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The Israel of God in prophecy : principles of prophetic interpretation / by Hans K. LaRondelle.

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1. The Christocentric focus of all Holy Scripture -- The need for the Christocentric focus in prophetic interpretations -- 2. The key to the Old Testament: Literalism or the New Testament? -- The key to the Old Testament: the New Testament -- Literalism in late Judaism -- The key to the Old Testament: Christ in the New Testament -- 3. The literal and allegorical interpretations -- The literal interpretation -- The allegorical interpretation -- 4. The typological interpretation -- Limitations of types -- Dispensationalism and typology -- Typology in prophetic eschatology.
5. The Christological interpretation -- Messianic prophecies -- Resurrection of Christ "on the third day" in the Old Testament -- Jesus' messianic applications of Israel's cultic songs -- Christological interpretation of historical descriptions in the prophetic books -- 6. The theological significance and mission of Israel's remnant -- Israel in the Old Testament -- The universal purpose of Israel's election.
7. The ecclesiological interpretation of Israel's remnant -- Christ's gathering of Israel's remnant: The beginning of the church -- The church as the remnant of Israel's prophecies -- "The Israel of God: in the context of Galatians -- Gentile Christians are fellow citizens in Israel -- The ecclesiological application of Israel's covenant -- 8. The church and Israel in Romans 9-11 -- The role of the context in biblical distinctions -- "Israel" in the context of Romans -- Paul's application of Israel's remnant theology -- Does Paul look for Israel's restored theocracy in Palestine?
9. Israel's territorial promise in New Testament perspective -- The land promised to the Israel of God only -- The unity of biblical eschatology -- The inadequacy of the hermeneutic of literalism -- One hope for Abraham, Israel, and the church -- 10. Problematic texts -- Amos 9:11-12 as applied in Acts 15:16-18 -- Isaiah 11:10-12: What is the fulfillment of Israel's "Second" gathering? -- Matthew 23:39: Will the Jews be saved when they see the Messiah in His glory? -- Luke 21:2: Is Jerusalem no longer trampled on by the Gentiles since A.D. 1967?
11. God's ultimatum to Israel: The seventy weeks of Daniel -- The unbreakable unity of the seventy weeks -- Reasons for dissecting the weeks? -- Did Christ put an end to Israel's sacrifices? -- When did Christ become the Anointed One? -- Literal exegesis of Daniel's seventieth week eliminates gap hypothesis -- 12. The predicted tribulation and hope for the church -- The Blessed Hope of the church -- The predicted Tribulation for Israel and the church -- Christ's promise of protection in the Tribulation -- The Posttribulation Parousia of Christ in Matthew 24 -- Hoe does Christ apply the predicted "abomination" of Daniel 9? -- Paul's answer to the imminency expectation.

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BS649.J5L32

Publisher

Berrien Springs, Mich. : Andrews University Press., 1983

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xiv, 226 pages ; 24 cm.

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English

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bible
Bible -- Prophecies -- Jews. Bible -- Hermeneutic

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