Physico-Prophetical Essays on the Locality of the Eternal Inheritance; Its Nature and Character, the Resurrection Body, the Mutual Recognition of Glorified Saints - Softcover
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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. 1861. Excerpt: ... we proceed, to let it be understood which we propose to adopt. The latter, the figurative, makes but light work of the difficulties of the question, but it gives us a result that is of but little value,--only one, in short, with which we are already acquainted, having learnt it from other sources: the other, the literal, encounters difficulties that stagger and astound us, but it opens a field of wonders that are altogether new, and which are so great and glorious as to make us feel that they may well be among those incomprehensible things which God hath prepared for His chosen ones. An examination of the writings of the figurative interpreters will show, that all they attempt to do is to deduce from the inspired description of the New Jerusalem some general notions of greatness, magnificence, and splendour. It is regarded by them as designed to impress the mind with the extreme happiness and glory of the eternal state, but not intended to convey any definite idea as to any particular with regard to it. The notion of a literal city, whether on earth or in heaven, is repudiated; therefore all distinctness of idea is set aside as often as it presents itself, and undefined magnificence and glory are all that are allowed to remain. Some of our commentators, as for example Scott, attempt, indeed, the difficult and hazardous task of giving the meaning of each separate symbol; but there is nothing whatever to prove the correctness of the sense they attach to them, and but little ingenuity need be exercised to produce twenty others equally probable. I confess for one, therefore, that I cannot derive the slightest satisfaction from any of these attempts. The uncertainty attached to them is so great that there is nothing to rest upon. How is it possible, therefore,...
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