The Handbook of Eschatology, Or, a Consistent Biblical View of the Lord's Return; The Resurrection of the Dead and the Judgment (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated.1917 Excerpt: ... CHAPTER III SOME OBJECTIONS ANSWERED (A) II Tim. 3:1; Luke 21:24; Rom 11:25. But some will say, "Does not Scripture say in the last days of the world perilous times shall come, and evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse?" No; the Scripture does not say that. It says: "In the last days perilous times shall come," etc. (II Tim. 3:1), but Paul wrote this to Timothy in the last days of the age before A. D. 70, and there can be no doubt he referred to those days, just as Peter said (Acts 2:16, 17): "This is that" which Joel said would come to pass "in the last days." We are unable to find any reason for believing that the perilous times spoken of were meant to be in our future, except that some have set up a theory that Christ is yet to come, and consequently the perilous times spoken of in Matt. 24:15-22 are yet to come, though Christ declared that this would take place in the lifetime of disciples then living, and that, when it came on them, they were to flee to the mountains (purely a local expression for the last days of that dispensation or Jewish age). This is another instance, apparently, of bending plain Scripture words to suit a theory. One should be careful to be consistent, and let Scripture explain Scripture. Another misinterpreted passage appears in Luke 21:24, "Until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled." Here is one sentence in a discourse Luke 21:20-33) on the destruction of Jerusalem and concomitant features, which is taken out of its setting, and made to refer to "a parenthesis of time which has existed from that day to this" (a wholly arbitrary statement with no Scripture proof), when distinctly, clearly, verse 32 says, "Verily this generation shall not pass away till all be fulfilled." Consequently "the times of the Gentiles" of th...