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Clear searchBorn, begotten and firstborn in the eternal identity and saving work of the Son
…he theological distinction that would later help me considerably: the distinction between eternity and economy. So I tried to work the problem out from the text. I wrote three Strong’s numbers across a scrap of lined paper: gennaō — G1080 monogenēs — G3439 prōtotokos — G4416 !My…
Read article →Isaiah, John, and the Divine Identity of Jesus Christ
…ether two passages happen to use the same expression. Isaiah gathers creation, salvation, eternity, sovereign rule and incomparable glory around the identity of YHWH. The New Testament repeatedly speaks of Jesus in precisely these categories, sometimes by applying to Him the very…
Read article →El, the Exodus, and the God Who Came from Sinai
…r than merger. Rain does not belong to Baal. The sea does not belong to Yam. Creation and eternity do not belong to the Canaanite El. The stars are not gods to be worshipped. Every realm belongs to Yahweh, who made heaven and earth and judges the powers within them. This alternat…
Read article →Origen, Arius and the line between Creator and creation
…. Therefore, the bare word eternal cannot by itself prove deity. We must ask what kind of eternity is meant and how the person in question relates to God and creation. The line Scripture draws John does not leave the identity of the Word resting upon the single verb “was.” He imm…
Read article →Seeing God, bodily resurrection, and life in the renewed creation
…he difficulty begins when this truth is made to carry the whole weight of Christian hope. Eternity can then be imagined as a disembodied soul engaged in motionless contemplation, as though salvation finally releases us from material creation, personal vocation, and shared life. S…
Read article →Labour, purpose, and faithfulness in a fallen world
…—Revelation 22:3 Scripture does not tell us enough to draw a detailed job description for eternity. It tells us enough to reject the idea that meaningful service belongs only to the fallen age. The curse will be gone; service will remain. That is a fitting conclusion to the story…
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