Dogmatic Theology Vol 3 - Shedd - XXI - Eschatology continued

Required reading

Dogmatic Theology Vol 3 by William G.T. Shedd (Available from Amazon or here)  - Continue 'Eschatology' by reading up to the paragraph commencing, 'VOL. II., p. 683. Olshausen on Matt. 12:32, thus interprets...'

My summary  

Today we keep on with our notes on eschatology, including:

(i) the dichometry in the constitution of man;

(ii) the resurrection body;

(iii) the final judgement;

(iv) eternal punishment;

(v) agnosticism.

What grabbed me

A good quote from Bates on death: “Death is fearful in the apprehension of conscience, as it is the most sensible mark of God’s wrath which is heavier than death and a summons to give an account of all things done in this life to the righteous judge of the world: ‘It is appointed to all men once to die, and afterward the judgment’ (Heb. 9:27). The penal fear is more wounding to the spirit than the natural and physical. When the awakened sinner presently expects the citation to appear before the tribunal above, where no excuses, no supplications, no privileges avail, where the cause of eternal life and death must be decided, and the awards of justice be immediately executed, O the convulsions and agonies of conscience in that hour! This made a heathen, a governor of a province, to tremble before a poor prisoner. When Paul ‘reasoned of righteousness, temperance, and judgment to come, Felix trembled’ (Acts 24:25).”

It is a dreadful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.

Next week's reading

Conclude 'Eschatology'.

Now it's your turn

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