Excerpt from The Kingdom (Basileia): An Exegetical Study<br><br>The purpose of this book is not to argue, but to inquire; not to destroy, but to upbuild; not to dispraise creeds, but to exalt Christ; not to foster doubts about the King dom of God, but to strengthen loyalty to the King himself; not to lead the reader to any ecclesiastical river or to any theological lake, but to the Divine Fountain itself in brief, the purpose of this book is not polemic, but irenic. May grace be given the writer to steer his little craft between the Scylla of Rationalism and the Charybdis of Traditionalism.<br><br>The method of this book is not ecclesiastical; nor is it historical; nor is it syllogistic; the method is strictly angelica]. The citations are mainly from the more recent translations. While fully recognizing the value of modern researches in textual criticism, the author does not feel competent to discuss these critical questions, and there fore adheres to Westcott and Hort's Greek Text.<br><br>Of course there must be limitations of treatment on a theme so vast. Accordingly, the author mainly confines himself to those Scriptures in which the term Basileia (kingdom) occurs.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.