The Great Salvation. Thomas Williams

Author's Preface

       Part One: What it is and how to obtain it.

       Proposition

        1. It does make a difference what we believe

        2. There is only one Gospel that will save

        3. We must believe in the true God

        4. God is not a Trinity of persons, but One God

        5. Jesus Christ–Son of God by begettal, Son of man by birth

        6. The Holy Spirit not a person, but the effluence proceeding from God.

        7. The nature of man–mortal, a creature of the dust.

        8. Man dies, and is dead after he has died

        9. In death man is unconscious

        10. Resurrection the means of future life for the dead

        11. Immortality the gift of God to the righteous only

        12. Life as now possessed is not eternal, but a vapor that soon passeth away

        13. Everlasting life not a present possession, but a matter of hope

        14. The wicked and depraved who are not amenable die and remain dead

        15. The wicked who are responsible of the dead and living will be destroyed after judgment

        16. The soul not immortal, but is the mortal, bodily being called man

        17. Many learned men deny the immortality of the soul

        18. The spirit of man not an immortal entity, but the word is used for life, mind and disposition

        19. Immortality is God’s holy nature; the word “immortal” is never applied to man in his present state

        20. Eternal life is not a present actual possession, but is promised to the righteous only

        21. The wicked will not be preserved alive in torture, but will be destroyed

        22. Hell as employed in the Bible does not mean a place of eternal torture, but the grave and Gehenna

        23. The devil is not a personal monster dwelling in “hell” and yet everywhere present tempting all men, but is sin in the flesh

       Part Two:

        24. God has promised to bless and fill the earth with His glory

        25. The earth is to be the everlasting inheritance of the righteous not heaven

        26. The Gospel as embraced in the promises to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, is that the righteous through Christ shall inherit the earth for ever

        27. The promises to Abraham have never been fulfilled

        28. The seed in whom the Abrahamic promises are to be fulfilled is Christ

        29. God covenanted with David to establish a universal, glorious and everlasting kingdom on earth

        30. The covenant with David will be fulfilled in Christ’s possession of David’s restored throne

        31. The fulfillment of the covenants with Abraham and David involves the restoration of the twelve tribes under Christ.

        32. There will be a personal and literal return of Christ to the earth

       Part Three: What must I do to be saved?

        33. In Christ only can we obtain redemption

        34. Baptism is one of the conditions of salvation

        35. It is our duty after baptism to obey the commandments of Christ

       Part Four: Objections Answered

       Part Five: Who will “Meet the Lord in the air?”

      Author's Preface

       Table of Contents

      Preface to 1973 Edition

      The publication of this edition of six thousand copies of "The Great Salvation" completes the total printing of one hundred and five (105) thousand copies since it’s first appearance in 1893.

      It was prepared by the author, Thomas Williams, in connection with "The World's Columbian Exposition" held in Chicago in that year at which time thirteen thousand copies were distributed at a booth set up at the "World's Congress of Religions" held at the Chicago Art Institute.

      Since that time the work has continued in steady demand as the purposes for which it was prepared: "to present the only true plan of salvation in as clear and concise a form" as the circumstances called for, "and it’s merits as a means of heralding the