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Clear searchIsrael's Messiah, Israel's Scriptures, and a gospel for the world
The New Testament Is a Very Jewish Story Israel's Messiah, Israel's Scriptures, and a gospel for the world To many Jewish people, Christianity appears thoroughly foreign. Its historic centres became Rome, Constantinople, Canterbury, Geneva, and countless cit…
Read article →Fulfilment in Christ, the inclusion of the Gentiles, and Israel's future mercy
…ion becomes difficult after the resurrection. Jesus had opened their understanding of the Scriptures, spent forty days teaching them "the things pertaining to the kingdom of God," and was about to ascend when they asked: "Lord, wilt thou at this time restore again the kingdom to…
Read article →A sign of Israel's renewal, not Israel's disappearance
…d's purpose for Israel failed. The nations are reached through the fulfilment of Israel's Scriptures, by Israel's Christ, through witnesses chosen from Israel, proclaiming the new covenant first promised to Israel and Judah. Twelve remains visible at the end of Scripture The imag…
Read article →Regathering, national rebirth, and the spiritual renewal still to come
…dly persecuted. Yet they did not disappear into the nations among which they lived. Their Scriptures, worship, identity, and hope of return endured. On 14 May 1948, Jewish sovereignty was re-established in the ancestral land through the declaration of the State of Israel. That ev…
Read article →The olive tree, the natural branches, and the limits of the metaphor
…ans 11:18). A theology in which the Gentile Church absorbs Israel, takes ownership of its Scriptures and promises, and then boasts that Israel has been permanently displaced moves in precisely the direction of the attitude Paul forbids. The passage does not accuse every Christian…
Read article →One Messiah, one gospel, and God's continuing purpose for Israel
…s follows. Israel and the Church belong to one unfolding purpose centred upon Christ. The Scriptures, covenants, Messiah, apostles, and first believers all came through Israel. The Church began with a faithful Jewish remnant and expanded as Gentiles were brought near through the…
Read article →The wicked husbandmen, the fruit-bearing nation, and what Jesus said afterwards
…ing Israel's blind and unfaithful leaders. They occupy the seat of authority, possess the Scriptures, and exercise stewardship among God's covenant people, yet reject the prophets and are preparing to kill God's Son. Their own answer condemns them: wicked husbandmen should be rem…
Read article →Unity in Christ and distinction in God's purpose
…other can speak so sharply of distinction that the Church appears detached from Israel's Scriptures, Messiah, covenants, and hope. The biblical answer requires both unity and distinction, each defined by the texts which teach it. The Church is one new man in Christ Gentiles were…
Read article →A history of interpretation, polemic, and forgotten tension
…ties, interpreted the destruction of Jerusalem as lasting displacement, and read Israel's Scriptures principally through their fulfilment in Christ and the Church. The resulting history is neither simple nor flattering. Some early Christian writers defended essential truths: Jesu…
Read article →A forensic reading of Christ's Olivet Discourse
…Matthew without a history. In the Greek Old Testament and the KJV's rendering of Israel's Scriptures, election language can refer to the Messiah, to Israel, and to a faithful remnant within Israel. Isaiah is particularly important: "For Jacob my servant's sake, and Israel mine el…
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