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A contemporary, foundational statement of classic reformed faith, now revised and updated • Comprehensive, coherent, contextual, and conversational • Scripture-saturated, with more exegesis and more Scripture quotations than other one-volume theologies • Upholds classic Calvinist positions on baptism, the Trinity, church government, and much more • Interacts with contemporary issues...

THE DENIAL OF A LITERAL RETURN OF CHRIST A kind of realized eschatology is on the rise that, with its peculiar preterist interpretation of the Apocalypse, sees all of the New Testament references to the return of Christ as having been fulfilled by A.D. 70 and consequently denies a literal future return of Christ altogether. In this view only a golden era (Scripture’s “kingdom of God”) finally awaits the earth and its inhabitants as the gospel of Christ increasingly “Christianizes” the whole earth.