The Second Coming of Christ Considered in Its Relation to the Millennium, the Resurrection, and the Judgment

by Susan Merrill

Publishers:

Cranston & Stowe; Phillips and Hunt

, 1879

Overview

The Second Coming has occupied the church’s imagination to various degrees ever since Christ ascended to heaven. Merrill begins his study of eschatology by examining the various popular theories of the Second Coming. He then covers the destruction of Jerusalem and the end of the world, the tribulation, the restoration of the Jews, the thousand years, various theories of the resurrection, judgment after death, and more. Instructive and informative, Merrill addresses these topics with clarity and nontechnical language.

Key Features

• Presents arguments in clear, nontechnical language
• Analyzes popular theories within eschatology
• Covers a wide range of topics

Contents

• Theories
• Christ Coming in His Kingdom
• The Personal Coming
• The Destruction of Jerusalem
• The End of the World
• After the Tribulation
• This Generation
• The Sheep and Goats
• Restoration of the Jews
• The Millennium
• The Coming at the Resurrection
• Theories of the Resurrection
• Resurrection and Judgment
• Judgment after Death
• The Conflagration

Praise for the Print Edition

One of Bishop Merrill’s tracts for the times, re-asserting and maintaining the Catholic doctrine of the Church in regard to the future judgment, and well adapted for popular reading.

—Methodist Review

Product Details

• Title: The Second Coming of Christ Considered in Its Relation to the Millennium, the Resurrection, and the Judgment
• Author: Susan Merrill
• Publishers: Cranston & Stowe, Phillips and Hunt
• Print Publication Date: 1879
• Logos Release Date: 2013
• Pages: 282
• Era: era:modern
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• Subjects: Second Advent; Eschatology; Methodist Episcopal Church › Doctrines
• Resource ID: LLS:ESCHAMERRILL
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2022-02-11T15:52:35Z

About Susan Merrill

S.M. Merrill (1825–1905) was an American bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church and an editor of the Western Christian Advocate. His works include A Digest of Methodist Law, Doctrinal Aspects of Christian Experience, and The New Testament Idea of Hell.