Outward appearance in the Saul narrative (1 Samuel 9-31) operates as an unstable and ultimately unreliable criterion for leadership. As the narrative progresses, leadership quality is disclosed more consistently through the king’s relationship to animals, both literal and figurative, which function as narrative tests and witnesses to obedience, competence, and covenantal faithfulness.
Through various thematic and textual allusions, the author of Ruth presents the narrative as a typological microcosm of Yahweh’s redemptive purposes for Israel (and the nations) as anticipated in the Pentateuch and carried forward in the Prophets.
The Lord Jesus is our king, the Son of David (Matt 1:1), who has faithfully kept covenant with God and opened the way to stand in his presence permanently. It falls to us to follow in his steps, to walk just as he walked, which is best expressed in our love for one another.
The human authors of Scripture were aware that their writings were inspired of God, and thus, the written, authoritative words of God.
Hebrews holds a crucial position in the biblical canon as it grabs handfuls of previous Scripture and reveals how the story of God is carried forward in Christ.
The enthronement of David as king and the covenant that YHWH made with him after his ascension to the throne through suffering typifies the full realization of YHWH’s universal and eternal dominion in David’s future seed.
The Galatian believers, therefore, are not in a conflict similar to Isaac. They are in the same conflict as Isaac—the cosmic conflict. In order to receive their inheritance and stand in their freedom, they also must obey Sarah’s protective command and cast out the false teachers.
Through these textual and theological similarities in oneness/union grammar, sanctification, and the role of the Holy Spirit, Johannine oneness refers to the same reality as Pauline union.
It is desirable to render the word “only begotten” to ensure that our English versions are in sync with historic Trinitarian orthodoxy.
One only needs to look up the lyrics of the latest hits on the Spotify Top Charts to confirm that “bad worldviews produce bad art” (52). Most popular songs are simply another variation of the same song. It is a…
Moses intentionally, consciously includes YHWH using the term “seed” in his narrative as a metaphor for the promised Savior (Gen 3:15) because the promised Savior will do what seeds do—go into the ground, which is akin to death, and then reappear out of the ground alive, which is akin to resurrection, and he will do so on “the third day.”
The greatest hope of the Christian is this right here: the return of Christ, and our glorification with Him.