BIBLE EXEGESIS AND THE IMPENDING JUDGMENT AS UNFOLDING THE DESIGN OF GOD IN THE CREATION OF THE EARTH AND MAN, THEIR PRESENT FALLEN CONDITION, THE BASIS OF THEIR FUTURE REDEMPTION THROUGH CHRIST AS CONSTITUTING THE FUTURE KINGDOM OF GOD ALSO DISCURSIVE, CONSECUTIVE, SYMBOLICAL, HISTORICAL AND CHRONOLOGICAL PROPHECY, FORESHADOWING THE NEAR CONCLUSION OF THE PRESENT FABRIC OF THE WORLD WITH THE SIGNS OF THE PRESENT TIMES BY L. T. CUNNINGHAM Pastor of the Church of Yahveh, Newton Upper Falls, Mass. PUBLISHED BY THE AUTHOR NEWTON UPPER FALLS, MASS. 1892 PREFACE. "The oracle of Dumah. He calleth unto me out of Seir, Watchman, what of the night? Watchman, what of the night? The watchman said, The morning cometh, and also the night: if ye will inquire, inquire ye: return ye, come ye.' (Isa. 21: 11, 12.) "And Yahveh answered me, and he said, Engrave the vision, and expound it upon tables, to the intent he shall run and proclaim it. For yet the vision is to a fixed time, and shall be caused to break forth to end, and not shall it lie: if he delays, earnestly wait for him; for in coming he will come, he will not be behind time." (Hab. 2: 2, 3.) We have a duty to sound an alarm when danger or evil threatens and approaches; also the privilege to proclaim the glad tidings of the kingdom of God at hand. This duty specially rests upon the watchman, for, says the Holy Spirit, "If the watchman see the sword coming, and blow not the trumpet, and the people be not warned . . . (their) blood will I require at the watchman's hand. So thou, O son of man, I have set thee a watchman unto the house of Israel; therefore thou shalt hear the word at my mouth, and warn them from me." (Ezek. 33: 6, 7.) This imperative duty is all the apology we offer for presenting this book to the public. The writer regards the present time to be more ominous and pregnant of the mightiest events of any ever before experienced in the history of man. Prophetic events are rapidly converging to their culminating point, while the political atmosphere of the world, that stands closely related to divine prophecy, is lowering rapidly that threatens a storm of judgment, the magnitude of which is without a parallel in the annals of the world. This is also the conviction of the deepest thinkers of our time. iii Therefore, as God's book of prophecy stands closely connected with the political history of nations, foretelling their rise, character and final overthrow, with the special omens marking the last stage of their history which we now see fulfilling, we are impelled to sound forth notes of warning. A period of fifty years has been spent investigating the Scriptures upon the different themes presented in this book, and their high importance claim the close attention of every soul of man. Then let its matter be examined with candor and scrutiny by all its readers. As Hebrew and Greek words are spelt differently by scholars, for the sake of uniformity we have adopted the spelling in R. Young's Analytical Concordance. Again, the repeated use of the name Yahveh appears in this book, because of its high significance and intrinsic worth. It stands as God's "memorial name to all generations." It not only signifies, but it stands as a pledge of the complete redemption of the earth and believers in Christ, from the very gates of Eden; and some important facts relating to this name will be found in the book. Then, also, in the renderings of different Hebrew and Greek texts or sections, we have been guided by a careful examination and comparison of the best lexicons and a large number of different translations, the Englishman's Hebrew and Greek Concordances and Robert Young's Analytical Concordance to determine, as far as possible, the exact signification of the Hebrew and Greek words or terms, expressing them as literally and idiomatically as appeared to us justifiable, while also giving the real meaning and force they contain. By thus being guided and also from the extensive examination of the great scope of the subjects of Divine revelation treated, their perspicuity we trust may be more clearly and fully seen. L. T. CUNNINGHAM. Newton Upper Falls, Mass., September, 1892. CONTENTS. The Offense of Adam Very Great.-The Consequent Penalty Pro- The Future Life of the Soul Made to Hinge on the Resurrection Conditional Immortality.-The First Pagans who taught the immor- tality of the Soul, and its Transmigration.-Practical Thoughts Bible Unfoldings of the Kingdom of God and the Significance of |