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Appendix H: Topical Index

This index covers topics substantively discussed in each chapter. Chapter numbers refer to Chapters 1-30. Other abbreviations: Prologue, Preface, Epilogue, App. A through App. G.

Theology

  • Absolute predestination - Ch. 1, Ch. 2, Ch. 5, Ch. 11, Ch. 14, Ch. 19

  • Accountability vs. responsibility - Ch. 19, App. F

  • Active obedience of Christ - Ch. 15

  • Adoption - Ch. 15

  • Already/not-yet distinction (experiential, not actual) - Ch. 15

  • Amillennialism - Ch. 27

  • Annihilationism (rejected as false dilemma) - Ch. 28

  • Antichrist (many, not one future figure) - App. A

  • Antinomianism (redefined: lowering the law, not resting in Christ) - Ch. 20

  • Atonement, particular/limited - Ch. 12, Ch. 15, Ch. 19

  • Author of evil, God as - Ch. 1, Ch. 5, Ch. 11, Ch. 13, App. A

  • Baptism of the Holy Spirit (equals regeneration) - Ch. 22, App. A

  • Campless theology (belonging to no camp) - Preface, Ch. 30

  • Common grace (denied) - Ch. 19, App. A, App. B, App. F

  • Condemnation of the gospel vs. curse of the law - Ch. 12, Ch. 28

  • Conscience - App. A

  • Continuous sanctification - see Sanctification, positional/continuous

  • Covenant of grace - Ch. 7, Ch. 8, Ch. 9

  • Covenant of redemption - Ch. 7, App. B

  • Covenant of works (at Sinai) - Ch. 8, Ch. 20

  • Covenant theology, standard (critique of) - Ch. 5, Ch. 7, Ch. 8, App. B

  • Covenants as personal promises, not contracts - Ch. 1, Ch. 7, Ch. 8, Ch. 10

  • Creation, doctrine of - Ch. 1, Ch. 3, Ch. 4

  • Decrees of God - Ch. 2, Ch. 5, App. C

  • Deism (rejected) - Ch. 1, Ch. 6

  • Demons (created evil, not fallen angels) - Ch. 13, App. A

  • Depravity, total - Ch. 11, Ch. 14

  • Dichotomy (body and soul) - App. A

  • Dispensationalism (critique of) - Ch. 5, Ch. 27, App. A, App. B

  • Dreams - App. A

  • Elect angels (created impeccable) - Ch. 12, Ch. 28, App. A

  • Election, unconditional - Ch. 5, Ch. 12, Ch. 15, Ch. 30, App. C

  • Equal ultimacy - Ch. 5, Ch. 12

  • Eternal justification - see Justification from eternity

  • Eternity (nature of, as absence of time) - Ch. 2

  • Evil spirit from the Lord (1 Samuel 16:14) - Ch. 13

  • Exorcisms (previews of higher-resolution rendering) - App. A

  • Faith as gift, not duty - Ch. 15, Ch. 16, Ch. 19, Ch. 30

  • Federal headship (rejected) - Ch. 7, Ch. 11, App. A, App. B

  • Filling of the Spirit (distinct from baptism) - App. A

  • Glorification - Ch. 15, Ch. 28, Ch. 29

  • God’s holiness and evil - Ch. 13

  • Grace, irresistible - Ch. 16, Ch. 25

  • Hardening of hearts (Pharaoh) - App. A

  • Historicism (eschatological) - Ch. 27

  • Hypostatic union - Ch. 6

  • Idealism (mind precedes matter) - Ch. 1, Ch. 3

  • Image of God (elect only) - Ch. 12, Ch. 17, App. A

  • Imputation of Christ’s righteousness - Ch. 15

  • Incarnation - Ch. 6

  • Infralapsarianism (critique of) - Ch. 5, Ch. 12, App. C

  • Intelligent design (critique of, distinguished from authorship) - Ch. 1, Ch. 3, Ch. 4

  • Intermediate state - App. A

  • “It is finished” - Ch. 15, Ch. 19

  • Justification from eternity - Ch. 2, Ch. 10, Ch. 15

  • Kenosis (emptying of Christ) - Ch. 6

  • Kingdom of God (spiritual, not physical) - Ch. 27

  • Law of Plato - see Plato, law of

  • Means and regeneration (debate assessed) - App. A

  • Millennium (present age) - Ch. 27

  • Miracles (previews of higher-resolution rendering) - Ch. 29

  • Monergism - Ch. 15, Ch. 16, Ch. 19, Ch. 30

  • Natural disasters (authored, not punishment for specific sins) - App. A

  • New Covenant Theology (critique of) - Ch. 5, Ch. 8, App. B

  • Ordo salutis (MCT) - Ch. 15

  • Original sin (without federal headship) - Ch. 7, Ch. 11

  • Pantheism (rejected) - Ch. 1

  • Partial preterism - Ch. 27

  • Permission, divine (rejected as concept) - Ch. 1, Ch. 5, Ch. 11, Ch. 13

  • Perseverance/preservation of the saints - Ch. 15, App. A

  • Plato, law of - Ch. 1, Ch. 5, Ch. 7, Ch. 10, Ch. 13, Ch. 18

  • Posse peccare (ability to sin, critique of) - Ch. 11, Ch. 13

  • Postmillennialism (critique of) - Ch. 27

  • Predestination - Prologue, Ch. 1, Ch. 2, Ch. 5, Ch. 11, Ch. 14

  • Premillennialism (critique of) - Ch. 27

  • Progressive revelation - see Progressive rendering

  • Progressive rendering (not progressive covenant) - Ch. 9, Ch. 22

  • Prophet, Priest, King (offices of Christ) - Ch. 6

  • Providence - Ch. 5

  • Rapture (pretribulational, rejected) - App. A

  • Regeneration - Ch. 15, Ch. 16

  • Reprobation - Ch. 5, Ch. 12, Ch. 19, Ch. 28

  • Resurrection body - Ch. 29

  • Sabbath - Ch. 20, App. A

  • Sanctification, positional/continuous - Ch. 15, Ch. 18, App. B

  • Sanctification, progressive (rejected) - Ch. 18

  • Second coming of Christ - Ch. 27, App. A

  • Sin, nature of - Ch. 1, Ch. 11, Ch. 14

  • Sovereignty of God - Prologue, Ch. 1, Ch. 2, Ch. 5, Ch. 14, Ch. 21, Ch. 30

  • Spiritual warfare (demons as authored instruments, not rogue agents) - Ch. 13, App. A

  • Supralapsarianism - Ch. 5, Ch. 6, App. B, App. C

  • Theodicy / problem of evil - Ch. 1, Ch. 5, Ch. 13, App. A

  • Three divisions of the law (moral/ceremonial/civil, rejected) - Ch. 20

  • Time (as rendering constraint) - Ch. 2, Ch. 4

  • Tribulation (largely fulfilled in AD 70) - Ch. 27, App. A

  • Trinity - Ch. 6, Ch. 7

  • TULIP - Ch. 5, Ch. 12, Ch. 15, Ch. 16, Ch. 19

  • Two wills of God (rejected) - App. A

  • Unforgivable sin - App. A

  • Virgin birth - Ch. 6

The Framework (Book’s Unique Concepts)

  • Application layer (conscious mind) - Ch. 16, Ch. 17, Ch. 25, App. E

  • Boot parameters - Ch. 16, Ch. 17, Ch. 25, App. E

  • Caterpillar/butterfly analogy (elect sinner to glorified saint) - Ch. 12, Ch. 29

  • Collapsed thought - Ch. 2, Ch. 15

  • Consciousness as fundamental, not emergent - Ch. 1, Ch. 3, Ch. 25

  • Filmstrip analogy (eternity and time) - Ch. 2, Ch. 5, Ch. 21

  • Firmware flash (regeneration) - Ch. 12, Ch. 15, Ch. 16, Ch. 25

  • Four-layer model (hardware, firmware, OS, application) - Ch. 16, Ch. 17, Ch. 28, App. E

  • Hardware interrupt (Spirit’s direct intervention) - Ch. 17, App. E

  • Higher resolution (rendering upgrade) - Ch. 6, Ch. 9, Ch. 28, Ch. 29

  • Law of Plato - Ch. 1, Ch. 5, Ch. 7, Ch. 10, Ch. 13, Ch. 18

  • Modified Covenant Theology (MCT) - Preface, Ch. 5, Ch. 8, Ch. 15, Ch. 22, App. B

  • Operational idealism - Preface, Ch. 1, Ch. 10, Ch. 20

  • Pre-propositional information (feelings) - Ch. 17, App. E

  • Rendering (physical world as rendering of God’s thought) - Ch. 1, Ch. 2, Ch. 3, Ch. 9, Ch. 29

  • Rendering engine analogy (video game rendering) - Ch. 3, Ch. 28, Ch. 29

  • Root access (Spirit only) - Ch. 16, Ch. 25, App. A

  • The sentence - Prologue, Ch. 1, Epilogue, App. A

  • Three channels to the conscious mind - Ch. 17, App. E

  • Three groups in final creation (elect angels, elect humans, reprobate) - Ch. 12, Ch. 28

  • Trivium (grammar, logic, rhetoric) as divine pedagogy - Ch. 16

  • The Curse and the Condemnation (curse of law vs. condemnation of gospel) - Ch. 12, Ch. 28

  • Two seeds - Ch. 8, Ch. 12, Ch. 14, Ch. 28, Ch. 30, App. D

Metaphors and Analogies

  • Author and characters (God and creation) - Ch. 1, Ch. 2, Ch. 5, Ch. 6, Ch. 11

  • Calculator and mathematician (AI and image of God) - App. A

  • Caterpillar and butterfly (elect sinner to glorified saint) - Ch. 12, Ch. 29

  • Cave (Dead Sea Scrolls hidden in caves) - Prologue

  • Computer architecture (four layers of the soul) - Ch. 16, Ch. 17, App. E

  • Director’s chair (Christ’s session at the right hand) - Ch. 6

  • Donkey (Balaam’s donkey as temporary rendering upgrade) - App. A

  • Filmstrip (eternity and time) - Ch. 2, Ch. 5, Ch. 21

  • Firmware flash (regeneration) - Ch. 16

  • Hospital (church as hospital, “I’m a patient too”) - Ch. 23

  • Malware and quarantine (demons and Satan’s fate) - App. A

  • Mechanic vs. manufacturer (therapy vs. regeneration) - Ch. 17

  • Novel/story (God as Author of reality) - Ch. 1, Ch. 4, Ch. 11, Ch. 13

  • Painter and painting (Creator and creation) - Ch. 1

  • Photograph coming into focus (progressive rendering) - Ch. 9

  • Pig pen / prodigal son (elect before conversion) - Ch. 15, Ch. 16

  • Potter and clay (Romans 9) - Ch. 11, Ch. 12

  • Rendering engine (video game) - Ch. 3, Ch. 28, Ch. 29

  • Rock and apple (elect vs. reprobate, per Higby) - Ch. 12

  • Root access (Spirit’s exclusive access to firmware) - Ch. 16, Ch. 25

  • Same sun melts wax and hardens clay - Ch. 28

  • Schoolmaster (law as tutor) - Ch. 8, Ch. 20

  • Shadow and substance (ceremony and covenant) - Ch. 10, Ch. 22, Ch. 29

  • Simulation hypothesis (secular version of idealism) - Ch. 1, Ch. 3

  • Television and signal (brain and consciousness) - Ch. 17

  • Trip planning (supralapsarianism) - Ch. 5

  • Watch/watchmaker (deism, rejected) - Ch. 1

  • Whitewashed tombs (Pharisees) - Ch. 14

Controversial Topics

  • Abortion - Ch. 14

  • AI and eschatology (speculation, clearly labeled) - Ch. 27

  • AI consciousness - App. A

  • Alcohol - Ch. 21

  • Altar calls / decisionism (rejected) - Ch. 19

  • Antinomianism (redefined) - Ch. 20

  • Apostasy (elect cannot) - App. A

  • Baptism (infant vs. believer) - Ch. 22

  • Baptism, mode of - Ch. 22

  • Baptism of the Holy Spirit - App. A

  • Baptismal regeneration (rejected) - Ch. 22

  • Capital punishment - App. A

  • Cessationism / continuationism - App. A

  • Charismatic gifts - App. A

  • Church government / polity - Ch. 23

  • Clerical titles / “Reverend” (rejected for men) - App. A

  • Common grace (denied) - Ch. 19, App. A, App. B, App. F

  • Communion / Lord’s Supper - Ch. 10

  • Corporal punishment / the rod (shepherd’s guide, not beating stick) - App. A

  • Creeds and confessions (unsigned) - App. A

  • Degrees of reward in heaven (rejected, Christ is the reward) - App. A

  • Divorce and remarriage - App. A

  • Duty faith (rejected) - Ch. 19, App. F

  • Egalitarianism (rejected) - Ch. 24

  • Evangelism / preaching - Ch. 16, Ch. 19, Ch. 25, App. A

  • Evolution / natural selection (critique of) - Ch. 3, Ch. 4

  • Free will (rejected in libertarian sense) - Ch. 2, Ch. 11, Ch. 19

  • Full preterism (rejected as heresy) - App. A

  • Head coverings (hair as the covering, conscience) - Ch. 24

  • Homosexuality - Ch. 14, App. A

  • Human responsibility (rejected; accountability affirmed) - Ch. 19

  • Hyper-Calvinism (label addressed) - Prologue, Ch. 19, App. F

  • Infants who die (all go to heaven) - App. A

  • Lord’s Day / Sabbath - Ch. 20, App. A

  • Lordship salvation (critique of) - Ch. 26

  • Mentally disabled - App. A

  • Music in worship - App. A

  • Nephilim - App. A

  • Offer of the gospel (rejected; proclamation affirmed) - Ch. 19, App. F

  • One-man pulpit (unbiblical) - Ch. 23, Ch. 24

  • Ordained does not mean approved - Ch. 14

  • Ordination - App. A

  • Other religions - App. A

  • Prosperity gospel (rejected) - App. A

  • Religious relics and physical worship (rejected) - App. A

  • Second ransom (rejected) - Ch. 12

  • Simulation hypothesis - Ch. 1, Ch. 3

  • Suicide - App. A

  • Those who never hear the gospel - App. A

  • Tithing (not required) - App. A

  • Tongues (languages, not ecstatic utterance) - App. A

  • Transubstantiation (rejected) - Ch. 10

  • War and pacifism - App. A

  • Well-meant offer of the gospel (rejected) - Ch. 19, App. F

  • Women in ministry / women preaching - Ch. 24

  • Young earth vs. old earth - Ch. 4

People and Movements

  • Apple IIc (Brandan’s first computer) - Preface, Ch. 3

  • Arminius / Arminianism - Ch. 7, Ch. 19, Ch. 30

  • Augustine - Ch. 1, Ch. 13, Ch. 21

  • Bahnsen, Greg - Ch. 25

  • Bradford, John - Ch. 12

  • Calvin, John - Ch. 27

  • Clark, Gordon - Prologue, Ch. 5, Ch. 16, App. C

  • Darby, John Nelson - Ch. 27

  • Dead Sea Scrolls / Qumran / Essenes - Prologue, Ch. 5, Ch. 8, Ch. 9, App. D

  • Erkel, Darryl - Ch. 23

  • Fortner, Don - Ch. 30

  • Gadsby, William - Preface

  • Gill, John - Prologue, Preface, Ch. 30

  • Gnosticism (rejected) - Ch. 1, Ch. 29, App. A

  • Higby, Bob - Prologue, Preface, Ch. 5, Ch. 9, Ch. 12, Ch. 22, App. B, App. C, App. D

  • Huss, Jan - Ch. 27

  • Johnson, Phil - Prologue, Ch. 5, Ch. 19, App. F

  • Knox, John - Ch. 27

  • Lindsey, Hal (Late Great Planet Earth) - Ch. 27

  • Luther, Martin - Prologue, Ch. 12, Ch. 26, Ch. 27

  • MacArthur, John - Prologue, App. F

  • Mahan, Henry - Ch. 6, Ch. 23

  • Manichaeism (rejected) - Ch. 12

  • Milton, John - Ch. 13

  • Neoplatonism (Augustine’s background) - Ch. 13

  • Patristic fathers (importing Plato) - Ch. 13

  • Pharisees - Prologue, Ch. 9, Ch. 12, Ch. 14, Ch. 30, App. D

  • Plato - Ch. 1, Ch. 5, Ch. 7, Ch. 10, Ch. 13

  • Scofield Reference Bible - Ch. 27

  • Spurgeon, Charles - Ch. 30

  • Teacher of Righteousness - Prologue, Ch. 8, Ch. 9, App. D

  • Toplady, Augustus - Preface, Ch. 30

  • Tyndale, William - Ch. 27

  • Van Til, Cornelius - Ch. 16, Ch. 25

  • Westminster Confession - Ch. 20, App. A

  • Wheeler, John Archibald (“it from bit”) - Ch. 3

  • Wycliffe, John - Ch. 27

  • Zwingli (memorialism) - Ch. 10

Confessions and Creeds

  • Canons of Dort - App. A (referenced indirectly via “Dort on particular redemption”)

  • Heidelberg Catechism - App. A

  • London Baptist Confession - App. A

  • Westminster Confession - Ch. 20, App. A

Note: The author signs no confession (Preface, App. A). All major confessions are referenced as useful but incomplete. The “campless” identity is a core theme.

Biblical Figures

  • Abraham - Ch. 8, Ch. 9, Ch. 10, Ch. 15, App. A

  • Adam - Ch. 5, Ch. 7, Ch. 11, Ch. 12, Ch. 13, Ch. 24

  • Balaam - Ch. 15, App. A

  • David - Ch. 2, Ch. 8, Ch. 9, Ch. 11, Ch. 15, App. A

  • Esther - Ch. 26

  • Eve - Ch. 11, Ch. 24

  • Isaac and Rebekah - Ch. 10

  • Isaiah - Ch. 8, Ch. 9

  • Jacob - Ch. 15

  • Jeremiah - Ch. 11, Ch. 14

  • Jesus Christ - throughout; see Incarnation, Hypostatic union, Prophet Priest King, Active obedience, Resurrection body, etc.

  • Job - Ch. 14, App. A

  • Joseph (Genesis) - App. A (referenced in dreams section)

  • Judas - App. A

  • Mary Magdalene (at the tomb) - Ch. 29

  • Moses - Ch. 8, Ch. 20

  • Nebuchadnezzar - Ch. 13, App. A (referenced in dreams section)

  • Noah - Ch. 8, App. A

  • Paul (apostle) - Preface, Ch. 9, Ch. 15, Ch. 18, Ch. 19, Ch. 20, Ch. 21, Ch. 22, Ch. 24, Ch. 30

  • Peter - Ch. 9, Ch. 23

  • Pharaoh - App. A

  • Philippian jailer - Ch. 30

  • Phebe (Phoebe) - Ch. 24

  • Priscilla - Ch. 24

  • Prodigal son - Ch. 15, Ch. 16

  • Publican (Luke 18) - Ch. 14

  • Samson - App. A

  • Satan - Ch. 12, Ch. 13, App. A

  • Thief on the cross - Ch. 22, Ch. 23, Ch. 30

  • Thomas (doubting) - Ch. 29

Christian Life and Practical Topics

  • Anger - Ch. 17 (old firmware channel)

  • Animals in the new creation - App. A

  • Apologetics (limited role of) - Ch. 25

  • Assurance of salvation - Ch. 2, Ch. 15, Ch. 21, App. A

  • Church discipline - App. A

  • Church membership (formality, not substance) - Ch. 23

  • Classical education / trivium - Ch. 16

  • Complementarianism - Ch. 24

  • Tenderness (as greater gift, women carry naturally, Christ modeled) - Ch. 24

  • Dating / relationships - Ch. 10 (marriage as covenant)

  • Depression / anxiety - Ch. 17 (feelings architecture; therapy discussion)

  • Doubt - Ch. 2, Ch. 26

  • Evangelism / preaching - Ch. 16, Ch. 19, Ch. 25, App. A

  • Feelings and faith - Ch. 17, App. E

  • Forgiveness - App. A (Lord’s Prayer; divorce and remarriage)

  • Gender roles - Ch. 24

  • Giving (voluntary, not mandated) - App. A

  • Government and politics - App. A

  • Grace, extending to other believers - Ch. 30

  • Heaven and hell (same reality, different firmware) - Ch. 28

  • Humility - Ch. 12, Ch. 14, Ch. 30

  • Liberty, Christian - Ch. 20, Ch. 21

  • Lord’s Prayer - App. A

  • Love as final word - Ch. 30, Epilogue

  • Marriage - Ch. 10, Ch. 29, App. A

  • Marital sexuality (the bed undefiled) - Ch. 10, App. A

  • Mental health / therapy - Ch. 17

  • Music (Brandan plays trombone in three bands) - Preface

  • No marriage in heaven - Ch. 29

  • Parenting - Ch. 16 (trivium, Cole’s classical education), App. A

  • Participatory ecclesiology - Ch. 23, Ch. 24

  • Pastoral care for the struggling - Ch. 2, Ch. 14, Ch. 18, Ch. 20

  • Patriarchy - Ch. 24 (creation order; complementarianism)

  • Political engagement - App. A

  • Pornography / lust - Ch. 14, Ch. 17 (old firmware channel)

  • Prayer - Ch. 2, Ch. 21

  • Pride and self-righteousness - Ch. 14, Ch. 18, Ch. 30

  • Programming / software development (author’s career) - Preface, Ch. 1, Ch. 3, Ch. 16, Ch. 17

  • Psychology (in the framework) - Ch. 17

  • Rewards in heaven - see Degrees of reward in heaven

  • Saints reigning with Christ - Ch. 28

  • Song of Solomon - Ch. 10, App. A

  • Stewardship / wealth - App. A

  • Suffering - Ch. 2, App. A

  • Technology - Preface, Ch. 3, Ch. 27 (AI speculation)

  • Theology without love (critique of) - Ch. 14, Ch. 30

  • Tribal loyalty vs. truth - Preface, Ch. 30

  • Work / vocation - Preface (Brandan’s career as a programmer)

Scripture (Heavy Usage by Location)

  • Genesis 1-3 - Ch. 1, Ch. 4, Ch. 11, Ch. 12, Ch. 13, App. A

  • Genesis 2:7 (dichotomy) - App. A

  • Genesis 2:24 (one flesh) - Ch. 10

  • Genesis 3:15 (the two seeds) - Ch. 8, Ch. 12

  • Genesis 6 (Nephilim / flood) - App. A

  • Genesis 9 (Noahic covenant, animals) - Ch. 8, App. A

  • Genesis 17 (Abrahamic covenant) - Ch. 8

  • Genesis 24 (Isaac and Rebekah) - Ch. 10

  • Numbers 22:28 (Balaam’s donkey) - App. A

  • Numbers 23:19 (God is not a man that He should lie) - Ch. 7

  • Numbers 23:21 (no iniquity beheld in Jacob) - Ch. 15

  • Deuteronomy 30:6 (circumcision of the heart) - Ch. 22

  • Joshua 22 (altar misunderstanding) - Ch. 30

  • Judges 16:30 (Samson) - App. A

  • 1 Samuel 2:7 (the Lord makes rich and poor) - App. A

  • 1 Samuel 16:14 (evil spirit from the Lord) - Ch. 13

  • 2 Samuel 7 (Davidic covenant) - Ch. 8

  • 2 Samuel 12:23 (David’s child) - App. A

  • Job - Ch. 14, App. A

  • Psalms - Ch. 2, Ch. 4, Ch. 11, Ch. 15, Ch. 18, Ch. 26, Ch. 28

  • Psalm 14:1 (the fool) - Ch. 25

  • Psalm 22 (crucifixion prophecy) - Ch. 26

  • Psalm 32:2 (blessed is the man) - Ch. 15

  • Psalm 33:6 (by the word of the Lord) - Ch. 3, Ch. 4

  • Psalm 51:5 (shapen in iniquity) - Ch. 7, Ch. 11

  • Psalm 90:2 (from everlasting to everlasting) - Ch. 2

  • Psalm 92:7 (wicked flourish to be destroyed) - Ch. 19

  • Psalm 119:130 (entrance of thy words) - Ch. 26

  • Psalm 139 (known before birth) - Ch. 11, Ch. 14, Ch. 28

  • Psalm 147:4 (he names the stars) - Ch. 4

  • Proverbs - Ch. 5, Ch. 9, Ch. 14

  • Proverbs 4:18 (path of the just) - Ch. 9

  • Proverbs 16:4 (wicked for the day of evil) - Ch. 5, Ch. 11, Ch. 13

  • Proverbs 16:18 (pride before destruction) - Ch. 14

  • Proverbs 23:7 (as a man thinketh) - Ch. 25

  • Ecclesiastes - Ch. 4, Ch. 26

  • Song of Solomon - Ch. 10, App. A

  • Isaiah 9:7 (increase of his government) - Ch. 8

  • Isaiah 11:6-9 (wolf and lamb) - App. A

  • Isaiah 14 (king of Babylon, not Satan) - Ch. 13

  • Isaiah 45:7 (God creates evil) - Ch. 1, Ch. 5, Ch. 11, Ch. 13

  • Isaiah 46:10 (declaring the end from the beginning) - Ch. 1, Ch. 5

  • Isaiah 53 - Ch. 9, Ch. 26

  • Isaiah 64:6 (filthy rags) - Ch. 21

  • Jeremiah 1:5 (known before formation) - Ch. 11, Ch. 14

  • Jeremiah 17:9 (deceitful heart) - Ch. 17

  • Jeremiah 31:33 (new covenant) - Ch. 1, Ch. 7, Ch. 21

  • Lamentations 3:38 (evil and good from the Most High) - Ch. 5, Ch. 13

  • Ezekiel 28 (king of Tyre, not Satan) - Ch. 13

  • Daniel - Ch. 26, Ch. 28

  • Daniel 9 (timeline to the Messiah) - Ch. 26

  • Daniel 12:2 (everlasting shame and contempt) - Ch. 28

  • Amos 3:6 (evil in a city) - Ch. 5, Ch. 13

  • Micah 5:2 (Bethlehem) - Ch. 26

  • Zechariah 11:12 (thirty pieces of silver) - Ch. 26

  • Matthew 5-7 (Sermon on the Mount) - Ch. 11, Ch. 20, App. A

  • Matthew 5:26 (uttermost farthing) - Ch. 28

  • Matthew 5:48 (be ye perfect) - Ch. 20

  • Matthew 6:8-9 (Lord’s Prayer) - Ch. 21, App. A

  • Matthew 7:16-18 (good tree, evil fruit) - Ch. 11, Ch. 13

  • Matthew 10:29 (sparrows) - Ch. 5, App. A

  • Matthew 11:24 (more tolerable for Sodom) - Ch. 14

  • Matthew 13 (wheat and tares) - Ch. 12, App. A

  • Matthew 18:15-17 (church discipline) - App. A

  • Matthew 22:30 (no marriage in heaven) - Ch. 29

  • Matthew 23:27 (whitewashed tombs) - Ch. 14

  • Matthew 24 (Olivet Discourse) - Ch. 27

  • Matthew 24:34 (this generation) - Ch. 27

  • Matthew 24:36 (no man knows the day) - Ch. 27

  • Matthew 26:24 (woe to Judas) - App. A

  • Matthew 28:18 (all power given) - Ch. 27

  • Mark 16:16 (he that believeth not) - Ch. 12

  • Luke 13:4-5 (tower of Siloam) - App. A

  • Luke 17:21 (kingdom within you) - Ch. 27

  • Luke 18 (Pharisee and publican) - Ch. 14

  • Luke 22:19 (Lord’s Supper) - Ch. 10

  • Luke 23 (thief on the cross) - Ch. 22, Ch. 23, Ch. 30

  • Luke 24 (resurrection appearances) - Ch. 29

  • John 1 - Ch. 1, Ch. 6

  • John 1:14 (Word made flesh) - Ch. 6

  • John 1:18 (only begotten declared Him) - Ch. 6

  • John 3:8 (wind blows where it wills) - Ch. 30, App. A

  • John 5:17 (My Father worketh hitherto) - App. A

  • John 5:39 (ye search the Scriptures) - Ch. 30

  • John 6 - Ch. 25, App. A

  • John 6:44 (no man can come except the Father draw him) - Ch. 25

  • John 6:70 (one of you is a devil) - App. A

  • John 8:44 (seed of the serpent) - Ch. 12

  • John 8:56 (Abraham saw my day) - Ch. 8, Ch. 9

  • John 10 (the Good Shepherd) - Ch. 15, App. A

  • John 13:35 (love one another) - Ch. 30

  • John 16:12-13 (guide you into all truth) - Ch. 9

  • John 18:36 (kingdom not of this world) - Ch. 27

  • John 19:30 (“It is finished”) - Ch. 15, Ch. 19

  • John 20 (Thomas, Mary) - Ch. 29

  • Acts 1:9 (ascension) - Ch. 29

  • Acts 1:11 (He shall so come) - App. A

  • Acts 2 - Ch. 5, Ch. 14, App. A

  • Acts 2:23 (determinate counsel) - Ch. 5, Ch. 14

  • Acts 2:38 (baptism and forgiveness, low resolution) - Ch. 9

  • Acts 5:29 (obey God rather than men) - App. A

  • Acts 15:18 (known unto God from the beginning) - Ch. 2

  • Acts 16:30-31 (Philippian jailer) - Ch. 30

  • Acts 17:28 (in him we live and move) - Ch. 1

  • Acts 18:26 (Priscilla and Apollos) - Ch. 24

  • Romans 1-2 - Ch. 4, Ch. 14

  • Romans 2:1 (thou that judgest) - Ch. 14

  • Romans 2:15 (conscience) - App. A

  • Romans 2:28-29 (circumcision of the heart) - Ch. 22

  • Romans 3:10 (none righteous) - Ch. 7

  • Romans 3:23 (all have sinned) - Ch. 14

  • Romans 4-5 - Ch. 2, Ch. 7, Ch. 8, Ch. 11, Ch. 15

  • Romans 4:5 (worketh not but believeth) - Ch. 26

  • Romans 5:12-14 (sin entered by one man) - Ch. 7, Ch. 11

  • Romans 5:19 (obedience of one) - Ch. 15

  • Romans 5:20 (law entered that offence might abound) - Ch. 20

  • Romans 7-8 - Ch. 11, Ch. 15, Ch. 20, Ch. 21, App. A

  • Romans 7:4 (dead to the law) - Ch. 20

  • Romans 7:7 (thou shalt not covet) - Ch. 20

  • Romans 8:2 (law of the Spirit of life) - Ch. 20

  • Romans 8:15 (Spirit of adoption) - Ch. 15

  • Romans 8:18 (sufferings not worthy to be compared) - App. A

  • Romans 8:19-22 (creation groaning) - App. A

  • Romans 8:28 (all things work together) - Ch. 2

  • Romans 8:29 (conformed to the image) - Ch. 12, Ch. 17

  • Romans 8:38-39 (nothing can separate) - Ch. 20, App. A

  • Romans 9 - Ch. 1, Ch. 5, Ch. 11, Ch. 12, Ch. 28

  • Romans 9:17 (Pharaoh raised up) - App. A

  • Romans 9:20-23 (potter and clay) - Ch. 11, Ch. 12, Ch. 28

  • Romans 10:4 (Christ the end of the law) - Ch. 20

  • Romans 10:17 (faith by hearing) - Ch. 25

  • Romans 12 - Ch. 16, Ch. 17

  • Romans 12:2 (renewing of the mind) - Ch. 16, Ch. 17

  • Romans 13 (government and the sword) - App. A

  • Romans 14 - Ch. 21, Ch. 30

  • Romans 14:4 (who art thou that judgest) - Ch. 30

  • Romans 14:17 (kingdom: righteousness, peace, joy) - Ch. 21

  • 1 Corinthians 1:30 (Christ our sanctification) - Ch. 18

  • 1 Corinthians 2:9 (eye hath not seen) - Ch. 28, Ch. 29

  • 1 Corinthians 2:14 (natural man) - Ch. 16, Ch. 25, Ch. 26

  • 1 Corinthians 2:16 (mind of Christ) - Ch. 16

  • 1 Corinthians 3:6-7 (God gives the increase) - Ch. 16, Ch. 19

  • 1 Corinthians 4:7 (what hast thou not received) - Ch. 30

  • 1 Corinthians 6:2-3 (saints judge the world) - Ch. 28

  • 1 Corinthians 11:26 (show the Lord’s death) - Ch. 10

  • 1 Corinthians 12-14 (body, gifts, participation) - Ch. 23, Ch. 24, App. A

  • 1 Corinthians 12:13 (baptized into one body) - Ch. 22, Ch. 23

  • 1 Corinthians 13 (love) - Ch. 30

  • 1 Corinthians 13:12 (glass darkly) - Ch. 9

  • 1 Corinthians 14:26 (every one of you hath) - Ch. 23

  • 1 Corinthians 15 (resurrection) - Ch. 19, Ch. 29, App. A

  • 1 Corinthians 15:19 (if only in this life) - App. A

  • 1 Corinthians 15:42-44 (sown natural, raised spiritual) - Ch. 29

  • 2 Corinthians 2:15-16 (savour of life/death) - Ch. 12, Ch. 28

  • 2 Corinthians 5 - Ch. 19, Ch. 20

  • 2 Corinthians 5:14 (love of Christ constraineth) - Ch. 20, Ch. 21

  • 2 Corinthians 5:20 (be ye reconciled) - Ch. 19

  • 2 Corinthians 9:7 (cheerful giver) - App. A

  • 2 Corinthians 10:4 (weapons not carnal) - App. A

  • 2 Corinthians 12:9 (grace sufficient) - App. A

  • Galatians 1:6-8 (another gospel, anathema) - Ch. 9, Ch. 21

  • Galatians 3-5 (law, liberty, Spirit) - Ch. 8, Ch. 12, Ch. 15, Ch. 19, Ch. 20, Ch. 21

  • Galatians 3:13 (Christ made a curse) - Ch. 8, Ch. 12, Ch. 20

  • Galatians 3:19 (law was added) - Ch. 8, Ch. 20

  • Galatians 3:24-25 (schoolmaster) - Ch. 8, Ch. 20

  • Galatians 3:28 (neither male nor female) - Ch. 24

  • Galatians 4:6 (because ye are sons) - Ch. 15

  • Galatians 4:9 (weak and beggarly elements) - Ch. 21

  • Galatians 5:1 (stand fast in liberty) - Ch. 20, Ch. 21

  • Galatians 5:12 (cut off which trouble you) - Ch. 21

  • Galatians 5:17 (flesh against Spirit) - Ch. 17

  • Galatians 5:22 (fruit of the Spirit, including faith) - Ch. 15, Ch. 19, Ch. 25

  • Ephesians 1-2 - Ch. 7, Ch. 15, Ch. 18, Ch. 19

  • Ephesians 1:4-5 (chosen before the foundation) - Ch. 7, Ch. 15, Ch. 18

  • Ephesians 2:3-4 (children of wrath, but God) - Ch. 15

  • Ephesians 2:8-9 (by grace through faith) - Ch. 15, Ch. 19, Ch. 21

  • Ephesians 2:10 (created unto good works) - Ch. 18

  • Ephesians 5 (marriage and Christ) - Ch. 10, Ch. 29

  • Ephesians 5:18 (be filled with the Spirit) - App. A

  • Ephesians 6:12 (wrestle not against flesh and blood) - App. A

  • Philippians 1:6 (He which hath begun a good work) - Ch. 21

  • Philippians 2 - Ch. 6, Ch. 16, Ch. 21

  • Philippians 2:10-11 (every knee shall bow) - Ch. 28

  • Philippians 2:13 (God worketh in you) - Ch. 2, Ch. 16, Ch. 18, Ch. 21, Ch. 25

  • Philippians 3:20-21 (fashioned like His glorious body) - Ch. 29, App. A

  • Philippians 4:6-7 (prayer and peace) - Ch. 2, Ch. 21

  • Colossians 1 - Ch. 1, Ch. 3, Ch. 5, Ch. 6

  • Colossians 1:15 (image of the invisible God) - Ch. 6

  • Colossians 1:16-17 (by him all things consist) - Ch. 1, Ch. 3, Ch. 5

  • Colossians 2:9 (fullness of the Godhead bodily) - Ch. 6

  • Colossians 2:10 (complete in Him) - Ch. 20

  • Colossians 2:11-12 (Spirit baptism, not water) - Ch. 22

  • Colossians 3:16 (psalms, hymns, spiritual songs) - App. A

  • 1 Timothy 1:15 (chief of sinners, present tense) - Ch. 18

  • 1 Timothy 2:5-6 (ransom for all) - Ch. 12

  • 1 Timothy 2:12-13 (women not to teach, creation order) - Ch. 24

  • 1 Timothy 3:15 (pillar and ground of truth) - Ch. 23

  • 1 Timothy 4:2 (seared conscience) - App. A

  • 2 Timothy 1:9 - Ch. 11, Ch. 19

  • 2 Timothy 2:16-18 (Hymenaeus error) - App. A

  • 2 Timothy 3:1 (perilous times) - Ch. 27

  • 2 Timothy 3:16 (all Scripture given by inspiration) - Ch. 26

  • Hebrews 1, 4, 9-11 - Ch. 1, Ch. 6, Ch. 15, Ch. 18, App. A

  • Hebrews 1:3 (upholding all things) - Ch. 1

  • Hebrews 1:14 (ministering spirits) - App. A

  • Hebrews 4:3-10 (entering His rest) - App. A

  • Hebrews 8:10 (laws written on hearts) - Ch. 20

  • Hebrews 9:12 (eternal redemption) - Ch. 2, Ch. 6, Ch. 15

  • Hebrews 10:14 (perfected for ever) - Ch. 18

  • Hebrews 10:29 (sorer punishment) - Ch. 12

  • Hebrews 11:3 (things seen not made of things visible) - Ch. 1, Ch. 3

  • Hebrews 12:14 (follow holiness) - Ch. 18

  • Hebrews 13:8 (Jesus Christ the same) - Ch. 18

  • Hebrews 13:17 (obey leaders, hegeomai) - Ch. 23

  • James (antilegomenon) - Ch. 12, Ch. 21, Ch. 26

  • James 2:17 (faith without works) - Ch. 21, Ch. 26

  • James 3:9 (made after similitude of God) - Ch. 12, Ch. 26

  • 1 Peter 1:20 (foreordained before the foundation) - Ch. 15

  • 1 Peter 2:24 (bare our sins) - Ch. 15

  • 1 Peter 5:1-3 (elders, not lording) - Ch. 23

  • 2 Peter 1:20-21 (moved by the Holy Ghost) - Ch. 26

  • 2 Peter 3:18 (grow in grace and knowledge) - Ch. 18

  • 1 John - Ch. 14, Ch. 30

  • 1 John 1:7 (blood cleanseth from all sin) - Ch. 14

  • 1 John 2:18 (many antichrists) - App. A

  • 1 John 2:27 (anointing teaches you) - Ch. 20

  • 1 John 3:14 (passed from death, love the brethren) - Ch. 30

  • 1 John 4:4 (greater is He) - App. A

  • 1 John 4:7-8 (God is love) - Ch. 30

  • 1 John 5:13 (that ye may know) - App. A

  • Jude 1:1 - Ch. 15, Ch. 18

  • Revelation 5:10 (kings and priests, reign on earth) - Ch. 28

  • Revelation 5:13 (every creature praising) - App. A

  • Revelation 13-14 (mark, torment in God’s presence) - Ch. 27, Ch. 28

  • Revelation 13:8 (Lamb slain from the foundation) - Ch. 5, Ch. 6, Ch. 15

  • Revelation 13:17 (no man might buy or sell) - Ch. 27

  • Revelation 14:10 (tormented in presence of the Lamb) - Ch. 28

  • Revelation 18:6 (according to her works) - Ch. 28

  • Revelation 19-21 (new creation, saints reign) - Ch. 28, Ch. 29

  • Revelation 19:1-3 (Alleluia over judgment) - Ch. 28

  • Revelation 20:2 (Satan bound) - App. A

  • Revelation 20:6 (first resurrection, reign) - Ch. 28

  • Revelation 20:10 (lake of fire, forever) - App. A

  • Revelation 21:1 (new heaven and new earth) - Ch. 28

Personal References

  • Angie (wife) - Preface, Ch. 10

  • Ashland, Kentucky - Ch. 23

  • Brandan’s career (computer programmer since age 10) - Preface, Ch. 1, Ch. 3, Ch. 16, Ch. 25

  • Cole (son) - Ch. 16, Preface

  • “Enough for Me” (song) - Ch. 30

  • OJ (the cat) - Preface

  • Predestinarian.net - Prologue

  • Pristine Grace / pristinegrace.org - Prologue, Preface, Ch. 5, Ch. 9, Ch. 12, Ch. 19, Ch. 22, Ch. 30, App. D, App. F

  • Trombone (three community bands) - Preface

Cross-References (Internal)

  • “As we established in Chapter 1” - referenced in Ch. 2, Ch. 3, Ch. 5, Ch. 7, Ch. 11, Ch. 25

  • “As we established in Chapter 2” - referenced in Ch. 4, Ch. 6, Ch. 10, Ch. 15, Ch. 28

  • “As we established in Chapter 5” - referenced in Ch. 7, Ch. 11, Ch. 14

  • “As we established in Chapter 7” (federal headship) - referenced in Ch. 11

  • “As we established in Chapter 8” - referenced in Ch. 9, Ch. 20, Ch. 22

  • “As we established in Chapter 11” - referenced in Ch. 12, Ch. 13, Ch. 14

  • “As we established in Chapter 12” (two seeds, image of God) - referenced in Ch. 17, Ch. 26, Ch. 28

  • “As we established in Chapter 16” (firmware) - referenced in Ch. 17, Ch. 25

  • “As we discussed in Chapter 17” - referenced in App. E

  • “As we established in Chapter 20” - referenced in Ch. 21, App. A

  • Framework predicts its own limits - Ch. 6, Ch. 27, Ch. 28, Ch. 29, App. A

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