Prophecy and the Church [Paperback]

Oswald T. Allis (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback
• Publisher: Presbyterian & Reformed Pub Co (June 1945)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0875521045
• ISBN-13: 978-0875521046
• Product Dimensions: 7.8 x 5.1 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A REFORMED CRITIQUE OF DISPENSATIONALISM, September 23, 2010

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Steven H. Propp (Sacramento, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Prophecy and the Church (Paperback)

Oswald Thompson Allis (1880-1973) taught Semitic Philology at Princeton Theological Seminary from 1910-1929. In 1929 he, J. Gresham Machen, Robert Dick Wilson, and others founded Westminster Theological Seminary (which was originally located on Allis's property in Philadelphia). He taught Old Testament at Westminster for six years, and resigned in 1935 to devote himself to writing and study.

He states in the Preface to this 1945 book, "The question as to the relatively new interpretation of prophecy (Dispensationalism) is obviously a very important one. Whether the words of the prophets refer to the Church and have their fulfillment in this present gospel age, or 'skip over' this dispensation completely and have reference to a Jewish kingdom age which may at any moment replace it, is a question of Biblical interpretation which vitally concerns every Christian who would fain understand the world ... A further reason that this discussion is timely lies in the fact that the 'Jewish question' is assuming in these days an importance that is unprecedented."

Here are some representative quotations from the book:

"Does the Christian church fulfill, or does it interrupt the fulfillment of the Old Testament predictions concerning Israel? Is the Church age a mystery period unknown to the prophets, or did they forsee and predict it? This is the vital issue which confronts every student of Dispensationalism." (Ch. III)
"This does not necessitate the inference that Israel will not return to and possess the land of Canaan... we may well hesitate to speak too positively." (Ch. IV)
Concerning the calculations of Sir Robert Anderson in Coming Prince, The (Sir Robert Anderson Library Series), Allis writes, "not a word is said in Nem(emiah) 1:1 as to the day of the month on which it was issued... Consequently, accuracy 'to the very day' is impossible... Anderson regarded the 69 weeks as ... prophetic years of 360 days each... But to make such a year, which may be regarded as a round number, corresponds neither to the lunar nor the solar year, and makes no provision for the intercalating of 'leap' days of months to bring it into harmony with the solar year..." (Ch. V)
Concerning "God's Prophetic Clock" speculations, he writes, "Israel was still in the land for nearly 40 years (to A.D. 70) after the clock stopped ticking... So it must be admitted that Israel could still be in the land after the clock stopped ticking... the clock does not run on Jewish time or Gentile time. It stops at the triumphal entry and resumes ticking at the rapture simply because the exegencies of the Dispensational theory require it." (Ch. V)
"(T)he Christian Church does not interrupt the literal fulfillment to Israel of the Old Testament kingdom prophecies. Far otherwise, it constitutes the fulfillment of these prophecies to both Jew and Gentile in that gospel dispensation which the prophets foresaw..." (Ch. VI)

5 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Get this book for a critique of Dispensational Premillennialism!, October 12, 2005

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Steve C. Singleton "DeeperStudy" (Dallas, TX) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Prophecy and the Church (Paperback)

Allis has provided an excellent critique of the hermeneutics (Bible interpretation principles) of Dispensationalism, especially its principle of literalness.

0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The book "The Prophecy and the Church", June 10, 2011

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To Amazon: This is a review of the book I recently ordered from you.
This is a book that was recommended to me by Dr. Desmond Ford, who in my opinion is the most Godly man alive on earth today. It explains what is wrong with the "Dispensationalist's" theory of prophecy.
The book is so well written and so full of what I believe is truth I find it exciting.
I knew the book was well used when I ordered it and it was pretty used with some underlining, but completely readable and in my price range. So I am not at all unhappy with the book. I got it promptly enough after ordering it. All in all I am very happy with it.