As iron sharpens iron,
one person sharpens another. (Proverbs 27:17)
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Commentaries on the Book of Genesis are ten-a-penny. But some of them are too concerned with ANE parallels that they forget to teach the Book itself. Some are over speculative, while others too critical and unbelieving. The pastor who wants to get at the meat without spitting out too many bones might do worse than study the following:
We continue our look at the great prophecy of Daniel 9:24-27. Read the rest of the series.
“The final form of the Greek text of the New Testament is what I have to deal with. In other words, I’m suspicious of the whole question of the role of Aramaic. What effect can it have other than to destabilize the Greek text that we in fact possess?” - Mark Ward
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I am convinced that the Book of Revelation ought to be interpreted as a prophecy and that its numbers and symbols have identifiable referents either close by or in other Books of the Bible. I have therefore given a list of works espousing the Dispensational point of view. Not that non-Dispensational writers aren’t useful, but accuracy of interpretation must come first. I have made note also of some non-dispensational works.
“[P]enal substitution is not to be understood as the only aspect of Christ’s work, just as guilt is not the only aspect of our human plight…..
We continue our look at the great prophecy of Daniel 9:24-27. Read the rest of the series.
As we march onward in our study of Daniel 9:24-27, we’ve arrived at Daniel 9:26. What happens after the 69th “seven”? That is, after Daniel 9:25? There is still one “seven” left, and a lot of stuff still to be fulfilled from the six-item list Gabriel revealed in Daniel 9:24. As the prophecy goes on, in Daniel 9:26, two key events happen:
Michael Rydelnik and others argue that the idea that Ishmael is the father of the Arabs comes from the Koran and is not a correct teaching (see https://www.michaelrydelnik.org/blog/thoughts-on-antisemitic-terrorism). The idea, however, originated with Josephus.
“The ultimate solution is to embrace the hope of Christ and the New Covenant he offers to both Jew and Gentile, to the people of Israeli and of Palestinian descent as well as to Muslims.
“Christianity is a worldview that is fundamentally word-centered. Words are central to God’s nature, purposes, and work in the Creation, Redemption, and Restoration of the world. According to Genesis 1, God spoke creation into existence.” - Breakpoint
“Horton’s retelling of Western intellectual history undermines common assumptions about the origins of modernity. Many of modernity’s problems—which often get blamed on Protestantism—were issues the Reformation was already trying to address.” - TGC
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