ORU Graduate School of Theology and Ministry

 

 David Hebert, Th.D. 

  

 
Doctoral Dissertation:

The Need for Teaching the Eschatological Gospel of Both Comings of Jesus Christ in the 21st Century,
especially as we see the day of His Parousia Approaching

©Copyright David Hebert, Th.D. 
 
Front Matter        
A.1  General Introduction to the Thesis   
A.2  The Problem
A.3  Motivation
A.4  Methodology   

PART 1:  DEFINITIONS AND A STUDY OF THE ESCHATOLOGICAL GOSPEL IN THE SCRIPTURES
  1.1          INTRODUCTION
  1.2          DEFINITION OF TERMS
                 1.2.1       Systematic Theology, Orthodoxy and Heresy  
                 1.2.2       Eschatological Gospel       
                 1.2.3       Time                      
                 1.2.4       Biblical Time, Salvation History & the Kingdom of Heaven/God           
                 1.2.5       Premillennialism                 
                 1.2.6       Second Coming or Parousia             
                 1.2.7       Rapture
                 1.2.8       Dispensationalism              
                 1.2.9       The Day of the Lord          
                 1.2.10     Satan/the Devil and the Kingdom of Darkness
  1.3          OLD TESTAMENT ESCHATOLOGICAL WRITINGS             
                 1.3.1       Messianic Prophecies of the First Advent                     
                 1.3.2       Kingdom of God Prophecies                            
                 1.3.3       Parousia/The Day of the Lord/Millennial Kingdom Prophecies
                               1.3.3.1    Parousia Prophecies
                               1.3.3.2    Day of the Lord Prophecies              
                               1.3.3.3    Millennial Kingdom (Including the Restoration of Israel)          
  1.4          JESUS’ ESCHATOLOGICAL TEACHINGS
                 1.4.1       Kingdom of Heaven/God Teachings             
                 1.4.2       Parousia Teachings            
                 1.4.3       Lord’s Prayer/Words of Institution/Great Commission/Baptism
                 1.4.4       Author & Finisher/Alpha & Omega/Beginning & End Statements
  1.5          NEW TESTAMENT ESCHATOLOGICAL WRITINGS
  1.6          CONCLUSION   

PART 2:  A HISTORICAL-SYSTEMATIC TREATMENT OF THE ESCHATOLOGICAL GOSPELl                                       

  2.1          INTRODUCTION
  2.2          CHURCH FATHERS
  2.3          MEDIEVAL CHURCH THEOLOGIANS                     
 

2.4          REFORMATION, POST-REFORMATION AND SYSTEMATIC THEOLOGIANS                                                          

  2.5          ESCHATOLOGICAL THEOLOGIES AND CHRISTOLOGIES
 

2.6          TWENTIETH CENTURY EVANGELISTS AND THE ESCHATOLOGICAL GOSPEL
                 2.6.1       A. B. Simpson (1843-1919) & the Fourfold Gospel     
                 2.6.2       Aimee Semple McPherson (1890-1944) & the Foursquare Gospel          
                 2.6.3       Billy Graham (b. 1918) and the Eschatological Gospel              
                 2.6.4       Oral Roberts (b. 1918) and the Eschatological Gospel                
  2.7          CONCLUSION   

PART 3:  SATAN’S HISTORICAL-SYSTEMATIC DEVELOPMENT OF FALSE RELIGION AND HERESY
  3.1          INTRODUCTION
  3.2          GENESIS             
  3.3          1500 BC TO THE BIRTH OF CHRIST        
  3.4          THE BIRTH OF CHRIST TO THE BIRTH OF ISLAM            
  3.5          MEDIEVAL PERIOD AND RENAISSANCE               
                  3.5.1       Modern Witchcraft            
                  3.5.2       Modern Secular Humanism
                  3.5.3       Rosicrucians
  3.6            RATIONALISM AND ENLIGHTENMENT 
                   3.6.1       Freemasonry       
                   3.6.2       Illuminati             
  3.7            MODERN PERIOD            
                   3.7.1       Illuminati – 1830 to Present
                   3.7.2       Nineteenth Century – Others            
                   3.7.3       Twentieth Century – Others             
  3.8            CONCLUSION
PART 4:   CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS
  4.1            ESCHATOLOGICAL CHRONOLOGY
                   4.1.1       Chronology of the Eschatological Gospel
                   4.1.2       Chronology of False Religions/Heresies of Satan        
  4.2             SIGNS OF THE TIMES    
  4.3             CONCLUSION
 

4.4             RECOMMENDATIONS FOR TEACHING THE  ESCHATOLOGICAL GOSPEL IN THE 21ST CENTURY

  WORKS CONSULTED

 
 

 

 

 

 

 

  



 


 

 

Text Box: Assessment III   PRF 062   Professional Presentation