Category: Old Testament
Advent: Wednesday of First Week
Where did anyone get the idea that Isaiah was a cheerful gospeler?
Advent: First Sunday
Advent readings open with Isaiah’s warning for rebellious Judah and Jerusalem (Isa 1:1-31) and then introduce the Lord’s future reign as a time of reckoning for their pagan ways (Isa 2). Only this reckoning for the house of God could prepare it to serve as a blessing to the nations, for which Abraham’s offspring were called in the first place (Gen 12:1-3).
Fasting on Zion and throughout Nineveh
The prophet Joel calls for fasting at the temple in Jerusalem; and in the book of Jonah, pagans muster themselves to fast and repent in…
Spring up, O well!
A meditation on the Israelites’ celebration, “Spring up, O well!” (Num 21:10-18)
Trinitarian Spirit: Old Testament
A blog in a series on Pneumatology, in this case treating the third person of the Godhead in the Old Testament. This is part of the opening series of blogs on the Trinity.
Adam, Eve, and Seed of the Woman
First and Final Adam Adam was God’s created “image and likeness” (Gen 1:26–28) who foreshadowed Jesus Christ “the exact likeness of God” (2 Cor 4:4)…
The Child of Christmas Morn (Psalm 2)
A homiletical reflection on Psalm 2 in connection with the Advent season.
A foretaste of Christmas
Jesus erased the curse, he triumphed over death, he opened paradise. He struck down sin, he opened wide the vaults of the sky…
Defining the Big Picture (Part 3)
Blog 3 of 3 on “Defining the Big Picture” of biblical theology by Christological exposition, focusing on how the OT looks forward to Christ.