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Watchmen, Not Watchers Part 1
It’s a two way dependency: The only way to understand the New Testament is to fully embrace the Hebrew mind, the Old Testament imagery and promises of God. The only way to fully understand those promises is to match them … Continue reading
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Tagged hebrew prophets, Hebrew Scripture, Jesus the Messiah, John the Baptist, messianic prophecy, New Testament, old testament, poetic imagery, Prophet Ezekiel, prophet isaiah, prophet jeremiah, symbolic references, the Covenant of Moses, watchmen
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Getting Words Right
Re: Naked Bible 131: Conference Interviews Part 4 Let’s talk about terminology. This is no different than anything we’ve said before; it’s just another person expressing the same thing when Heiser interviewed NT Wright. The Kingdom of God is what … Continue reading
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Tagged covenant identity, Covenant of Christ, divine election, ethnic identity, Hellenism, mortality, old testament, spiritual redemption, the Cross, theology
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Jesus the Hebrew Mystic
Nobody has to tell me that my previous post stirred up a hornets’ nest. The challenge here is shifting your expectations and mental reflexes over to a genuine Hebrew outlook. What did the Hebrews prior to the introduction of Hellenism … Continue reading
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Tagged atonement, covenant, divine election, fleshly nature, Hebrew epistemology, Hebrew Mysticism, innocence, law, old testament, sin, spiritual birth, systematic theology, the Fall
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Our Commission
The New Testament clearly references the Old. Jesus was constantly correcting false impressions of what the Law of Moses required of Israel. It helps to gain a Hebraic concept of the terms. Whenever you see the word “law” used in … Continue reading
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Tagged covenant, faith, feudalism, Hebrew epistemology, New Testament, old testament, submission to God, the Covenant of Moses
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Of New Wine and Old Skins
We talk a great deal about the mindset and worldview of the Hebrew people, because that’s the only way to understand the Bible. But not everything about that outlook is admirable, especially in light of the very real changes brought … Continue reading
Two Types of OT Law
Heiser said that we need to understand the Hebrew mindset about the Law of Moses. There are two types of law: serious moral concerns and mere ritual mistakes. Most of Leviticus is consumed in dealing with the latter. Rituals don’t … Continue reading
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Tagged Biblical Law, Law of Moses, Leviticus, moral accountability, old testament, rituals
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NT Doctrine — Conclusion
I’m not going to say that John’s Revelation doesn’t contain any doctrine, but that doctrine is not the purpose for writing it. It is prophecy in symbols, all reaching back to echo the symbols of the Old Testament. Its content … Continue reading
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Tagged divine revelation, New Testament, old testament, prophecy
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Meeting the Apocalypse
A conventional, mainstream religion will not carry you through the apocalypse. Only genuine faith can do that. If all you know about Christ is what’s recorded in the Bible, then you don’t know Him. He transcends the written record. Granted, … Continue reading
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Tagged ancient hebrew culture, Covenant of Christ, Hebrew epistemology, moral boundaries, New Testament, old testament, open spirituality, scripture, western epistemology
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NT Doctrine — 1 Corinthians 5
Here we run into a very potent example of the continuity between the Old and New Covenants. Granted, what Paul talks about in this chapter is disturbingly not a sin in to western minds. But even among Gentiles of his … Continue reading
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Tagged church leadership, Corinthians, human sexuality, old testament
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Nothing Else Matters
I’m not the first to discuss this: The Old Testament makes mention of spiritual birth. When Nicodemus interviewed Jesus in John 3, we see the elder man’s confusion over the concept of spiritual birth. But Jesus answered from within the … Continue reading
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Tagged covenants, divine election, fallen nature, human futility, Law of Moses, New Testament, old testament
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