LECTURES ON THE EPISTLE TO THE

Download or read book LECTURES ON THE EPISTLE TO THE written by Ralph Wardlaw and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-10-14 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Lectures on the Epistle to the Romans, Vol. 3 There are two ways indeed, in which the hostility of the Jews, and the divine judgments consequent upon it, might be considered as somewhat more closely connected with the benefit to the Gentiles - First, the effect of their hostility and persecution was to produce the more rapid and exten sive diffusion of the Gospel among the Gentiles. By it the disciples and the teachers of Christianity were driven from Jerusalem and Judea, to scatter the seed of the word of the Lord among the surrounding peoples, and in the in stances quoted from the Acts it appears, that the very refusal of the Jews was the occasion of turning to the Gentiles. - And Secondly, it is possible that in some instances, the judicial retribution sent on the Jews, being a fulfilment of prophecy, might contribute to the conviction, and so to the further bringing in, of the Gentiles. This, however, would only be in a very limited extent indeed. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.