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Unity in Christ and distinction in God's purpose
…cted backwards as another name for national Israel. The strongest objection: there is one olive tree Romans 11 does not picture an Israel-tree standing beside a Church-tree. There is one cultivated olive tree. Some natural branches have been broken off, wild branches have been gr…
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Defining the position before testing it
…Paul reasons from that fact towards something greater: "how much more their fulness?" His olive-tree image preserves both participation and distinction. Wild Gentile branches share the root and fatness. Some natural branches are broken off through unbelief. Yet those branches rem…
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A forensic reading of Christ's Olivet Discourse
Who Are the Elect of Matthew 24? A forensic reading of Christ's Olivet Discourse "Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light... And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a tru…
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