Is the gospel found in the OT?

The question of whether "the gospel" of Christ can be found in the OT is related to the question of the relationship of the OT and the NT. This involves matters of typology, prophecy, foreshadows, motifs, symbols, images, analogies, explicit and implicit pointers to Christ, and many other features of the OT. It also relates …

The beginnings of Statism in the Bible: 1 Sam 8

Statism: to have a Supreme Commander/Dictator, or centralized and complete planning and control over the people, the economy, and all property. Basically describing 90% of sovereigns in the history of humanity and its many totalitarian governments. This is the same in every age and place where people hanker for a nanny-state of paternalism and dictatorship. …

Father Abraham in the line of the promise(s)

Abraham by Rembrandt I think it is fair to say that in the popular imagination the most prominent Old Testament characters are Moses, David, and even Noah. But rather, it could be that Abram/Abraham is the pivotal person that the Bible consistently portrays as central to the religious life of Old Testament Israel, and especially …

To the Wizard of Lies: if the truth be told by tattletales

Or, On truth-telling: “they hate those who reprove in court, and despise him who tells the truth” (Amos 5) if-the-truth-be-told-by-stephen-hague-3Download Contents Truth-telling and lying. 1 Biblical selections on liars and truth tellers. 5 The practicality and contemporaneity of biblical moral principles on truth-telling and truthfully living. 6 Recommended bibliography. 9 We all say we love …

Jesus’ Temptation and the Old Testament

Setting: the DESERT OF JUDEA, autumn, A.D. 27 (Mt 4:1-11; Mk l:12-13: Lk 4:1-13) (below) The Temptation of Christ (Bartsch 41, New Hollstein 41, National Gallery Lucas van Leyden 67, Lavalleye 107). Mt 4:1-11 Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the desert to be tempted by the devil. 2 After fasting forty days …

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