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Clear searchGovernmental restraint, the final ten kings, and the preparation of the temple
…ed period, I expect that the temple may already be built, or under construction, when the ten kings begin their reign. Preparations for that confrontation could overlap the preceding economy. That is a proposal about timing, to be tested alongside the governmental explanation of…
Read article →Born, begotten and firstborn in the eternal identity and saving work of the Son
Was Christ Begotten at the Resurrection? Born, begotten and firstborn in the eternal identity and saving work of the Son “This day have I begotten thee” appears to be applied to Christ’s resurrection. Did J…
Read article →The incarnation, the limits of created perspective and the love philosophy could not imagine
…he strangeness of the incarnation freshly before me. Christians have heard the words so often that we can cease to feel their force. God became man. The Word was made flesh. The One who made the world entered it, accepted the limitations of a human life, suffered at the hands of…
Read article →The near was real. The far is still coming.
…zon and the question of fulfilment “Was this fulfilled, or is it still future?” That is often a necessary question when reading biblical prophecy. Sometimes, however, it becomes an inadequate question because it assumes that a prophecy must belong entirely to one historical momen…
Read article →Trusting God when voices seek to weaken our confidence
…anding outside Jerusalem, he spoke loudly in the language of its people. His words were intended to reach those on the wall, to unsettle them, and to break their confidence in their king and their God. Then we read: “But they held their peace, and answered him not a word: for the…
Read article →Isaiah, John, and the Divine Identity of Jesus Christ
…40–48 address the humiliation 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 an…
Read article →Unity in Christ and distinction in God's purpose
…to speak of Israel, Gentiles, and the Church in distinguishable ways. These truths are often forced into competition. One side fears that any distinction between Israel and the Church divides the people of God. The other can speak so sharply of distinction that the Church appear…
Read article →Why the final seven is unfinished, future, and centred upon Israel and Jerusalem
…alem shortly before the crucifixion. The calculation is ingenious and has rightly drawn attention to the remarkable messianic shape of Daniel's chronology. It should not be presented as though every premise were uncontested. Interpreters dispute which Persian decree begins the co…
Read article →El, the Exodus, and the God Who Came from Sinai
…nd informed people simply know. The genuine evidence behind the theory deserves serious attention. El was both a common Semitic word for deity and the designation of the high god in Canaanite religion. Israel lived within a wider Canaanite cultural world. Several ancient biblical…
Read article →Matthew, the Hebrew word almah, and a sign whose meaning reaches beyond Ahaz
…shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel." —Matthew 1:23 Critics often answer that Isaiah did not say virgin. The Hebrew word is almah, they argue, meaning merely a young woman. Had Isaiah intended virginity, he would have used betulah. Matthew is therefore…
Read article →Why Israel's failure cannot make the word of God fail
…essings, covenant curses, intercession, and mercy. Faithfulness means that God acts consistently with His character and with the terms He has actually spoken. The question is therefore not whether circumstances can change. It is whether God will deny an oath which He deliberately…
Read article →The LORD, Zion, and the meaning of Beulah in Isaiah 62:4–5
…rsed. Her righteousness will be publicly revealed. The Gentiles will see her vindication, kings will behold her glory, and she will receive a new name from the mouth of the LORD. The geographical character of the prophecy is difficult to miss. Isaiah speaks about Zion, Jerusalem,…
Read article →Seeing God, bodily resurrection, and life in the renewed creation
…hall reign for ever and ever” (Revelation 22:3, 5). The nations walk in the city's light, kings bring their glory into it, and the leaves of the tree of life are for the healing of the nations (Revelation 21:24–26; 22:2). We should be cautious about filling every silence with spe…
Read article →A response to Hank Hanegraaff on resurrection, Daniel’s final week, and the Tribulation
…basis. No pretribulationist should evade the first observation. Scripture contains no sentence reading, “Christ will gather the Church seven years before He descends to earth in judgement.” The question is whether the absence of that one-sentence formulation proves the absence o…
Read article →Sources behind Qur’anic narratives
…onditions are met, we should distinguish several possibilities: direct copying from a written text; oral transmission of a written story; dependence upon a shared earlier tradition; indirect cultural reception; or coincidence. We cannot always identify the route. We can often ide…
Read article →The Messiah cut off before the Temple fell
…e questions deserve examination, but the argument in this article does not depend upon pretending that every chronological detail is undisputed. The text itself gives us the essential historical boundary: the anointed figure is cut off before the destruction which follows. Does “…
Read article →Creation, judgement, and the coming reign of Christ
…it benefits humanity. God sends rain upon a wilderness "wherein there is no man" so that tender grass may spring forth (Job 38:26-27). He feeds young ravens, attends the birth of wild goats, gives the wild ass its range, directs the hawk, and speaks at length of creatures man ca…
Read article →Israel's Messiah, Israel's Scriptures, and a gospel for the world
…Its Scriptures have been used to justify contempt for Jews, and its Jewish Messiah has often been presented with little connection to the people, covenants, and hopes into which He was born. That history cannot be denied. It can, however, obscure the world of the New Testament i…
Read article →One Messiah, one gospel, and God's continuing purpose for Israel
…e leaders recognised that He spoke against them. Afterwards, Jesus still spoke of Davidic kingship, Jerusalem's future welcome, His public return, and apostolic rule over the twelve tribes. Following His resurrection, Jesus taught the apostles about the kingdom for forty days. Wh…
Read article →How Christians can think politically without surrendering conscience to a package deal
…es its own account of the world: the dangers which matter, the injustices which deserve attention, the experts who may be trusted, the words which may be used and the people who ought to be feared or condemned. Once the package has been accepted, every new event arrives with an i…
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