story of how the church moved out into the Gentile world, accepted many Gentiles into its fellowship, and concludes with the story of Paul preaching to a largely Gentile church in Rome. Eschatology in the New Testament deals largely with the destiny of the church. Here we have two different stories: the story of the nation Israel and the story of the church. What are we to make of this apparent dilemma? Two radically different answers have been proposed, and every student of prophecy must choose