Systematic Theology, vol. 4: The Church and the Last Things

Cover......Page 1
Copyright......Page 5
Contents......Page 8
Preface......Page 22
Acknowledgments......Page 26
The Church......Page 28
1. Daniel and Revelation: Contribution to Ecclesiology and Eschatology......Page 30
2. Doctrine of Ecclesiology: Protestant, Catholic, and Orthodox......Page 68
3. Apostolic Church: Nature and Mission......Page 112
4. Apostolic Church Holy Spirit as Vicar of God......Page 146
5. Roman Church: Further Background......Page 166
6. Roman Church: Apostolic Succession......Page 196
7. Roman Church and Paganism......Page 224
8. Roman Church: Replacement Theology......Page 260
9. Roman Church: Replacement Theology, Sabbath Debate 1......Page 306
10. Roman Church: Replacement Theology, Sabbath Debate 2......Page 328
11. Roman Church: Replacement Theology and the Rise of Sunday......Page 372
12. Reformation Unfinished: What Is Missing?......Page 404
13. Reformation Unfinished: Church Ordinances......Page 416
14. Reformation Unfinished: Church and State......Page 458
15. Finishing the Reformation: Toward a Theology of the Remnant......Page 478
16. Eschatology: Importance of Sola Scriptura......Page 514
17. Eschatology: Apostolic Teaching 1......Page 530
18. Eschatology: Apostolic Teaching 2......Page 546
19. Eschatology: Apostolic Teaching 3......Page 570
20. Eschatology: Global Gathering......Page 588
21. Eschatology: Global Test, Left-Behind, and Armageddon......Page 638
22. Eschatology: Second Advent......Page 666
23. Eschatology: Millennium......Page 696
24. Eschatology: New Earth......Page 724
Appemdix A: Evidence against Antiochus IV Epiphanes......Page 738
Appendix B: Where Did Purgatory Come From? Biblical Refutation......Page 745
Appendix C: Rejection of the Biblical Sabbath......Page 754
Appendix D: Sacred Times Compared......Page 768
Appendix E: Preble\'s Thesis Examined......Page 771
Appendix F: Sabbath as One Day in Seven......Page 773
Appendix G: Tertullian\'s Answer to Marcion......Page 776
Appendix H: Justin Martyr\'s Sunday Statement......Page 777
Appendix I: Gnostic Roots of Sunday Keeping......Page 782
Appendix J: In Defense of Christ\'s Divinity......Page 785
Appendix K: Sacramentum Mundi (Twentieth Century)......Page 788
Appendix L: Islam......Page 790
Name Index......Page 798
Scritpure Index......Page 812
Subject Index......Page 842