Eschatology; Or, the Scripture Doctrine of the Coming of the Lord, the Judgment, and the Resurrection

"Careful readers must identify the audience, the timing, the language used, and the immediate historical context of the prophetic statements made by Jesus and the New Testament writers. Samuel Lee goes to extraordinary lengths to cover some of the most difficult prophetic passages. His exegetical work sheds light on them and often counters so much of today’s prophetic speculation and reluctance to step outside the interpretive box because of creedal and confessional constraints." — Gary DeMar

Predictions about the end have a long and less than accurate history. What’s the reason? How could so many be so wrong for so many years? Why does prophetic speculation run rampant today given the excesses of failed predictions based on the claimed certainties of “thus say the Scriptures”?

Samuel Lee published Eschatology, Or, The Scripture Doctrine of the Coming of the Lord, the Judgment, and the Resurrection in 1859. Lee attempted to

"gain some definite views on the subject presented in this volume. He consulted authors, and especially commentators. The effect was ‘confusion worse confounded.’ He then, as the only hope, went directly and alone to the volume of Inspiration, and attempted to study the Scriptures scripturally,— to make the Bible its own interpreter. The language of the Saviour can be understood only as we know the circumstances in which it was uttered, and especially the character and opinions of the persons addressed.... The Saviour meant to say and did say what he knew his honest hearers would understand him to say.”

What a novel idea! Of course, the place to start and remain is with Scripture since the Bible is the best interpreter of itself. What’s lacking in so much of today’s scholarship is the willingness to let Scripture interpret Scripture even if the results may call for a refinement of long-held prophetic views.

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