The Mad Prophet’s Hope

Sing to the Lord a new song!

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The Resurrection of the Dead

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3 Responses to “The Mad Prophet’s Hope”

  1. [...] We’ve been looking at the 1000 year blank most Christians draw from Solomon to Matthew. The fuzzy areas of the Bible where, by negligence or by insufficient explanation, our sense of the overall story of the scriptures is lost. We’ve discovered so far that the Bible’s hope of Messiah comes precisely from these scriptures – for when the people were carried off into exile in Babylon, God promised rescue through His “Anointed One” (Heb: Messiah) in terms like “the Forgiveness of Sins,” “the Salvation of God,” “the Resurrection of the Dead,” “the New Life of the Kingdom of God” (for those who understand: “ha’olam haba”). [...]

  2. [...] We’ve been looking at the “fuzzy” sections of the scriptures. The 1000 year blank that most Christians draw from Solomon to Matthew. The dominant story of this period is one of rebellion and exile – and hope (but one birthed as slaves in a foreign land). [...]

  3. [...] preparation for Christmas, we’ve been looking at the 1000 year blank most Christians draw when they think about the Old Testament scriptures in their Bibles. The time between Solomon and [...]

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