ were to come shortly in the days of the apostles, much more shortly will he come now, when so many years are past since the Scriptures were writ, and these things foretold." HALL. A. D. 1657. Thomas Hall, B. D., pastor of Kingsnorton, England, was the author of a work against Pre-millennialism, published in London, 1657. We extract from it to exhibit the faith of our elder divines, while as yet the Whitbyan theory of the Millennium was unknown. Writing in opposition to Dr. Homes, ...