In part one, I primarily focused on the typology of Genesis 22 in the story of Abraham and Isaac on Mount Moriah. We saw how this event, while literal and historical, also had a symbolic significance as it foreshadowed the propitiation made by Jesus Christ. This article will focus more on the “obedience of faith”, …
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My favorite Old Testament story is found in Genesis 22. It is the well-known story of Abraham’s willingness to sacrifice his son Isaac on Mount Moriah, in obedience to YHWH’s command to him. This story has great significance in the narrative of Genesis, in the flow of redemptive history, and in the theology of both …
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This will serve as the next installment in the haphazard series so far titled “Our Blessed Hope”. The series concerns itself with eschatology: the study of the last things. And we have already covered the binding of Satan and the biblical theology of Eden which points to the telos or end goal of eschatology. In …
At the outset of His earthly ministry, Jesus Christ was tempted by Satan in the wilderness. This is a familiar story to many of us but there is greater significance that we can glean from this event in Christ’s life beyond what we learned in Sunday school. The Gospel of John does not mention Christ’s …
A few articles back I started a thematic series called “Our Blessed Hope”, exploring the subject of eschatology (the study of “last things”). In the first installment, I examined the binding of Satan and Christ’s victory over the Devil and His plundering of Satan’s house. As we look to the Bible and read what it …
With this installment, we will close our examination of Leviticus 14. We pick up in v. 33: The Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying, “When you come into the land of Canaan, which I give you for a possession, and I put a case of leprous disease in a house in the land of your possession, then he who …
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Revelation is perhaps one of the most confusing books of the Bible. And anyone who tells you otherwise often attracts skepticism and distrust due to their certainty in interpretation. Due to its heavy symbolism we need to be faithful and mature in our study of Revelation. We must not simplify it or sensationalize it. We …
I’m going to pick up my verse-by-verse walkthrough of Leviticus 14 in v. 8. This installment will cover vv. 8-32. But first, a quick note of reminder about why we’re in Leviticus 14 in the first place: This all started when I was reading through the book of Leviticus in my morning devotions. As I …
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Eschatology, the study of the “last things” in theology, was a periphery concern of mine for many years. I self-identified as “pan-mil”, i.e. holding that everything would “pan out” in the end when Jesus came back and I left the details to the end times preachers and scholars. Recently, I’ve found a fascination and interest …
Leviticus. It’s often the bane of yearly Bible-reading plans. It can be a confusing book filled with laws, rituals, and ceremonial statutes that make reading a difficult exercise. But Paul reminds Timothy that “all scripture is breathed out by God” and that it is profitable for us. Leviticus can be intimidating but when we read …
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