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The Form of a Divine Covenant

Both Isaiah 42:6 and 49:8 include a messianic prediction of the Servant of Yahweh being “made as a covenant.” However, one quite often reads the objection “a person cannot be a covenant.” When I read such a statement I wonder to myself what it is about a covenant that prohibits a person from being one? Is a covenant a piece of paper with some writing and signatures? Or is it the ancient equivalent of a clay or stone tablet with the parties names…

When we examine the relationship between God’s foreknowledge and His predestining, one might wonder if one precedes the other, and how that impacts metaphysical realities. As part of this line of reasoning, it is important to examine the Scriptures to discover what God foreknew. There are at least six explicit Biblical references to God having prior knowledge: Psalm 139:4, Jeremiah 1:5, Acts 2:23, Romans 8:29, Romans 11:2, and 1 Peter 1:2. Interestingly, there is another passage that speaks of believers also having prior knowledge—2 Peter 3:17. Examining these gives us insight for…

I remember my mother once saying—quoting her father—that Easter Sunday is a lot like heaven. Perhaps it is the closest thing to it that we will ever experience here upon the Earth.

I cannot prove that statement Biblically, but I have attempted to meditate upon it through the years, and I think there is much truth in it.

Growing up, I was part of a church tradition that gave great prominence to Easter Sunday—which some strongly prefer to call Resurrection Sunday—and all of the events leading up to it. By the time we got to Holy Week—which I now prefer to call …