A Connected View Of Some Of The Scripture Evidence Of The Redeemer S Speedy Personal Return And Reign On Earth During The Millennium

In nineteenth-century Britain, a large number of prominent Anglican and Presbyterian Evangelicals rejected the idea that salvation meant "going to heaven when you die." Instead, they proposed that God would establish his kingdom on earth, renewing the creation and reanimating embodied humans to live in a world of science and progress. This book introduces the writings and activities of these women and men, among whom were counted the ardent social reformer Lord Shaftesbury, the highly-respected clergyman Edward Bickersteth, the popular author Charlotte Elizabeth Tonna, and the General Secretary of the Evangelical Alliance, Thomas Rawson Birks. The book shows that the catalyst for such theological revisionism was the end-times doctrine known as "premillennialism." While commonly characterized as a gloomy and sectarian belief, the book argues that premillennialism in Victorian Britain was actually an optimistic and often liberalizing creed. It dissolved older Evangelical assumptions about the dissimilarities between time and eternity, body and soul, heaven and earth. The book demonstrates that, far from being eccentric pessimists, premillennialists were actually pioneers of trends in nineteenth-century Christian theology that stressed the importance of the incarnation, prioritized social justice, and even entertained the idea of universal salvation.

James A. Begg's powerful and persuasive book presents a connected view of the Scripture evidence for the redeemer's speedy personal return and reign on earth with his glorified saints during the millennium, Israel's restoration to Palestine, and the destruction of antichristian nations. With incisive commentary and a deep understanding of the biblical texts, Begg makes a compelling case for a renewed vision of Christ's return and reign. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Excerpt from A Connected View of Some of the Scripture Evidence of the Redeemer's Speedy Personal Return: And Reign on Earth With His Glorious Saints, During the Millennium; Israel's Restoration to Palestine; And the Destruction of Antichristian Nations In the following remarks, the author has stated with firmness his convictions, but it has been his sincere desire to avoid whatever has the appearance of dogmatism or arrogance - a spirit ill calculated to win converts to any truth, but which would be especially unbecommgm him on this interesting subject. The consciousness of his inca pacity to treat aright so important a doctrine - the fact that in many of the past ages of the Church, as Well as in the present day, the great proportion of pious, eminent, and faithful ministers of Christ, have been, and are opposed to the views he entertains and desires to advocate - and the remembrance that till recently he regarded these opinions as destitute of that sanction which alone can give them a claim upon our faith - all of these considerations present reasons why, in defending this doctrine, he should be wil ling to give to others a reason'of the hope that 18 m hlm with meekness and fear. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.