Messianic Intermezzo

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Van Ruler's Doctrine of the Messianic Intermezzo, and it's implications for understanding the Old Testament.</H1> <P ALIGN="CENTER"><STRONG>Garth Hodnett</STRONG></P> <BR><HR>  <A NAME="CHILD_LINKS"></A> <UL> <LI><A NAME="tex2html446" HREF="node1.html">Contents</A> <LI><A NAME="tex2html447" HREF="node2.html">About the Author</A> <LI><A NAME="tex2html448" HREF="node3.html">Introduction</A> <UL> <LI><A NAME="tex2html449" HREF="node4.html">Outline</A> </UL> <LI><A NAME="tex2html450" HREF="node5.html">The Messianic Intermezzo</A> <UL> <LI><A NAME="tex2html451" HREF="node6.html">The Messianic Intermezzo.</A> <LI><A NAME="tex2html452" HREF="node7.html">The motive of the Incarnation.</A> <LI><A NAME="tex2html453" HREF="node8.html">The Person and Work of Christ.</A> <LI><A NAME="tex2html454" HREF="node9.html">Jesus the Christ.</A> <LI><A NAME="tex2html455" HREF="node10.html">Jesus and the Kingdom.</A> <LI><A NAME="tex2html456" HREF="node11.html">The kingdom is present but also future.</A> <LI><A NAME="tex2html457" HREF="node12.html">The Present Kingdom.</A> <LI><A NAME="tex2html458" HREF="node13.html">The kingdom of Christ and the kingdom of God.</A> <LI><A NAME="tex2html459" HREF="node14.html">The Messianic Intermezzo.</A> <LI><A NAME="tex2html460" HREF="node15.html">The Crucified God and the Messianic Intermezzo.</A> </UL> <LI><A NAME="tex2html461" HREF="node16.html">History and Eschatology</A> <UL> <LI><A NAME="tex2html462" HREF="node17.html">The Kingdom of God.</A> <LI><A NAME="tex2html463" HREF="node18.html">Some different understandings of the kingdom of God.</A> <LI><A NAME="tex2html464" HREF="node19.html">Van Ruler's understanding of the kingdom.</A> <LI><A NAME="tex2html465" HREF="node20.html">The Transcendence of the Kingdom.</A> <LI><A NAME="tex2html466" HREF="node21.html">The Immanence of the Kingdom.</A> <LI><A NAME="tex2html467" HREF="node22.html">The Kingdom of God and History.</A> <LI><A NAME="tex2html468" HREF="node23.html">The Meaning of History.</A> <LI><A NAME="tex2html469" HREF="node24.html">Jesus Christ and The Kingdom of God.</A> <LI><A NAME="tex2html470" HREF="node25.html">Infralapsarianism Versus Supralapsarianism.</A> <LI><A NAME="tex2html471" HREF="node26.html">The Original and Final Purpose of Creation.</A> </UL> <LI><A NAME="tex2html472" HREF="node27.html">Salvation and Glorification</A> <UL> <LI><A NAME="tex2html473" HREF="node28.html">The Resurrection and the Ascension.</A> <LI><A NAME="tex2html474" HREF="node29.html">Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit.</A> <LI><A NAME="tex2html475" HREF="node30.html">The Holy Spirit and the Kingdom of Christ.</A> <LI><A NAME="tex2html476" HREF="node31.html">The appropriation of Salvation by man.</A> <LI><A NAME="tex2html477" HREF="node32.html">The fragmentary synthesis of redemption and Creation.</A> <LI><A NAME="tex2html478" HREF="node33.html">Church and State.</A> <LI><A NAME="tex2html479" HREF="node34.html">Kingdom and Covenant.</A> <LI><A NAME="tex2html480" HREF="node35.html">The Goal of History.</A> <LI><A NAME="tex2html481" HREF="node36.html">Christ will deliver the kingdom to the Father.</A> <LI><A NAME="tex2html482" HREF="node37.html">Christians in order to be men.</A> </UL> <LI><A NAME="tex2html483" HREF="node38.html">The Relationship of the Israelitic Torah and Christian History</A> <UL> <LI><A NAME="tex2html484" HREF="node39.html">The Old Testament and the Torah.</A> <LI><A NAME="tex2html485" HREF="node40.html">The Law of God</A> <LI><A NAME="tex2html486" HREF="node41.html">The Fulfillment of the Old Testament.</A> <LI><A NAME="tex2html487" HREF="node42.html">The Christian Church and the Old Testament</A> <LI><A NAME="tex2html488" HREF="node43.html">The Importance of the Old Testament.</A> </UL> <LI><A NAME="tex2html489" HREF="node44.html">Conclusion</A> <UL> <LI><A NAME="tex2html490" HREF="node45.html">The Trinity</A> <LI><A NAME="tex2html491" HREF="node46.html">Predestination and God's Eternal Decree.</A> <LI><A NAME="tex2html492" HREF="node47.html">The Kingdom and the Law.</A> <LI><A NAME="tex2html493" HREF="node48.html">Conclusion</A> </UL> <LI><A NAME="tex2html494" HREF="node49.html">About this document ...</A> </UL>  <HR>  <A NAME="tex2html444" HREF="node1.html" TARGET="body"> <IMG WIDTH="37" HEIGHT="24" ALIGN="BOTTOM" BORDER="0" ALT="next" SRC="next.png"></A> <IMG WIDTH="26" HEIGHT="24" ALIGN="BOTTOM" BORDER="0" ALT="up" SRC="up_g.png"> <IMG WIDTH="63" HEIGHT="24" ALIGN="BOTTOM" BORDER="0" ALT="previous" SRC="prev_g.png"> <BR> <B> Next:</B> <A NAME="tex2html445" HREF="node1.html" TARGET="body">Contents</A>  <ADDRESS> <I>Tim Hawes</I> <BR><I>2001-09-21</I> </ADDRESS> </BODY>