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Clear searchSeth D. Postell, Eitan Bar & Erez Soref · Messianic biblical theology · 2017
I recommend Reading Moses, Seeing Jesus because it treats the Torah neither as an embarrassing relic nor as a covenant code which the Church must simply re-enact. The authors read its narratives, patterns, prom…
View recommendation →Four popular claims tested in context
…ilment is unwelcome. Muslim apologists commonly appeal to four passages: the prophet like Moses in Deuteronomy 18; the Servant and Kedar in Isaiah 42; the promised Comforter in John 14–16; the Hebrew word maḥămaddîm in Song of Solomon 5:16. Some presentations add other verses, bu…
Read article →Isaiah, John, and the Divine Identity of Jesus Christ
…is real; its limits must be demonstrated God’s angel may bear His name (Exodus 23:20–21). Moses can be described as “a god to Pharaoh” (Exodus 7:1). God’s king may receive homage alongside God (1 Chronicles 29:20). These passages prevent simplistic arguments from a title, an act…
Read article →Christ the promised Seed, Gentile inheritance, and Paul's final blessing
…ls to Abraham because the patriarch was counted righteous through faith before the law of Moses and before his circumcision: "Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness." —Galatians 3:6 Those who are "of faith" are therefore called the children of Abraham…
Read article →Near-death experiences, neuroscience, and the authority of Christ
…dead man wants someone sent back to warn his brothers. Abraham answers: "If they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded, though one rose from the dead." —Luke 16:31 The line is devastating to our appetite for extraordinary testimony. God has not left us w…
Read article →How the Law reaches its goal and appointed end in Christ
…her than possession or performance of the Law, as the way that righteousness is received. Moses himself bears witness Paul immediately develops the contrast: "For Moses describeth the righteousness which is of the law, That the man which doeth those things shall live by them." —R…
Read article →Ezekiel 20, child sacrifice, and the judgement of being given over
…ent. John Calvin likewise rejects identifying the bad statutes with the law given through Moses. He understands them as invented, idolatrous forms of worship to which God subjected a people who refused His good government. Calvin explicitly connects the passage with Romans 1:24–2…
Read article →El, the Exodus, and the God Who Came from Sinai
…El Shaddai but were not acquainted with Him by the name Yahweh in the manner revealed to Moses. None of that should be concealed. Scripture does not need protection from evidence. But evidence must be distinguished from the historical story constructed from it. Archaeology has n…
Read article →Circumcision of the heart and the identity of Paul's inward Jew
…ory Paul did not invent inward circumcision to provide the Church with a new ethnic name. Moses had already commanded Israel: "Circumcise therefore the foreskin of your heart, and be no more stiffnecked." —Deuteronomy 10:16 The same book promises a future divine work in Israel: "…
Read article →Does John 6 teach the literal eating of Christ's body?
…m he hath sent.” The crowd then asks for another sign and invokes the manna given through Moses: “Our fathers did eat manna in the desert; as it is written, He gave them bread from heaven to eat.” —John 6:31 Jesus corrects them. Moses was not the ultimate giver, and the manna was…
Read article →Faith, assurance, and the unseen reality of God
…ething he has not seen. Abraham goes where God calls him without knowing his destination. Moses makes costly choices because he looks towards a reward beyond Egypt’s riches. God’s unseen promise has become decisive for their present conduct. Faith gives what God has said sufficie…
Read article →The LORD, Zion, and the meaning of Beulah in Isaiah 62:4–5
…ation. The people experience the curse of estrangement from both God and inheritance. Yet Moses looks beyond the curse. Deuteronomy 30 anticipates Israel’s return to the LORD and the LORD’s regathering of Israel: “That then the LORD thy God will turn thy captivity, and have compa…
Read article →Testing Islam's evidence for divine revelation
…Islam does not arrive in an empty religious landscape. It claims continuity with Abraham, Moses, the prophets and Jesus. It calls the Torah and Gospel revelations from God and presents itself as confirming what came before. That creates a test more objective than literary admirat…
Read article →What God's faithfulness to Israel means for everyone who trusts His promises
…ng the fulness of what had been promised, believing that God remained able to perform it. Moses did not lead a symbol out of Egypt. He led the descendants of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob towards the land God had sworn to their fathers. Their disobedience brought real judgement, yet…
Read article →Creation, judgement, and the coming reign of Christ
…the ruin inflicted upon the world he inhabits. The law of restrained dominion The law of Moses does not abolish human use of land and animals. Israel may farm, harvest, build, eat meat, own livestock, use working animals, and offer sacrifices. Biblical care is not based upon ani…
Read article →How the Lord knows His own—and how their lives bear His name
…wording recalls a dark moment in Israel's history. Korah, Dathan and Abiram rose against Moses and Aaron, gathering men of reputation around them and challenging the order God had established. Moses answered: "Even to morrow the Lord will shew who are his, and who is holy; and w…
Read article →Which Gospel does the Qur'an affirm?
…njeel in the singular as a revelation bestowed upon Jesus, just as the Torah was given to Moses and the Qur'an to Muhammad. The four canonical Gospels, by contrast, are narratives about Jesus written by later authors. Paul's letters are later still and cannot simply be identified…
Read article →Israel's Messiah, Israel's Scriptures, and a gospel for the world
…umcised on the eighth day, presented at the temple, and raised in obedience to the law of Moses (Luke 2:21-24). Paul summarises His historical setting: "God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law." —Galatians 4:4 He attended the synagogue, went up to Jerusalem fo…
Read article →Regathering, national rebirth, and the spiritual renewal still to come
…ompleted by spiritual regeneration. Scattering and regathering belong to the same promise Moses warned Israel that covenant rebellion would bring defeat, exile, and scattering among the nations (Leviticus 26:14-39; Deuteronomy 28:15-68). Those judgements occurred in history. The…
Read article →Christianity, Islam and the verdict of the evidence
…pal proof texts fail when restored to their contexts. Deuteronomy promises a prophet like Moses from among Israel’s brethren. The surrounding expressions locate him within Israel, and Acts applies the promise directly to Jesus Christ. Isaiah 42 mentions Kedar, but Kedar is among…
Read article →What Jesus promised the apostles about Israel's future
…s judges did more than decide lawsuits. God raised them to deliver and govern His people. Moses heard disputes and made God's statutes known, while appointed rulers dealt with ordinary cases (Exodus 18:13-26). The promised Davidic King would "reign and prosper, and shall execute…
Read article →A forensic reading of Christ's Olivet Discourse
…restoration promises Matthew's gathering language has important Old Testament parallels. Moses told Israel: "If any of thine be driven out unto the outmost parts of heaven, from thence will the LORD thy God gather thee, and from thence will he fetch thee." —Deuteronomy 30:4 Isai…
Read article →A sign of Israel's renewal, not Israel's disappearance
…tity runs through the biblical story. Jacob's twelve sons became the heads of the tribes. Moses built an altar with twelve pillars "according to the twelve tribes of Israel" (Exodus 24:4). Twelve men represented the tribes when the land was searched, and twelve stones were taken…
Read article →How Christians can think politically without surrendering conscience to a package deal
…g more fundamental: they revealed what God sees when He judges people who exercise power. Moses required Israel's king to live under God's law, refuse self-exaltation and resist the accumulation of power, wives and wealth (Deuteronomy 17:14–20). Samuel warned that government coul…
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