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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 →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 →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 →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 →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…
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