Why apantēsis does not settle the timing of the rapture
…ho supplies that movement is drawing an inference beyond the sentence itself. The ancient reception background In the Hellenistic and Roman worlds, citizens could go out to meet an approaching dignitary and accompany him in a formal entry. Two other New Testament passages are fre…
Read article →Sources behind Qur’anic narratives
Revelation or Reception? Sources behind Qur’anic narratives The Qur’an did not emerge in a cultural vacuum. It appeared in a world alive with biblical names, Jewish interpretation, Christian preaching, se…
Read article →Isaiah, John, and the Divine Identity of Jesus Christ
…ute with no personal identity: John narrates the Word’s coming, revelation, rejection and reception. The wonder is not merely that a heavenly messenger visited. The One through whom the world came into being entered the world He made. “The firstborn of every creature”: does Colos…
Read article →Conditional blessing, irrevocable promise, and fulfilment in Christ
…or revoking Abraham. The Davidic covenant establishes the King God later promised David a royal house, kingdom, and throne. David's immediate descendants could be chastened for iniquity, but the covenant purpose would not be removed as Saul's kingdom had been: "And thine house an…
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