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Clear searchA sign of Israel's renewal, not Israel's disappearance
…he original appeal insincere or the promised restoration meaningless. The Twelve embody a faithful remnant The apostles were Israelites. They did not stand outside the nation as a Gentile body arriving to replace it. Through them, Jesus gathered a faithful remnant within Israel.…
Read article →Why Israel's failure cannot make the word of God fail
God's Unfailing Faithfulness Why Israel's failure cannot make the word of God fail Israel's history presents a severe test of theology. God chose the nation, gave it His law, sent it prophets, and brought t…
Read article →What God's faithfulness to Israel means for everyone who trusts His promises
No Shadow of Turning What God's faithfulness to Israel means for everyone who trusts His promises This series has examined covenants, prophecies, apostles, thrones, tribes, branches, seeds, kingdoms, and the difficult word…
Read article →Election within Abraham's family, the believing remnant, and the future of the nation
…ot All Israel, Which Are of Israel" Mean? Election within Abraham's family, the believing remnant, and the future of the nation Romans 9:6 is often used as a definition of spiritual Israel: "For they are not all Israel, which are of Israel." —Romans 9:6 The usual argument is stra…
Read article →The question reaches beyond prophecy to the faithfulness of God
…srael and the Church: Why This Series Matters The question reaches beyond prophecy to the faithfulness of God Has the Church replaced Israel in the purpose of God? Some Christians answer yes, although they may prefer words such as fulfilled, transformed, or expanded. They believe…
Read article →Circumcision of the heart and the identity of Paul's inward Jew
…pose is not to condemn Jewish ethnicity. It is to destroy confidence in privilege without faithfulness. Some recent interpreters propose a different addressee: a circumcised Gentile or Gentile claimant who calls himself a Jew. The wording of verse 17 can permit attention to the a…
Read article →Conditional blessing, irrevocable promise, and fulfilment in Christ
…le was destroyed, and the Jewish people were scattered among the nations. Does covenant unfaithfulness permit us to conclude that God has permanently abandoned the nation? The answer depends partly upon a distinction Scripture itself makes. Not every covenant contains the same pr…
Read article →Defining the position before testing it
…asks: "I say then, Hath God cast away his people? God forbid." —Romans 11:1 The believing remnant proves that the rejection is not total. Paul then asks whether Israel stumbled "that they should fall" and again answers, "God forbid" (Romans 11:11). Their present loss brings riche…
Read article →A response to Michael Horton on the land promise, Amos 9, and the people of God
…hether Israel's disobedience annulled promises whose ultimate fulfilment rests upon God's faithfulness. Interrupted enjoyment is not cancellation The Mosaic covenant made Israel's continued enjoyment of the land conditional. Deuteronomy 28 warned that covenant rebellion would bri…
Read article →The wicked husbandmen, the fruit-bearing nation, and what Jesus said afterwards
…he sentence revoke God's covenants with Israel, or does it pronounce judgement upon the unfaithful rulers and generation then entrusted with the vineyard? The immediate context identifies Jesus' targets. The parable identifies what they had corrupted. The chronology of what Jesus…
Read article →Christ the promised Seed, Gentile inheritance, and Paul's final blessing
…sion justifies, Paul makes clear that he is not hostile to Jewish believers. They are the faithful remnant of Israel within Christ's one Church. The objection is that Paul does not explicitly say Jewish believers, and one may ask why he singles them out after blessing everyone wh…
Read article →How the Law reaches its goal and appointed end in Christ
…every individual Israelite rejected Christ. He himself was an Israelite, and a believing remnant remained. His grief concerns the widespread unbelief of his kinsmen and their attempt to establish their own righteousness rather than submit to the righteousness of God (Romans 10:1…
Read article →El, the Exodus, and the God Who Came from Sinai
…ter, he calls his altar YHWH-shalom, “the LORD is peace” (Judges 6:24). These are not the remnants of provider, warrior and peace deities being absorbed into a growing composite god. The one God acts, His people recognise something true of His character, and the memorial preserve…
Read article →Fulfilment in Christ, the inclusion of the Gentiles, and Israel's future mercy
…s of a merely political nationalism. They include forgiveness, holiness, deliverance, and faithful service before God. Israel's true hope was always spiritual as well as national. Jesus later promised the Twelve that in "the regeneration" they would sit upon twelve thrones, "judg…
Read article →History, heresy, and the temptation of private Christianity
…The Gnostic seeks privileged knowledge beyond or beneath the public apostolic gospel. The faithful Christian seeks an increasingly mature understanding of that publicly revealed gospel. Hebrews rebukes believers who still need milk. Paul speaks wisdom among the mature. The Lord o…
Read article →A history of interpretation, polemic, and forgotten tension
…stom spoke to a congregation attracted to Jewish observance. It cannot turn contempt into faithful pastoral speech. Augustine creates a more complicated settlement Augustine's influence upon Western Christianity makes his treatment especially significant. He commonly interpreted…
Read article →An unrequited love for the historic Church
…der established within the New Testament itself. Overseers are commanded to hold fast the faithful word so that they may teach sound doctrine and refute error (Titus 1:9). Elders are to shepherd the flock without becoming lords over it (1 Peter 5:2–3). Paul warned the Ephesian el…
Read article →Regathering, national rebirth, and the spiritual renewal still to come
…ertainty of restoration rests not upon Israel's political strength but upon the Creator's faithfulness. Ezekiel sees a nation brought back to life Ezekiel's vision of dry bones is sometimes applied generally to spiritual revival. The prophet himself identifies the bones: "Son of…
Read article →One Messiah, one gospel, and God's continuing purpose for Israel
…ether Before stating where the positions divide, we should remember the truths upon which faithful Christians ought to stand together. There is one God, one Messiah, one gospel, and one way of salvation. Jewish ancestry does not justify anyone before God. Gentile ancestry exclude…
Read article →What Jesus promised the apostles about Israel's future
…esus promised the apostles about Israel's future Peter once asked the question which many faithful disciples have quietly wondered: what will those who sacrifice for Christ receive? Jesus answered with a promise larger than personal reward. He spoke of His own glorious throne, tw…
Read article →A forensic reading of Christ's Olivet Discourse
…claim defended here is this: within Matthew 24, "the elect" most naturally identifies the faithful people of the Tribulation within Israel's prophetic setting, rather than the Church as the Body of Christ. The group may include other redeemed people gathered at Christ's return, b…
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