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Chiliasm (Part 6): Irenaeus and Hippolytus
Irenaeus Heresy Fighter As Bishop of Lyon and a distinguished theologian, Irenaeus probably did more than anyone else to establish chiliasm in the west. He…
Chiliasm (Part 5): Justin Martyr
Defense of Chiliasm Whereas Papias had assumed a chiliastic doctrine, with no concern to defend it, Justin formulated a biblical defense of chiliasm, which he…
Chiliasm (Part 3): New Testament Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha
Relevant New Testament Texts Outside the book of Revelation, there are few New Testament references to a possible messianic interregnum. First Corinthians 15:23–28 (cf. Col…
Chiliasm (Part 2): Background
Jewish background to Christian chiliasm
Isaac
Isaac and the Covenant Covenantal Offspring Isaac, the beloved son of Abraham, went to the altar as a sacrifice (Gen 22) at the apparent cost…
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)…
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…
Annotated Bibliography
Here’s a really useful annotated bibliography on biblical theology.
Prophetical Types (Part 3)
General Remarks about Prophetical Types Fairbairn deals with the problematic idea of a “double sense,” which he rejects in his comments on the second, third,…
Three Classes of Types
Classes of types (Part 1): Old Testament Institutions, Historical Types, and God’s Word in Creation