There is great debate over the accuracy and authenticity of Genesis. One reason this is so is because much of the text tells about things that happened in prehistoric times. What we read today was not written by Adam, Abraham and Jacob; it was written thousands of years after the oldest events. However, there is … Continue reading »
The Old Testament is full of references of human impurity, and rituals that purify. The Law is primarily concerned with this relationship between a holy, pure God, and a sinful impure humanity and God’s attempt to reconcile with His creation. From priestly consecration to ritual bathing, there was a method to cleanse almost anything either … Continue reading »
Christ the Victorious – Christus Victor: How the battle won by Jesus is our atonement. In Evangelical circles, the most widely held view on atonement is that of Penal Substitution. What has always convinced me that this view is inadequate is the fact that Old Testament rites of sacrifice were animal based. There were even … Continue reading »
This sad perception has prompted me to give a response. The power of the Old Testament Law has lost its power to condemn to death, those who live in Jesus Christ. However, the Law has not lost its merit or worth. It is alive and active just as much today as it was before Christ’s … Continue reading »
This week I’m reading a book entitled Kingdom of Priests: A History of Old Testament Israel. By providing a history-reader flow to the Old Testament narrative of Jewish national development, and combining the Scriptural witness with extra-biblical sources, Merrill gives the reader an easy to follow interpretation of this turbulent era. The focus on dates … Continue reading »
