Download or read book The Beauty and Glory of the Last Things written by Joel R. Beeke and published by Reformation Heritage Books. This book was released on 2019-07-31 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We live in a challenging cultural moment; there are reasons for great alarm and concern in society around us and it’s easy to lose heart. Yet the Christian hope of the last things, so wonderfully disclosed in the Scriptures and so certainly embodied in our risen Savior, is a beacon of beauty and glory shining on our way as we traverse the ugly and the gloomy. In this book, you will encounter encouraging messages that address the end times from a variety of perspectives (exegetically, topically, historically, and experientially). Contributors include Michael P. V. Barrett, David Strain, Daniel Timmer, David P. Murray, Derek W. H. Thomas, Greg Salazar, Adriaan C. Neele, William VanDoodewaard, Joel R. Beeke, and Gerald Bilkes. Contents: Scriptural Studies 1.The Day of the Lord: Escaping the Inescapable (Zephaniah 1–2) —Michael P. V. Barrett 2. The Number of the Sealed (Revelation 7) —David Strain 3. The Last Battle (Revelation 19:11—20:15) —David Strain 4. Beauty and Glory in Revelation 21 and 22 —Daniel Timmer Topical Studies 5. The Signs of the Times —David P. Murray 6. Heaven —Derek W. H. Thomas 7. Jesus Believed in Hell: The Christian’s Modern Dilemma —Derek W. H. Thomas Historical Studies 8. The Beauty and Glory of the Puritan Millennium —Greg Salazar 9. Jonathan Edwards: Surprised by the Beauty and Glory of God —Adriaan C. Neele 10. Thomas Boston and the Kingdom of Heaven —William VanDoodewaard Experiential Studies 11. The Marriage of Christ and His Church (Revelation 19:7–9) —Joel R. Beeke 12. The Final Victory (1 Corinthians 15) —Gerald M. Bilkes