Elpis Israel

John Thomas · first published 1849 · ninth edition (1910) · about 254,000 words

Transcribed from the scans at antipas.org and proofread against the page images. The text keeps the original spelling, the printer’s misprints and the Bible references as they were printed. These are historical texts in the language of their day; the teaching of this site is set out in its own beliefs and Bible studies.

1. Biographical Notespp. xi–xiv
2. Author’s Prefacepp. xv–xxii
3. Publisher’s Notespp. xxiii–xxiv
4. Part First. The Rudiments of the World
5. Chapter I. The Necessity of a Revelationpp. 1–9
6. Chapter II. The Creation of the Earth and Manpp. 10–73 · 4 pages online
7. Chapter III. God’s Law, and How Sin Entered into the Worldpp. 74–106 · 3 pages online
8. Chapter IV. The Sentence of Death—The Ruin of the Old World, and the Preservation of a Remnantpp. 107–142 · 3 pages online
9. Chapter V. Immortality, Religion, “Clergy” and “Laity”pp. 143–167
10. Chapter VI. The Present World in Relation to the World to Comepp. 168–187
11. Part Second. The Things of the Kingdom of God, and the Name of Jesus Christ
12. Chapter I. The Gospel of the Kingdom in Relation to Israel and the Gentilespp. 188–218
13. Chapter II. The Gospel Preached to Abraham. His Faith and Workspp. 219–261 · 3 pages online
14. Chapter III. The Gospel Preached to Isaac and Jacob. The Scripture Doctrine of Electionpp. 262–285
15. Chapter IV. The Gospel in Relation to the Mosaic Economypp. 286–307
16. Chapter V. Things Concerning the Name of Jesus Christpp. 308–320
17. Part Third. The Kingdoms of the World in Relation to the Kingdom of God
18. Chapter I. Nebuchadnezzar’s Image.—The Hand of God in Human Historypp. 321–350
19. Chapter II. Roman Babylon and the Resurrection of the Witnessespp. 351–362
20. Chapter III. The “Vials of the Wrath of God”—Armageddonpp. 363–389
21. Chapter IV. The Eastern Question Before Christpp. 390–412
22. Chapter V. The Eastern Question in the Time of the Endpp. 413–437
23. Chapter VI. The Resurrection of Israel—The Second Exodus—The Millennium—“The End”pp. 438–457
24. Appendixpp. 476–480
25. Chronikon Hebraikon: Prefatory Remarkspp. CH 5–CH 9
26. First Period: From the Creation to the Delugepp. CH 9–CH 11
27. Second Period: The Postdiluvian Patriarchalpp. CH 12–CH 15
28. Third Periodpp. CH 16–CH 19
29. Fourth Periodpp. CH 20–CH 23
30. Fifth Periodpp. CH 23–CH 24
31. Sixth Periodpp. CH 25–CH 28
32. Seventh Periodpp. CH 29–CH 36
33. Eighth Periodpp. CH 37–CH 41
34. Ninth Periodpp. CH 42–CH 43
35. Appendixpp. CH 45–CH 48