“Throughout the narratives of Exodus 19-Deuteronomy there are numerous examples of Israel’s failure to follow God’s will. Here we can see the hand of the author at work. After each episode of disobedience we can see that God gave Israel a new and more complete set of laws.
As Israel continued to transgress the laws given [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘Biblical Theology’
November 16, 2009
“The law was added because of transgressions” by John H. Sailhamer
November 12, 2009
“One should also move in the other direction” by John H. Sailhamer
“Evangelical approaches to the Messiah in the Old Testament often have focused on reading the New Testament back into the Old Testament. I am suggesting that one should also move in the other direction.
The Old Testament sheds a great deal of light on the New Testament. Our primary objective should be to read the New [...]
November 11, 2009
“Not a guide but the goal” by John H. Sailhamer
“The New Testament is not so much a guide to understanding the Old Testament as it is the goal of understanding the Old Testament. Unless we understand the Old Testament picture of the Messiah, we will not recognize the New Testament picture of Jesus.”
–John H. Sailhamer, The Meaning of the Pentateuch (Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity, [...]
November 2, 2009
“The meaning of the Pentateuch” by John H. Sailhamer
“The big idea of the Pentateuch is the importance of living by faith.”
–John H. Sailhamer, The Meaning of the Pentateuch (Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity, 2009), 22.
October 15, 2009
“Jesus Christ ushers in the new covenant” by Stephen Wellum
“In the Old Testament none of the covenant mediators– whether Adam, Noah, Abraham, Moses, or David– fulfilled their role and brought about the promise; they only typified and anticipated the one to come (Rom 5:14). Only our Lord Jesus Christ, the God-man, fulfills the roles of the previous covenantal mediators and brings about the promises [...]
