The Church and the Last Things: Great Doctrines of the Bible (Great Doctrines of the Bible (Crossway Books), V. 3.) (Hardcover)

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The last book in a three-volume series by one of the most influential preachers of this century exploring the essentials of Christian doctrine focuses on echatalogical issues and the church.

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• Hardcover: 264 pages
• Publisher: Crossway Books (October 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1581340249
• ISBN-13: 978-1581340242
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.3 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
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5.0 out of 5 stars Careful interpretation of difficult issues, August 31, 2001

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This review is from: The Church and the Last Things: The Final of a Three-Volume Series by the Master Preacher (Great Doctrines Series) (Paperback)

This is the last of a three volume series on great doctrines, which deals with doctrines of the church and eschatology, there are 23 chapters each of which covers a lecture.

On doctrines of the church he deals with the following topics: the Church, the marks and government of the church, the sacraments, baptism, and the Lord's Supper.

On eschatology he deals with a wide range of subjects:

Death and immortality
Conditional immortality or a second chance?
The Second Coming - a general introduction.
The time of his coming - the signs.
God's plan for the Jews
The antichrist
The interpretation of Dan 9:24-27
Daniel 9 concluded and the secret rapture
The book of Revelation - introduction
The preterist and futurist views
The spiritual historicist view
The suffering and safety of the redeemed
The trumpets
The final judgement
The premillennial view
Post-millennialism and the spiritual view
The resurrection of the body
The final destiny.

This book would suite someone who is already familiar with the doctors writing or someone who has a special interest in eschatology, especially in Revelation, which has eight of the twenty-three chapters devoted to it. In many of the chapters on eschatology he is dealing with sensitive and controversial issues and I found it interesting and intriguing to read the doctor's views on these matters when he wrote in the 1950's. I would suggest that his careful interpretation of these difficult scriptures is well worth reading in our more sensationalist times today.