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Israelology: The Missing Link in Systematic Theology – An All-Time Classic

A Biblical Theology of the Kingdom of God

by Arnold Fruchtenbaum

This ground breaking work is the first to create an entire systematic theology of all that the Scriptures say in regard to the people of Israel. As such, Israelology fills a tremendously neglected void, while affecting nearly every other segment of systematic theology and directly addressing a crucial point of division in evangelical theology today.

Dr Fruchtenbaum’s masterful work, written over a 13 year period to earn his PhD. from New York University, exhaustively surveys every aspect of Israel’s past, present and future from the perspective of four major schools of theology (postmillennialism, amillennialism, premillennialism, and dispensationalism). It’s far reaching conclusion is that only the last, with its clear distinction between Israel and the church, can, in fact, provide a systematized biblical doctrine of Israel. But even dispensationalists, while organizing every other Scriptural theme from ecclesiology to soteriology to eschatology, have failed to develop a systematic theology of one of the Bible’s most integral subjects, Israel. Until now . . . Israelology pioneers a full dispensational approach to this topic, proving that it is central to a proper systematic theology, and thus, critical in terms of issues such as Messiah’s return, evangelism, anti-Semitism, and ultimately, God’s entire agenda for Jews and Gentiles alike.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

PART 1: INTRODUCTION TO THE KINGDOM PROGRAM

1. The Importance of the Kingdom
2. Proper Starting Points For Understanding the Kingdom
3. God’s Sovereign Universal Kingdom

PART TWO: THE KINGDOM PROGRAM IN THE OLD TESTAMENT

1. The Kingdom and Creation (Genesis 1-11)
2. The Kingdom and the Abrahamic Covenant (Genesis 12-50)
3. The Kingdom at the Time of Moses
4. The Kingdom From Israel’s Conquest Through Captivity
5. The Kingdom in the Royal Psalms
6. The Kingdom in Isaiah
7. The Kingdom in Jeremiah
8. The Kingdom in Ezekiel
9. The Kingdom in Daniel
10. The Kingdom in the Minor Prophets
11. A Summary of the Kingdom Program in the Old Testament

PART THREE: THE KINGDOM PROGRAM IN THE NEW TESTAMENT

1. Kingdom Expectations at the Time of Jesus’ Birth (Matthew 1-2 and Luke 1-2)
2. The “At Hand” Kingdom (Matthew 3:2 and 4:17)
3. The Kingdom of God vs. The Kingdom of Satan (Matthew 4:1-11)
4. Miracles and Previews of the Kingdom (Matthew 4:23-24)
5. The Kingdom in the Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 5-7)
6. The Kingdom Presented and Rejected (Matthew 8-12)
7. Mysteries of the Kingdom (Matthew 13)
8. The Church, the Cross, and the Kingdom Preview (Matthew 14-17)
9. Greatness and Rewards in the Kingdom (Matthew 18-20)
10. The In-your-Midst Kingdom (Luke 17:20-21 and Matthew 12:28)
11. The Kingdom and Jesus’ Final Entry Into Jerusalem (Luke 19 and Matthew 21-23)
12. The Kingdom in the Olivet Discourse (Matthew 24-25 and Luke 21)
13. The Kingdom and the Messiah’s Passion
14. The Kingdom in Acts
15. The Kingdom in Paul’s Epistles
16. The Kingdom in Hebrews
17. The Kingdom in Revelation 1-18
18. The Millennial Kingdom (Revelation 19-20)
19. The Eternal Kingdom (Revelation 21:1-22:5)
20. Summary of the Kingdom Program in the New Testament

PART FOUR: THEOLOGICAL ISSUES AND THE KINGDOM PROGRAM

1. How the Kingdom Relates to the Bible’s Main Characters
2. The Kingdom Connection Between Adam and the Last Adam
3. The Necessity of a Coming Earthly Kingdom
4. Fulfillment and the Davidic Covenant

CONCLUSION

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1018 pages

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