Category: Hebrews
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we have come to mount zion… hebs 12
Hebs 12:18-24 Citizens of the heavenly Jerusalem For you have not come to what may be touched, a blazing fire and darkness and gloom and a tempest 19 and the sound of a trumpet and a voice whose words made the hearers beg that no further messages be spoken to them. 20 For they could…
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jesus… the son of man (2)
We noted that the title ‘the Son of Man’ was Jesus’ favourite self-designation. The expression ‘son of man’ was not unfamiliar it would seem in C1 Palestine. It simply meant ‘human’ with the stress being on the weakness and humility of such a position. In the words of Psalm 8, addressing God the psalmist asks,…
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john 13… footwashing… cleansing
jesus, the son of god In John’s gospel there is no Bethlehem story. There are no shepherds, no wise men, and no swaddling clothes or manger. There is simply John’s terse expression, ‘the Word became flesh’. John reveals an origin far more profound than Mary or the City of David. Jesus was ‘in the beginning…
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imputed active obedience (IAO), a must or a misdirection? (10)
The Bible and IAO. My intention in the next few posts is to demonstrate that the Bible locates justification in the infinitely valuable death of Christ and his subsequent resurrection without reference to IAO. Indeed, I hope to show that IAO is not only absent but does not fit as presented into the biblical contours…
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eschatology precedes everything
In theology eschatology comes first. That is, in God’s plan, the End precedes the Beginning. Or, if you like, the End shapes the Means. God’s eternal plan to head up all things in Christ frames everything that goes before. Thus new creation precedes and explains creation; the New Jerusalem precedes and explains the Garden; Christ…
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flesh and spirit in Romans, and beyond (2)
This is the second in a short series of blogs reflecting on the ‘flesh/Spirit’ contrast that controls Romans and beyond. In a previous blog we observed that this contrast is not metaphysical, a God/Man divide nor anthropological, a Body/Soul divide but chronological and eschatological, a divide of two Realms and Eras. The gospel is about…
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the righteous shall live by faith (2)
Hab 2:4 (ESV) …the righteous shall live by his faith. Many scholars maintain that ‘faith’ in Hab 2:4 really should be translated ‘faithfulness. The reason given is twofold. Firstly, the Hebrew noun ‘emunah‘ used in Hab 2:4 is normally translated ‘faithfulness’ in the OT ; secondly, the OT doesn’t normally sharply distinguish between faith and…
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the righteous shall live by faith (1).
Hab 2:4 (ESV) “… the righteous shall live by his faith. This short text, even part of a text, would be easy to miss while reading Habakkuk and the OT. Yet, to do so would be a mistake for it is a text that has key significance in the NT. It is cited no less…
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