The Kingdom of Promise and ProphecyWhiteside, Robertson L.
Religion
The Kingdom of Promise and Prophecy
Whiteside, Robertson L.
Bible -- Prophecies
me that the explanation reflects seriously on their proposition, and
really charges that God did not make good on his promises. The
explanation does not explain. What about that sense of justice?
Paul preached the gospel to Jews and Gentiles without distinction. Boll
says this was a terrible perplexity to all believing Jews. He adds:
“That the Gentiles were to be blessed in Messianic days was no mystery;
_that_ had been previously revealed. But the observant reader of the
prophets will notice that it is always _after_ the national restoration
and exaltation of Israel, and always through restored Israel and in
subservience to Israel, that the Gentiles were to be blessed.” But why
quote more.
For a long time I have been preaching that all that the prophets said
about a plan of human redemption is fulfilled in the plan of salvation
preached by Christ and his apostles and is recorded in the New
Testament. I have offered to affirm this proposition: THE PLAN OF
SALVATION SET FORTH IN THE NEW TESTAMENT IS THE SCHEME OF HUMAN
REDEMPTION FORETOLD BY THE PROPHETS; or, for _foretold by the prophets_
substitute _foretold in promise and prophecy_. Here is a fair
proposition that covers every point involved in the discussion of the
future-kingdom theory. When it is proved to be true, then the whole
future-kingdom theory is proved to be false. Why put in time showing
that the various phases of the theory are false when one proposition
fully established proves the whole theory false? Why show that their use
of this prophecy and that prophecy is wrong when you can with even more
ease show that the New Testament contradicts their use of the
prophecies?
Before giving the proof of the correctness of my proposition I wish to
mention another matter. Perhaps a few personal words will not be out of
place. When I was in the Nashville Bible School out on Spruce street, I
had a family—my wife and two children. We had very little money, but we
managed by much self-denial to pay rent on a little house, to buy enough
groceries to keep us alive, and to pay every dollar of tuition. My
youngest brother was with me, and he paid his part of board and rent,
and his tuition. Some of the able bodied boys (students) paid neither
board nor tuition.
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