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This final volume begins with ecclesiology, the study of the miracle of Christ’s church (local and universal, visible and invisible). Geisler examines its origin, nature, government, ordinances, ministry, and relation to the state. Last Things contains an in-depth study of the final resurrection, the final status of the saved and the lost, and the theories of purgatory and annihilationism. He...

There are three primary eschatological views with regard to the Second Coming and the Millennium, and their differences are largely a matter of how prophecy is interpreted:1 Those who use an allegorical method generally uphold an amillennial or postmillennial view, while those who apply a literal hermeneutic embrace a premillennial view. The basic issue is whether or not Christ will return before a literal thousand-year reign on earth (cf. Rev.
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