Category: Kingdom
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ot believers… regenerate… roms 7
One of the difficult questions to answer is the status and experience of OT believers. This post does not pretend to answer this question but I hope it points to fruitful fields of inquiry. Old Testament believers were justified by faith (Roms 4: Gen 15:6). Abraham’s faith=justification serves as the template for all future justification…
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revelation 20… the millennium
Revelation 20 the millennium The final aspects of the salvation story are unfolding (19-22). We have seen the end of the beast and false prophet and all who side with them. We are about to see the end of Satan. We are introduced to the reign of Christ and his people, particularly those martyrs found…
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jesus and the spirit
There are deep mysteries to the union of deity and humanity in the person of Jesus. However, what is revealed is for us to grasp and believe. What is clear is that as a man Jesus lived by faith entirely depending on the Holy Spirit for all he did. Hebrews reminds us that he is…
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jesus… the son of man (3)
We have been reflecting on the important role Daniel 7’s vision of someone ‘like a son of man’ has in explicating the messianic mission of Jesus. It is the designation most used by Jesus to define himself and we have observed how he clearly uses the designation as a messianic title. At first glance it…
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sussing the sermon on the mount
It seems that The Sermon on the Mount has a negative press in large segments of evangelicalism. Some insist it is pure law and its purpose, like the Mosaic Covenant, is only to kill (Lutheranism and variants of it). Others also see it as law but think its primary focus is to instruct believers during…
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all things new
all things are new The NT is clear that there is a relationship of promise and fulfilment between the OT and the NT; what is promised in the old is fulfilled in the new. Fulfilment implies both discontinuity and continuity. However, we should note that when the NT discusses aspects of continuity hard on its…
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ambassadors of a disputed king
Bill Kyles has an excellent article on the hidden glory of the church in Themelios. Below is an appetizer. Ambassadors of a Disputed King As pastors there is much to discourage us. We can feel insignificant compared to the powerful and influential people of our age. We are engaged in what has been called a…
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more luke reversals
We’re looking at the reversals in Luke’s gospel. God’s Kingdom reverses expectations. This reversal is made explicit in Jesus sermon at Nazareth in Luke 4. Luke 4 is perhaps the key to the whole gospel. It announces the core of Jesus’ mission and the gospel of the Kingdom. Jesus announces the reversals as he quotes…
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reversed expectations
Luke’s gospel stresses reversed expectations. It is about the Kingdom of God and this Kingdom specializes in reversed expectations. We noted this reversal in a blog a few days ago. It is signalled right at the beginning of the gospel. Mary praises God as she reflects on her miraculous pregnancy and exclaims: ‘he has scattered…
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