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Clear searchCircumcision of the heart and the identity of Paul's inward Jew
Does Romans 2:28-29 Make Christians "Spiritual Jews"? Circumcision of the heart and the identity of Paul's inward Jew Paul's description of the inward Jew is often treated as a decisive redefinition of Israel: "For he is not a Jew, which…
Read article →Regathering, national rebirth, and the spiritual renewal still to come
…tual renewal still to come Israel's history contains both judgement and preservation. The Jewish people were conquered, exiled, dispersed across continents, denied sovereignty, and repeatedly persecuted. Yet they did not disappear into the nations among which they lived. Their Sc…
Read article →What 'yea and Amen' in Christ means for Israel and the covenants
…no more (Hebrews 8:10-12). The improvement lies in the covenant's efficacy: God provides inward transformation and final forgiveness which the Mosaic administration could command and foreshadow but could not produce. Most importantly, the better covenant preserves its named reci…
Read article →Fulfilment in Christ, the inclusion of the Gentiles, and Israel's future mercy
…gifts and calling of God are without repentance." —Romans 11:29 The future conversion of Jewish people cannot be detached from Paul's covenant language. He identifies them as Israel and Jacob, grounds their beloved status in the fathers, and calls their coming salvation the fulf…
Read article →Why Israel's failure cannot make the word of God fail
…ns would be brought into blessing, the Messiah would suffer before reigning, or believing Jews and Gentiles would be united in one body. Later revelation unveils riches which earlier generations could not fully trace. Expansion, however, must remain faithful to what is expanded.…
Read article →Conditional blessing, irrevocable promise, and fulfilment in Christ
…d nationally refused its Messiah. Jerusalem was judged, the temple 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…
Read article →What God's faithfulness to Israel means for everyone who trusts His promises
…ater Son, the true temple, and mediator of the new covenant. The Church is united to Him. Jewish and Gentile believers therefore become one people, inherit the promises, and anticipate not merely one land but the renewed creation. On this reading, nothing has been cancelled. Ever…
Read article →The wicked husbandmen, the fruit-bearing nation, and what Jesus said afterwards
…rd placed under faithful care. The judgement is not therefore an abstract denunciation of Jewish ethnicity. Nor is it a declaration that God's promises had always belonged spiritually to a different people. It is a polemic against identifiable rulers at a decisive moment in Israe…
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