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Clear searchWhat 'yea and Amen' in Christ means for Israel and the covenants
Do All God's Promises Transfer to the Church? What "yea and Amen" in Christ means for Israel and the covenants Paul makes one of the most comprehensive statements about the promises of God: "For all the…
Read article →Fulfilment in Christ, the inclusion of the Gentiles, and Israel's future mercy
Does the New Testament Reaffirm Israel's Promises? Fulfilment in Christ, the inclusion of the Gentiles, and Israel's future mercy The Old Testament repeatedly promises Israel preservation, regathering, cleansing, the kingdom of Dav…
Read article →Christ the promised Seed, Gentile inheritance, and Paul's final blessing
Are Abraham's Seed and the Israel of God the Church? Christ the promised Seed, Gentile inheritance, and Paul's final blessing Galatians contains two of the strongest arguments for identifying the Church as Israel. First, Paul says that the promises were…
Read article →Why Israel's failure cannot make the word of God fail
…y rebelled and, when Messiah came, the nation did not receive Him. What happens to divine promises when their recipients prove unfaithful? Scripture does not answer by minimising Israel's sin. Nor does it conclude that God's purpose must be transferred to a more deserving people.…
Read article →The LORD, Zion, and the meaning of Beulah in Isaiah 62:4–5
…eliberately uses marital language to describe the restoration of Israel’s people to their promised territory. The relationship between Israel and the land is much more than accidental residence or ordinary property ownership. It is an enduring bond established by divine promise—a…
Read article →The wicked husbandmen, the fruit-bearing nation, and what Jesus said afterwards
…ial. Something is taken away, another people receives it, and fruitfulness determines the transfer. It would be evasive to pretend that the verse contains no judgement upon Israel or no consequence for rejecting the Messiah. The disputed question is more precise. From whom is the…
Read article →Isaiah, John, and the Divine Identity of Jesus Christ
…liation of God’s people, the apparent strength of Babylon, the impotence of idols and the promised work of Cyrus. However one approaches the scholarly debate about the book’s composition, this literary and historical horizon is unmistakable. Isaiah 44:28 and 45:1 actually name Cy…
Read article →Why the final seven is unfinished, future, and centred upon Israel and Jerusalem
…rch from Jew and Gentile in one body. The length of the interval is not a defect in God's promise. Scripture repeatedly joins divine patience to the apparent delay of judgement (2 Peter 3:9). The gap is long from the human perspective, but it is neither empty nor purposeless. Who…
Read article →Responding to five common criticisms without defending what Scripture does not require
…progressive revelation, the distinct identities named in the text, and the unconditional promises God made to Israel. It affirms one way of salvation by grace through faith, centred in Christ. It distinguishes Israel and the Church without teaching two gospels or two redeemers.…
Read article →El, the Exodus, and the God Who Came from Sinai
…ered “God Almighty,” is God’s patriarchal designation in passages concerned with covenant promise, fruitfulness and His power to accomplish what appears impossible. The exact etymology of Shaddai remains disputed, so more should not be claimed than the contexts warrant. The memor…
Read article →Circumcision of the heart and the identity of Paul's inward Jew
…the foreskin of your heart, and be no more stiffnecked." —Deuteronomy 10:16 The same book promises a future divine work in Israel: "And the LORD thy God will circumcise thine heart, and the heart of thy seed, to love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, t…
Read article →A history of interpretation, polemic, and forgotten tension
…t Jewish people. Other evidence complicates the story. Writers who spiritualised Israel's promises could still expect a future Jewish conversion. Some anticipated a rebuilt Jewish temple and a final crisis centred upon Jerusalem. Early Christian thought was not a single system. T…
Read article →A sign of Israel's renewal, not Israel's disappearance
…tself establishes less than either side sometimes claims. Read within Jesus' ministry and promises, however, it points towards renewal rather than erasure. Twelve means Israel Israel's twelve-tribe identity runs through the biblical story. Jacob's twelve sons became the heads of…
Read article →Labour, purpose, and faithfulness in a fallen world
…ities opened which shaped the whole direction of my career. I do not tell that story as a promise that every prayer for employment will be answered in the same way. I tell it because uncertainty taught me to receive work as a stewardship rather than an entitlement. Work began bef…
Read article →How Christians can think politically without surrendering conscience to a package deal
…conducted in the United States. We should not assume that every measured American effect transfers unchanged to Britain. American political media nevertheless reaches British audiences, the same major platforms operate here, and UK research confirms that misinformation is not a…
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