The Doctrine of Last Things
Overview
This volume brings you the college’s annual lecture series of 1986 in complete written form. Prior to the first published lecture series in 1974, only content outlines were available. It includes sixteen lectures from contributors from various biblical fields, and focus on the following theme: Last Days. This theme deals with modern issues and is supported by recent scholarship. The Doctrine of Last Things contains both informative and stimulating topics that allow you to apply the biblical principles found in its lectures to your daily walk with Christ.
Top Highlights
“It is our contention, then, that the seventy years of captivity is a symbolic number highlighting thier full sabbath rest due the land because of the fulness of their iniquity. By using a multiple of seven (the sabbath number) and ten (symbolizing fulness or completion), God was trying to get the Israelites to see the meaning—not the length—of the captivity. Although the number 70 approximates the actual length of the captivity, that is secondary. It was far more important for the Jews to know why they were going into captivity than it was for them to know the exact length of the captivity.” (Page 106)
“Romans 1:2, Paul says that the gospel of God has been ‘promised afore by his prophets in the holy scriptures.’ And at his examination before Agrippa (Acts 26:22), he stated that he preached nothing but what ‘the prophets and Moses did say should come.’ Now, did Paul preach the church or didn’t he? If he preached it (and he did, e.g., Eph. 5:22–33), does not it follow that the church had to be spoken of in both Moses and the prophets, i.e., the Old Testament?” (Page 7)
“If the context establishes the beginning of the seventy weeks at the decree of Cyrus in 539/8 BC, and if the stated goals of the seventy weeks fix the end of the period in the first century AD, then why is it designated as a period of seventy weeks, or 490 years, when, in fact, it is somewhere between 500 and 600 years? The answer lies in the fact that the numbers are symbolic and were never intended to be taken literally.” (Page 104)
“First, dispensationalists hold to a gap theory of the interpretation of biblical prophecy. They teach that the Old Testament prophecies concerning the blessings to be bestowed on national Israel would have been fulfilled at the first coming of Christ if the Jews had not rejected him, but their rejection of him necessitated the postponement of prophetic fulfillment until the second coming.” (Pages xii–xiii)
- Title: The Doctrine of Last Things
- Author: Melvin D. Curry
- Series: Florida College Annual Lectures
- Publisher: Florida College Bookstore
- Print Publication Date: 1986
- Logos Release Date: 2013
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
- Subjects: Eschatology › Biblical teaching; Millennialism › Biblical teaching
- Resource ID: LLS:FCL1986DOCTLAST
- Resource Type: text.monograph.lecture
- Metadata Last Updated: 2022-02-12T03:12:59Z