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Why Does Moses Call the Promised Savior a “Seed”? Resurrection Typology in Genesis 1–3

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.”
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He Makes Her Desert Like the Garden of YHWH: A Typological Understanding of the Birth of Isaac as Resurrection From Death

The discipline of biblical theology makes as its object the intended meaning of the biblical authors as revealed in the canon of Scripture. The contents of the Bible were written down by inspired human authors (2 Pet 1:21) in many…

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The Definition, Structure, and Center of Biblical Theology

This essay defines biblical theology as the task of understanding the interpretive perspective of the biblical authors. If we are seeking the interpretive perspective of the biblical authors, the best way to pursue that perspective is to move book by book through the canon of Scripture, establishing a central idea on which all the biblical authors agree aids us in discerning their perspective.
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