NOTE: This is a copy of the entire text of a book Two Academical Exercises by Morgan Edwards, which he originally wrote as a senior essay in 1744 while at Bristol Baptist College in Bristol England. It was published later in Philadelphia in 1788, with minimal change from the original essay...
Passage: 2 Thessalonians 2 & 2 Timothy 3
The concept of apostasy is almost Bible-wide, but our concern here is for that apostasy which will occur just before the Lord's return. Paul spoke of it in both specific and general terms. Our focus will be on its specific use in 2 Thessalonians 2 and its general use in 2 Timothy 3...
John Nelson Darby (1800-1882) is the acknowledged father of systematized dispensationalism and a key modern developer of the pretribulational rapture. He conceptualized God's revelation in Scripture as a world and life view comprehending all of human history...
1. Fratres karissimi, spiritui sancto credite, qui loquitur in nobis. Iam antea diximus, quia mundi finis in proximo est, et consummatio superest. Numquid non in hominibus prima fides emarcuit?
Dearly beloved brothers, believe the Holy Spirit who speaks in us. We have already told you that the end of the world is near, the consummation remains. Has not faith withered away among mankind? ...