The Israel of God in prophecy :

LaRondelle, Hans K.

The Israel of God in prophecy : principles of prophetic interpretation / by Hans K. LaRondelle. - Berrien Springs, Mich. : Andrews University Press, 1983. - xiv, 226 p. ; 24 cm. - Andrews University monographs. Studies in religion ; v. 13 .

Includes index.

Bibliography: p. 211-216.

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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