Lately I’ve been reading through the articles at the back of the new NIV Zondervan Study Bible. I like “big picture” articles, and I expect a lot from contributors with names like D. A. Carson, Douglas Moo, T. D. Alexander, and Moisés Silva. Since some of these writers were also the editors of the Bible,… Read More »
I am astonished by R.C. Sproul’s answer to the question, “What does Scripture teach us about the future role of Israel?” He starts off well, giving two major views: Some Christians believe that the New Testament church replaces Old Testament Israel as the subject matter of Old Testament prophecies about Israel. That is to say… Read More »
A verse that has been used more than once by those trying to convince me that the church replaces Israel in God’s eternal plan is Romans 9:6: For not all who are descended from Israel are Israel. What I am supposed to understand is that it is not physical Israel that receives God’s blessing but… Read More »
Zechariah 12:10 — “And I will pour out on the house of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem a spirit of grace and supplication. They will look on me, the one they have pierced, and they will mourn for him as one mourns for an only child, and grieve bitterly for him as one grieves… Read More »
Everything about the following sentence is wrong. For analysis, I ‘ll break it down into phrases, but it’s all one sentence. From Bruce Waltke, An Old Testament Theology, page 824: The prophets ‘ predictions embrace a beginning of fulfillment in Israel’s restoration from the exile, a victorious fulfillment in the church age stretching from Christ’s… Read More »
It feels like old times when a former student gets a question wrong and asks for extra credit. But I’m an easy guy and I gladly grant the wish. Name the book: The book of ________ contains in brief form the messages of many other prophetic works. Condemnation is issued to both God’s people as… Read More »
“I find myself aware that in reading the Hebrew scriptures [the Old Testament] I am handling something that gives me a closer common link with Jesus than any archaeological artifact could do.” Christopher Wright, Knowing Jesus Through the Old Testament (IVP Academic, 1992), ix.
With this post, we come to the end of the Old Testament in the Bible Reading Guide. I suspect that only a portion of the regular blog readers here have been following along. Some of you may find this more handy to read in the future, and I do plan to post the whole as… Read More »
No, this is not a birth announcement. It’s just the continuation of the Bible Reading Guide I wrote for my son. Haggai All of the prophets you’ve been reading so far were written before Israel and Judah were carried into captivity or while they were still in exile. But the last three prophets were all… Read More »
This book is one of the least known in the whole Bible, I think. Most people can’t remember anything about him. I think, however, that if I was teaching a class on the prophets, I might start with Zephaniah. The reason is that he’s a very normal prophet but he is short. So by studying… Read More »