Blog Introduction: Purpose & Goal
Introduction to the blog and explanation of the purpose and goals for the discussions found here.
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Pharaoh’s Hard Heart and God’s Gracious Patience
This post examines the Exodus, showcasing God’s justice, patience, and mercy. It details how God initially showed grace to Pharaoh before sending the plagues as a response to the Israelites’ oppression. Each plague challenged Egyptian beliefs, giving Pharaoh opportunities to repent.
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Let The Children Come to Me
Explore Jesus’ intense reaction to His disciples preventing children from approaching Him, as recorded in the synoptic gospels. The story reveals Christ’s passion for including children and serves as a call for the modern Church to reconsider its practices, particularly regarding children’s participation in communion.
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Jews of the New Testament: Expectations & Confirmations
The Jews of the New Testament, including figures like John the Baptist, Simeon, and Nathaniel, all held literal expectations of a future Kingdom with the Messiah reigning on a physical throne. Their hopes, grounded in the promises of the Davidic Covenant, were never corrected by Jesus but rather confirmed throughout His ministry. This post explores how these expectations align with the Old Testament prophecies and underscores the unbroken continuity of God’s Kingdom promises from Israel’s history to the early church.
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Just as He spoke to our fathers, to Abraham and his descendants forever.
What were the Kingdom expectations of the “righteous” and “blameless” Jews? If they were under divine guidance then what they believed in and expected should be heeded closely.
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The Hopes and Expectations of the Kingdom of God
The Jews’ familiarity with prophecy and with God’s consistent method of fulfillment would have led them to form strong expectations of the Kingdom and the Messiah. We will uncover hat would have led them to these expectations and then search for evidence leaning in favor of either the correction or confirmation of these expectations.
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The Announcement and Preaching of The Kingdom
A close look at the announcement of the kingdom as recorded in the NT and the significance of how the phrase “kingdom of heaven” is employed and related to OT promises.
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Kingdom of God: Series Introduction
Overview of the two main claims of the kingdom, and introduction to what will be discussed over the course of the Kingdom of God series.
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Premillennialism: A Basic Introduction
Brief definition of premillennialism and overview of its fundamentals. Introducing the concepts that will be further developed over the course of this blog.
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