John C. Rankin
Published: 2018-01-10
Total Pages: 96
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Excerpt from The Coming of the Lord And yet, in its comprehensive nature and bearings, there is reason to fear that it is neither understood nor studied as its importance demands. This is owing in part perhaps to the supposed mystery that hangs around it, and in part also, no doubt, to the crude errors and extravagances of many who have tried to unfold it. The present writer does not flatter himself with the idea that he has made any new discoveries, or that he can discern the truth more clearly than others. All he pretends to say is that, as the result of thought and read ing, the subject has assumed, to his own mind, a form of great simplicity and clearness, such as he had scarcely dared to hepe for, and such as he has not met with in any author he has consulted. This short, simple, and positive View he has tried to embody in the following pages. No one, it is believed, can fail to see just what he holds and why he holds it. He has not thought it either logical or wise to begin at the latter end of the subject and discuss it backward, by inquiring whether the Coming is to be pre or postmillennial - time and nature of the alleged millennium being among the main issues in volved - but has begun at the beginning, in Matthew, not in the last chapters of the Apocalypse, with the in quiry, What do the Scriptures teach as to the Coming itself, with its relations to the whole gospel scheme? The inductive is always the wisest and surest method of investigation, as well as the most philosophical. Step by step, therefore, from the first announcement to' the end, he has tried to trace the subject through its various and progressive phases until the survey should become complete and exhaustive. How far he has succeeded must be left for others to decide. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.