‘His Favourite People’: John Gill on the Jews, National Israel, and the Latter-Day Glory of the Church

This article examines the eschatological perspective of John Gill (1697–1771), focusing on his views regarding the future role of ethnic Jews in God's end-times plan. Gill, influenced by his Reformed predecessors, considered the church to be the “mystical spiritual Israel of God,” comprising bo...

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Main Author: Mesa, Ivan E. (Author)
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Published: Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group 2024
In: Baptist quarterly
Year: 2024, Volume: 55, Issue: 3, Pages: 134–150
RelBib Classification:BH Judaism
CC Christianity and Non-Christian religion; Inter-religious relations
KAH Church history 1648-1913; modern history
KBL Near East and North Africa
KDG Free church
NBQ Eschatology
Further subjects:B Baptists
B Millenarianism
B Jews
B English Baptists
B Calvinistic
B Jewish-Christian relations
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