Puritan Hope

This is a study, both historical & exegetical, of the hope, held by many in the Puritan movement & by many of their theological successors, of worldwide revival & blessing to both Jews & Gentiles before the second advent of Christ.This is the Puritan hope of the title. It is based on careful exegesis of Old Testament prophecy & of Romans chapter eleven in the New Testament & is reflected in the writings & preaching, not only of the Puritans & Scottish Covenanters, but of such eighteenth-century figures as Jonathan Edwards & many of the pioneers of the modern missionary movement. Drawing extensively on historical sources, Murray attractively portrays the piety & courage of these leaders of the seventeenth, eighteenth & nineteenth centuries & explains the decline of the Puritan hope under the influence of millenarian speculations in the latter part of this period. His work is a helpful counter to the pessimism regarding the future of the gospel of Christ in the world during the present age & incidentally throws fresh light on the meaning of the millennium of Revelation chapter 20 & on the fulfilment of other events prophesied in Scripture.Murray, Iain H. is the author of 'Puritan Hope' with ISBN 9780851512471 and ISBN 085151247X.