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Clear searchHow Christians can think politically without surrendering conscience to a package deal
…n environment designed to keep us reacting. We are surrounded by professional persuasion. Governments, parties, campaigns, corporations, pressure groups, influencers and foreign powers all seek to frame events in ways which serve their interests. Some provide useful information.…
Read article →What Jesus promised the apostles about Israel's future
…. Israel would be regathered, Jerusalem restored, and the nations brought under Messiah's government. Jesus gathers those expectations into one word: regeneration. The kingdom is not a retreat from creation but its renewal under the rightful King. Luke confirms that this is kingd…
Read article →Governmental restraint, the final ten kings, and the preparation of the temple
…which he refers. There is a serious case for understanding this restraint in relation to governmental authority, historically embodied in Rome. An existing order can obstruct a would-be ruler; its displacement can allow power to be reorganised and concentrated in his hands. Earl…
Read article →Isaiah, John, and the Divine Identity of Jesus Christ
…at YHWH has finally become powerful enough. It is that the nations have never escaped His government. Babylon’s ascendancy does not mean Babylon’s gods have defeated Him. Israel’s exile reflects His judgement, and Israel’s restoration will display His faithfulness. Isaiah 40:3 an…
Read article →Responding to five common criticisms without defending what Scripture does not require
…d are historically remarkable and may properly be considered in light of prophecy. But no government receives moral immunity from Scripture. Let me therefore state my own position plainly. If being a Zionist means believing that the Jewish people should have a homeland in the lan…
Read article →Ezekiel 20, child sacrifice, and the judgement of being given over
…nvented, idolatrous forms of worship to which God subjected a people who refused His good government. Calvin explicitly connects the passage with Romans 1:24–26: rejection of the truth is followed by being handed over to error. His account includes active divine judgement and bli…
Read article →What 'yea and Amen' in Christ means for Israel and the covenants
…mechanism by which the prior promise is emptied. The Mosaic covenant: openly conditional government The Mosaic covenant repeatedly speaks in terms of if. Israel's obedience would bring blessing, security, fruitfulness, and continued enjoyment of the land. Rebellion would bring c…
Read article →Matthew, the Hebrew word almah, and a sign whose meaning reaches beyond Ahaz
…s' schemes fail because “God is with us” (Isaiah 8:8–10). Then a child is announced whose government and names exceed any ordinary contemporary ruler: "For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder... Of the increase of his gov…
Read article →Conditional blessing, irrevocable promise, and fulfilment in Christ
…er it exhausts a covenant which also speaks of David's house, Israel's kingdom, righteous government, and the nations under Messiah. The New Testament never requires us to choose between Christ's present exaltation and His future public reign. The risen King can already possess a…
Read article →A history of interpretation, polemic, and forgotten tension
…storation looked impossible, Gentile Christianity was growing, and the loss of temple and government could be read as God's permanent verdict. Their understandable mistake was to allow present historical appearance to determine the limits of future prophecy. The same prophets who…
Read article →The LORD, Zion, and the meaning of Beulah in Isaiah 62:4–5
…nd. It is that a reconciled Israel will dwell securely in the land under the pleasure and government of her God. Is the Land Israel’s Spouse? We may now answer the question precisely. The land is not Israel’s spouse in the same formal covenantal sense that Israel is the LORD’s wi…
Read article →A response to Hank Hanegraaff on resurrection, Daniel’s final week, and the Tribulation
…lennialism. Creation may also experience substantial liberation under Christ’s millennial government before its final transformation. The prophets describe restored fertility, peace within the created order, longevity and righteous rule. The kingdom begins the public reversal of…
Read article →What God's faithfulness to Israel means for everyone who trusts His promises
…e, regathering, and restored blessing. David did not receive a vague assurance that godly government would exist somewhere. God promised him a house, kingdom, throne, and Son. David's descendants could be chastened, but the covenant itself would not be broken or altered. Jeremiah…
Read article →Creation, judgement, and the coming reign of Christ
…rops, animals, cities, and generations become involved in the consequences of man's moral government. This gives particular weight to the language near the end of Scripture. In Genesis, the earth is corrupted and filled with violence; in Revelation, the appointed time comes for G…
Read article →The near was real. The far is still coming.
…ousness, and princes shall rule in judgment.” — Isaiah 32:1 Isaiah begins chapter 32 with government put right. The king reigns in righteousness, and the officials beneath him administer justice. The promise concerns the exercise of public authority: how power is used, how people…
Read article →One Messiah, one gospel, and God's continuing purpose for Israel
…tored people will receive their King, and the nations will be blessed under His righteous government. Not every detail of that future is equally clear, and humility is required wherever Scripture has not spoken decisively. But uncertainty about secondary chronology must not be ma…
Read article →Four popular claims tested in context
…srael. What makes the Prophet like Moses? Lists comparing marriage, warfare and political government do not come from Deuteronomy 18. They are selected afterwards because they appear favourable to Muhammad. Deuteronomy itself closes by explaining Moses' prophetic distinction: "An…
Read article →The wicked husbandmen, the fruit-bearing nation, and what Jesus said afterwards
…ng divine purpose. Israel experienced exile under Assyria and Babylon, lost king, temple, government, and possession of the land, yet the prophets did not conclude that God's covenants had ceased. They appealed to those covenants as the ground of eventual restoration (Leviticus 2…
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