Eschatology—In the First Period (12)

In our preceding article we concluded our discussion of the doctrine of the resurrection of the body as set forth by the fathers during this early or first period of the church in the New Dispensation, during the years, 80-250 A.D. We have called attention to the return or second advent of our Lord Jesus Christ. It is evident from certain passages of the New Testament that even at the time of the apostles there was a rather general expectation of an early second coming of the Lord. The...