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《末世大辩论》迪恩·戴维斯The Great End Time Debate – Davis

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    This book is in fulfillment of a promise.

    这本书是为了履行一个承诺。

    Back in 2014 I published The High King of Heaven: Discovering the Master Keys to the Great End Time Debate (HKOH).

    早在2014年,我出版了《天国大君王:发现末世大辩论的主钥匙》(HKOH)。

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    I meant it to be a short but comprehensive discussion of biblical eschatology: of the eras and events associated with “the last days” and the fulfillment of God’s plan of salvation.

    我的本意是要它成为对圣经末世论的简短但全面的讨论:关于与”末后的日子”相关的时代和事件,以及神救恩计划的成就。

    Well, my short discussion came in at 721 pages!

    然而,我的简短讨论最终达到了721页!

    On the one hand, that didn’t bother me too much, for I felt the book made a significant contribution to the scholarly debate on this subject.

    一方面,这并没有太困扰我,因为我觉得这本书为这个主题的学术辩论做出了重大贡献。

    But on the other hand, it bothered me a great deal, for as it grew I increasingly realized that I was leaving thousands of God’s busy children with a more modest appetite for eschatology in the dust.

    但另一方面,这让我很苦恼,因为随着书的增长,我越来越意识到我把成千上万忙碌的神的儿女抛在了后面,他们对末世论只有较为温和的兴趣。

    So in the preface to the HKOH I promised to write an abridged version—a shorter book that would give my readers the gist of the longer volume.

    所以在HKOH的序言中,我承诺要写一个删节版——一本更短的书,为我的读者提供那本长书的要点。

    This is that book.

    这就是那本书。

    Nevertheless, as you can see, it’s still no cakewalk.

    然而,正如你所看到的,它仍然不是轻松的事。

    That’s because my goal here is the same as it was for the HKOH: to introduce you to every aspect of the Great End Time Debate, and to help you discern the winner once and for all.

    这是因为我在这里的目标与HKOH的目标相同:向你介绍末世大辩论的每个方面,并帮助你一劳永逸地辨别胜者。

    It’s an ambitious goal.

    这是一个宏大的目标。

    As the Contents page reveals, it involves defining the debate, isolating the four underlying issues that keep it going, discovering the biblical method for resolving those issues, applying that method to the issues themselves, and then deciding which of the competing schools of biblical eschatology is actually telling us the truth.

    正如目录页所显示的,它涉及定义辩论,分离出维持辩论进行的四个根本问题,发现解决这些问题的圣经方法,将该方法应用于问题本身,然后决定圣经末世论的哪个竞争学派实际上在告诉我们真理。

    Yes, the journey ahead will be challenging, but also of deep interest and great importance.

    是的,前面的旅程将是充满挑战的,但也是极其有趣和非常重要的。

    That’s because our destination is one of the highest peaks in all Scripture: the mountaintop where the High King himself grants his people a clear vision of their one true Blessed Hope.

    这是因为我们的目的地是整部圣经中最高的峰之一:天国大君王祂自己赐给祂的百姓他们唯一真正福乐盼望之清晰异象的山顶。

    We cannot do without it.

    我们不能没有它。

    In all likelihood we are living in the last of the last days.

    很可能我们正生活在末后日子的末了。

    The Church’s long journey through the howling wilderness of the fallen world system is coming to an end.

    教会通过堕落世界体系嚎叫旷野的漫长旅程即将结束。

    The armies of light and darkness are gathering for the Last Battle.

    光明和黑暗的军队正在为最后的战争聚集。

    Therefore, the Israel of God must be fully equipped: ready to fight the good fight, complete the Great Commission, and pass over into the Beautiful Land.

    因此,神的以色列必须完全装备:准备好打美好的仗,完成大使命,并进入美地。

    Brothers and sisters, as ever, our much-needed provision is in the hand of the High King of Heaven.

    弟兄姐妹们,一如既往,我们急需的供应在天国大君王的手中。

    And so, with love and longing, he cries out to us all: “Come up here! I want to prepare you for the last leg of your journey. You’re almost home!”

    所以,祂带着爱和渴慕向我们所有人呼喊:”上到这里来!我要为你们旅程的最后一段做准备。你们快到家了!”

    Shall we head out?

    我们要出发吗?

    Preface

    序言

    Acknowledgments

    致谢

    Part I: Introducing the Great End Time Debate

    第一部分:介绍末世大辩论

    1. What is Biblical Eschatology?
    2. 什么是圣经末世论?
    3. Issues in the Great End Time Debate
    4. 末世大辩论中的争议
    5. Options in the Great End Time Debate
    6. 末世大辩论中的选择
    7. The Key to the Great End Time Debate
    8. 末世大辩论的钥匙

    Part II: Understanding the Kingdom of God

    第二部分:理解神的国

    1. The Old Testament on the Promise of the Kingdom
    2. 旧约关于国度应许
    3. The New Testament on the Coming of the Kingdom
    4. 新约关于国度的来临

    Part III: Understanding Old Testament Kingdom Prophecy

    第三部分:理解旧约国度预言

    1. New Testament Principles for Interpreting Old Testament Kingdom Prophecy
    2. 解释旧约国度预言的新约原则
    3. Old Testament Kingdom Prophecies Considered: Psalms, Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel
    4. 旧约国度预言考察:诗篇、以赛亚书、耶利米书、以西结书
    5. Old Testament Kingdom Prophecies Considered: Daniel, Zechariah
    6. 旧约国度预言考察:但以理书、撒迦利亚书

    Part IV: Understanding the Millennium

    第四部分:理解千禧年

    1. The Revelation: Introduction and Overview
    2. 启示录:介绍和概览
    3. Revelation 20: The Meaning of the Millennium
    4. 启示录二十章:千禧年的意义

    Part V: Understanding the Consummation

    第五部分:理解终极成全

    1. The Purpose, Structure, and Unity of the Consummation
    2. 终极成全的目的、结构和统一性
    3. Crucial New Testament Texts Dealing with the Consummation
    4. 处理终极成全的关键新约经文
    5. The Consummation: A Biblical Scenario
    6. 终极成全:圣经情景

    Part VI: Resolving the Great End Time Debate

    第六部分:解决末世大辩论

    1. Options in Biblical Eschatology: an Amillennial Critique
    2. 圣经末世论的选择:无千禧年论批判
    3. Amillennialism: An Eschatology for These Last Days
    4. 无千禧年论:这末后日子的末世论

    Appendices

    附录

    I: Old Testament Kingdom Prophecies Listed

    一:旧约国度预言列表

    II: New Testament Texts Touching on the Parousia/Consummation

    二:涉及再临/终极成全的新约经文

    III: Biblical Prophecies of the Last Battle

    三:最后战争的圣经预言

    IV: The Creeds of Christendom on the Consummation

    四:基督教世界关于终极成全的信条

    Endnotes

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