Without a sacrifice, and without an image, and

Without an ephod, and without teraphim:

Afterward shall the children of Israel return, and seek the

Lord their God, and David their king; and shall fear the Lord

and His goodness in the latter days' (Hos. 3:4,5).

It is during the parenthesis that intervenes between Acts 28:28 and

their return to the Lord, that the present unique dispensation of the Mystery

finds its true place, and to help the reader perceive `what is the hope' of

this calling, this series of Analytical studies has been prepared.  May the

Berean spirit prevail, while every reader searches the Scriptures to see:

`Whether these things be so' (Acts 17:11).

A distinction has been made in the type used to indicate subsidiary

headings from those which are of first importance.

Titles of main articles are printed in Helvetica bold type capitals,

and are placed in the centre of the page, thus:

Titles of subsidiary articles are printed in Helvetica bold type small

capitals, and are placed at the left -hand margin of the paragraph, thus:

Cross references to articles in Parts 1 and 2, and 4 to 10 of An

Alphabetical Analysis, are indicated by superscript numbers.  For example:

Sons of God4

refers to the article with that heading in Part 4 of An

Alphabetical Analysis.

Resurrection4,7  refers to the articles with that heading in Parts 4 and 7,

respectively, of An Alphabetical Analysis.

If the reference is to another page in this book, the page number is

printed in brackets after the title of the article.  For example:

New (p. 105)

refers to the article with that heading on page 105 of this

Where the meaning of a term can be illuminated by the structure of the

section in which the term occurs, that structure is given, and as the scope

of a passage is of first importance in the interpretation of any of its

parts, these structures, which are not `inventions' but `discoveries' of what