Table of Contents

 

A Necessary Introduction to the Reader

 

Volume I: The Church Realized

CHAPTER #1: The Gospel = “A Calling Out” into Separation

Introduction

Abraham’s Salvation

Isaac’s Salvation

Jacob’s Salvation

Israel’s Seed in the Exodus Generation

CHAPTER #2: The Church Defined at the Sinai Experience

The Church from its Beginning (Genesis) unto Abraham

In Retrospect from Abraham to the Exodus Generation

        The Sinai Experience: The Descent of God’s Immediate Presence

        A Law to Regulate the People, Place, & Environment among which God Dwells

The Church Defined, Recalled, & Revived

CHAPTER #3: Rules of the Union

Becoming “God’s People”, The Controversy

        The Controversy Begins: “The Great Pause” & a Generation Lost

Israel as “God’s People”, The Implications

        Salvation & Damnation in Reference to “The Face of God”

 

CHAPTER #4: The GLORY OF GOD Departing & Returning to “The Church”

The GLORY OF GOD Departing & Returning to “The Church”

Divine Acceptance or Divine Rejection

 

CHAPTER #5: The Prerogative for & Performance of Church Purity

The Immediate Presence of God = Immediate Judgments Against Sin

        Judgment Among God’s People: The Old Testament

        Judgment Among God’s People: The New Testament

The Church = “The Called-Out Ones”  

        The Spiritual Focus & Intentionality of a NT Church Assembly

 

CHAPTER #6: Divinely Empowered Civil Justice (i.e. The Kingdom of God)

The Anatomy of The Church as a Civilization

The Vision Unfolded in Five Themes

Theme #1

 

CHAPTER #7: Divinely Empowered Civil Justice, Theme #2

Theme #2

        Chapter 1: A Fit Introduction to The Book of Proverbs

        An Awareness of God’s Imminent Judgment

Unlawful Sex

Thievery

Covetousness

Love for God

Love for the Brethren

Bridling the Tongue

 

CHAPTER #8: Divinely Empowered Civil Justice, Theme #3

Theme #3

        Civil Justice was Effective to Save

Bridling the Tongue

Dishonesty & Slothfulness

Thievery

Covetousness via Oppressing the Poor

Fighting

Scorners & Fools

        When Civil Justice was Ineffective to Save

 

CHAPTER #9: Divinely Empowered Civil Justice, Theme #4 & Theme #5

Theme #4

        “A Little Leaven”

        Becoming an Abomination to the LORD

Theme #5

        The Dead-End of Injustice – God Rules

 

Volume II: Popular Misconceptions Corrected

CHAPTER #10: Jesus Christ’s Perspective of Judaism (i.e. The Sermon on the Mount)

Old Testament Righteousness & Regeneration – in summary

Misconceptions of Jesus Christ’s Reformation via “The Sermon on the Mount”

        Old Testament MORAL COMMANDMENT #1

        Old Testament MORAL COMMANDMENT #2

        Old Testament MORAL COMMANDMENT #3

        Old Testament MORAL COMMANDMENT #4

        Old Testament MORAL COMMANDMENT #5

        Old Testament MORAL COMMANDMENT #6

 

CHAPTER #11: A Regulator of Church Purity: The Ceremonial Law

Introduction

        The OT & NT Covenant Agreement: God-and-Man United in Peace

Old Testament Righteousness & Regeneration – ceremonially speaking

        Sacrifices

        Washings

        Clean & Unclean

        Lifting Up of Hands

        Rending Garments & Fasting

        Crying Aloud

        The Second Birth

Separation from Once-Born Imposters

 

CHAPTER #12: True Judaism & False Judaism According to the Book of Romans  

The Law in the Book of Romans

        Romans Chapter 2

        Romans Chapter 3

        Romans Chapter 4

        Romans Chapter 5

        Romans Chapters 6:1-7:14

        Romans Chapters 7:15-8:17

        Romans Chapters 9:1-10:21

 

CHAPTER #13: A Regulator of Church Purity: The Moral Law

Old Testament Righteousness & Regeneration – morally speaking

Moral Degeneration: No Willful Sinners Allowed in Israel, The Church

        A Whole-Hearted Pursuit of God – DEFINED

The Spirituality of the Law

        A Historical & Progressive Development of Doctrine & Explanation Regarding “The Spirituality of the Law” in the Salvation Experience of the Church from Generation to Generation prior to the Moral Law

        A Historical & Progressive Development of Doctrine & Explanation Regarding “The Spirituality of the Law” in its Moral Expression via the Lifestyles & Relationships of Everyday Church Members

        In Relationship to the Word of God, Spiritually Speaking, the Israelites were Violent Seekers after the LORD!

The Moral Law is a Tutor Depicting God’s Personality

        Point #1

        Point #2

        Point #3

        Point #4

The Grounds & Enforcement of the Moral Law via “The Death Penalty”

        Summary of Merciless Punishments

        Summary of Merciful Punishments

        The Element of Continuance

Thievery

Unlawful Sex

Un-Charitable Neglect

Fighting & Murder

        The Old Testament & New Testament Warnings in Perfect Alignment

 

CHAPTER #14: Tares Among the Wheat

THE MYSTERY- A Look at the Historical Context of the 1st Century

Jesus Christ’s Parables Are Snapshots of Unutterable Mysteries

        The Parable of the Sower

Notable Perplexities: parabolic words that, by definition, defy Doctrinal Rules

        Example #1: see the word “fear” used in 2 Kings 17:32-33, & 41

        Example #2: see the word “believe” used in John 8:31

        Example #3: see the word “believe” used in Luke 8:13

        Other Examples

The Doctrinal Rule of Church Purity, Seemingly Defied?

        The Tares Among the Wheat

        The Fishing Drag-Net in the Sea

 

APPENDIX #1: A 2-Stage, Populous Distinct, Chronology of Judgment

Introduction

The Old Testament

A Diversity of Judgments & the 1st Advent of Christ

The New Testament

        The Popular Interpretation

        The Arbitrary Judgment of the World Prior to the 2nd Advent of Christ

        General Statements of NT Qualification

        Saint-to-Saint Judgment in OT & NT Parallelism

        The Moral Law (“the Righteousness of the Law”) is the Definitive Ingredient

        Preventative Judgment: Saint-to-Saint Judgment Prior to the Death Penalty in the OT

        Preventative Judgment: Saint-to-Saint Judgment Prior to Excommunication in the NT

        Saint-to-Saint Discernment & Accountability in Relationship to God & Angelic Judgment

Spiritual Judgments

        Saint-to-Saint Judgment unto Excommunication in the NT – the Binding & Loosing Powers

        When Saint-to-Saint Judgment is Neglected in the OT

        When Saint-to-Saint Judgment is Neglected in the NT

 

Volume III: A Clean Place

CHAPTER #15: The Church is “A Clean Place”

Introducing The Church as “A Clean Place”

The Assembly

        In the Old Testament – how it was

        In the Consummation – how it will be

        In the New Testament – how it is

The Congregation

        In the Old Testament – how it was

        In the Consummation – how it will be

        In the New Testament – how it is

 

CHAPTER #16: The Land of Israel & Judah, The Kingdom of God, The City of Jerusalem & Mount Zion

The Old Testament – how it was

        The Land of Israel & Judah

        The Kingdom of God

        The City of Jerusalem

        Mount Zion

The Consummation – how it will be

        The Land of Israel & Judah

        The Kingdom of God

        The City of Jerusalem

        Mount Zion

The New Testament – how it is

        The Land of Israel & Judah

        The Kingdom of God

        The City of Jerusalem

        Mount Zion

 

CHAPTER #17: The Temple, Tabernacle, House, & Sanctuary of God

In The Old Testament – how it was

        “Who then is able to stand before Me?” 

        The Code of the Priesthood

In The New Testament & in The Consummation – how it is & how it will be

        The Code of the Priesthood

        The Stones of God’s Temple

        Saved by Fire – burning works

        The Baptism of Fire – a corporate burning

In Conclusion to Chapters 15, 16, & 17

 

CHAPTER #18: The Old Testament Ceremonial Law Fulfilled by Christ & Disannulled for Christians

Fulfilled – Disannulled – Destroyed?

        The Moral Law

        The Ceremonial Law

The Disannulment of the Old Testament Clean & Unclean Laws

        Territorial Uncleanness

 

CHAPTER #19: Matthew’s Cohesive Argument the Jesus of Nazareth was and is the Messiah

An Introduction: Verified, Born, Hunted, Credentialed, & Distinct

What His Deeds Preached: A Message, Ministry, and Person Defended & Confirmed!

The Accolades of a Reformer during “The Time of Reformation”

CHAPTER #20: Old Testament Clean & Unclean Laws Explicitly Cited & Applied as Exemplary Shadows for New Testament Realities

Don’t Be Deceived: 1st Century Judaism & 21st Century Christianity Exist in Antithetical Trajectories of Apostasy

        Jewish Law Forbade Company with Sinners

        NT Law Forbids Christian Fellowship/Company with Sinners

CHAPTER #21: New Testament Clean & Unclean Laws Defined

What is New Testament Separatism?

Filthiness

        All the World Guilty = All the World Filthy

Pollution & Corruption

        A General Introduction: A Survey of Specified Sin & Foundational Word-Usage

        The Activity of the Dead and Dying Spiritualized

        The Proceedings of and Counteraction Against Spiritual Corruption

        A Health-Hazard: A Careless & Unconscious Touch

Uncleanness & Defiled

        General Uncleanness & Inward Uncleanness via Unforgiven Sin

        The Salvation Experience in Terms of Cleanliness

        The Prerogative of Self-Mortification

        The Spiritual Activity of the Once-Born and Backslidden

        Cleanliness in the Totality of our Human Faculties

The Lawful Terms Which Communicate the Operation of NT Redemption

        Faith, Anointing Oil Garments, Daily Sacrifices, Blood-Sprinkling, Water-Washing, Holiness, Sanctification, Separation, Consecration, Purity, Cleansing, Purging