The Kingdom of God and The Church by Michael Rotolo

The Kingdom of God and The Church by Michael Rotolo

Geerhardus Vos devotes this work to a discussion of Jesus' greatest focus in ministry -- the kingdom of God (and the kingdom of heaven, which Vos takes to be referencing the same thing.) Vos begins by connecting Christ's teaching on the kingdom to the Old Testament and its concepts of a Messianic king. Then he moves into the conception of the kingdom during the New Testament with a cursory analysis of the pertinent Greek phrases (but largely accessible to a layman). From there, he moves into the kingdom as it is now, and as it will be in the new heavens and the new earth. Finally, the remaining chapters detail specific aspects and characteristics of the kingdom as it currently exists including the church as it is also compared to the kingdom, and as the means by which one gains entrance into the kingdom. Vos' enlightening treatment of this important theme in the Scriptures ought to be read, particularly by pastors, to assist in preaching and teaching on passages dealing with this vital subject.

Geerhardus Vos (1862-1949) came to the United States in 1881 after being born in the Netherlands. Calvin Theological School, Princeton Theological Seminary, and the University of Strasbourg (PhD in Arabic) awarded him degrees. He was ordained as a minister in the Presbyterian Church in the United States in 1894. He was professor of systematic and exegetical theology at Calvin for five years before joining the Princeton faculty for the next thirty-nine years.

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ISBN 13	9781610100199
ISBN 10	1610100190
Title	The Kingdom of God and The Church
Author	Michael Rotolo
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Great Christian Books
Year published	2015-01-13
Number of pages	130
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