CONTENTS

CHAPTER   I
 CHAPTER   II
 CHAPTER  III
 CHAPTER IV
 CHAPTER  V
 CHAPTER VI
 CHAPTER VII
 CHAPTER VIII
 CHAPTER IX
 
OUR POSITION
 APPENDIX
 SUPPLEMENT
 A SINGULAR ASSUMPTION
 UNION WITH CHRIST ESSENTIAL; OBJECTORS LAST RESORT
 THE TRUTH TO BE MADE KNOWN
 'IT LEADS TO UNIVERSALISM'
 IS OUR VIEW HURTFUL?

OUR POSITION

1. God has promised, and confirmed it with an oath, that, In Abraham and his seed all the families of the earth shall be blessed. 

2. This promise and oath is to be understood in the literal sense of the words in which it is made. 

3. This promise and oath is not yet fulfilled in its fullness. 

4. Therefore, there is to be an age, or "ages to come," in which its fulfillment will be perfectly accomplished.

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(1.) Did God mean what the words express in the promise and oath? 

(2.) Has that promise and oath had a fulfillment in the past?

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ESE are the two questions at issue. We have answered the first in the affirmative; and the second in the negative. 

No argument will avail any thing, in our mind, that evades either of them. Even if it can be shown that we are mistaken in our exposition or explanation of some texts of Scripture, that will not prove our general view of the promise and oath is incorrect. 

We regard the subject as one of first importance. If the kingdom of God is soon to be developed, we desire to know all that can be known about it, while preparing for it; and just how reliable God's promises are. We wish to know if we are to receive them literally, or are to construe them figuratively or hyperbolically. This knowledge must deeply affect our faith; and, therefore, is highly important at this near approach of the kingdom of God. Se we regard it. 

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