WorldWithoutEnd
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My Pastor shared this study with me and I found it excellent and of utmost importance...
Thought I would share. God bless.
About the time of the end, a body of men will be raised up who will turn their attention to the prophecies, and insist upon their literal interpretation, in the midst of much clamor and opposition-- Sir Isaac Newton (1643-1727)
What I protest against is, the habit of allegorizing plain sayings of the Word of God concerning the future history of the nation of Israel, and explaining away the fullness of the contents in order to accommodate them to the Gentile Church. I believe the habit to be unwarranted by anything in Scripture, and to draw after it a long train of evil consequences. [J. C. Ryle,
Are You Ready For The End Of Time? (Fearn, Scotland: Christian Focus,
2001) p. 1 07-1 08; reprint of Coming Events and Present Duties.]
Jerusalem will be rebuilt in more than her former splendor; the Jews will be restored to their own land; and Messiah will reign as a prince of the house of David. We cannot understand many portions of Scripture except upon this belief ... I clearly see in Scripture that the Lord Jesus Christ will come ... personally to reign upon this earth. At His coming it appears clear to me that He will gather together the Jewish people, that Jerusalem shall become the metropolis of the new empire which shall then extend from pole to pole. [Charles Spurgeon, from a sermon preached on Zechariah 11:1-5 when Mr. Spurgeon was about thirty years of age]
http://www.middletownbiblechurch.org/dispen/litconsist.htm
Thought I would share. God bless.
About the time of the end, a body of men will be raised up who will turn their attention to the prophecies, and insist upon their literal interpretation, in the midst of much clamor and opposition-- Sir Isaac Newton (1643-1727)
What I protest against is, the habit of allegorizing plain sayings of the Word of God concerning the future history of the nation of Israel, and explaining away the fullness of the contents in order to accommodate them to the Gentile Church. I believe the habit to be unwarranted by anything in Scripture, and to draw after it a long train of evil consequences. [J. C. Ryle,
Are You Ready For The End Of Time? (Fearn, Scotland: Christian Focus,
2001) p. 1 07-1 08; reprint of Coming Events and Present Duties.]
Jerusalem will be rebuilt in more than her former splendor; the Jews will be restored to their own land; and Messiah will reign as a prince of the house of David. We cannot understand many portions of Scripture except upon this belief ... I clearly see in Scripture that the Lord Jesus Christ will come ... personally to reign upon this earth. At His coming it appears clear to me that He will gather together the Jewish people, that Jerusalem shall become the metropolis of the new empire which shall then extend from pole to pole. [Charles Spurgeon, from a sermon preached on Zechariah 11:1-5 when Mr. Spurgeon was about thirty years of age]
http://www.middletownbiblechurch.org/dispen/litconsist.htm