Lecture 5 of 12 in Covenant Theology Jeremiah 31:31-34, Hebrews 8:13, 9:11-18 King Josiah renewed the old covenant in 2 Kings 23 and Jeremiah was alive to see it. But what the Lord is saying through his prophet is that this new covenant will not be... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
Lecture 4 of 12 on Covenant Theology Galatians 4:21-31 There is one covenantal plan of God, but there are two covenants. This is the clear language of the Apostle Paul. And following from this fact, Paul uses two pieces of imagery to drive home this... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
Lecture 3 of 12 on Covenant Theology 1 Chronicles 16:15-18, Psalm 105:8-10 Divine initiation in history—whether initial creation or providence—cannot be an afterthought for God. Something very obvious and easy to miss must unify the covenants and... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
Lecture 2 of 12 on Covenant Theology Galatians 4:1-7 In the middle of the Twentieth Century, both secular and Christian scholarship shed some light on this age-old idea of covenant. Two books in particular are important to mention here. From the... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
Lecture 1 of 12 in Covenant Theology Galatians 3:15-22 Covenant Theology is a hybrid of biblical and systematic theology. Then again the Christian worldview is a hybrid of biblical and systematic theology so that should not really concern us too... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
And one of the elders said to me, “Weep no more; behold, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has conquered, so that he can open the scroll and its seven seals.” And between the throne and the four living creatures and among the elders... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
THE TWO STATES CONNECTED IN THE KINGDOM The humiliation is made by God the ground of the exaltation. On that truth Paul hasd already been clear in Philippians 2. On the road to Emmaus He says, “Was it not necessary that the Christ should suffer... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
And being found in human form, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross. Therefore God has highly exalted him and bestowed on him the name that is above every name, so that at the name of Jesus every knee... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
THE RESURRECTION OF CHRIST WAS BODILY AND SPIRITUAL There is continuity in all of Christian truth and therefore there is continuity in the work of Christ. Jesus redeems us by his atoning work and Jesus has redeemed our whole being—soul and body—so... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
Now if Christ is proclaimed as raised from the dead, how can some of you say that there is no resurrection of the dead? But if there is no resurrection of the dead, then not even Christ has been raised. And if Christ has not been raised, then our... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
