Excursions in Covenant Eschatology

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The implication of the parable of Luke 16:19–31 is clear, there was never any hope of salvation for the rich man, even when he was alive.

The geographical, historical, and cultural background of every book, and author, of the New Testament. If you want a pdf copy of the final NT Context Diagram in this video click here . If you want a transcript of this video, or have a question, email me by clicking here . Thanks for watching, and God bless.

The wider literary context of Matthew 13:31–33 reveals that, along with the wheat and the weeds, the grain of mustard, and the leaven, are two of four seeds paralleling the four soils in the Parable of the Sower.

According to the Gospel of Matthew, Jesus will come back to destroy Jerusalem, her temple, and then the whole world, in AD 70.

After being made aware of the basic purificatory definition of NT baptism, magical thinking held about the practice dissipates with every future reading of the Gospels.

John’s Baptism in water was a preparatory ritual of cleansing repentance made available to the last generation of the circumcised, so they could be made ready to receive the atoning sacrifice of Jesus on the cross, and escape the Last Judgment in AD 70.

The ESV footnote at Malachi 1:1 says that the Hebrew name Malachi means “my messenger.” What it doesn’t say is that Malachi also means “my angel.”

John’s kerygma was the final prophetic commandment that had to be obeyed by those of his generation under the Mosaic Covenant who wanted to inherit eternal life.

Our lack of empirical certainty of the text forms, and transmission histories, of the Old Testament books is not a problem for the Church, because we only need to be certain of those OT passages cited in the New Testament.

The disappointing partiality of anti-preterist theologians ensures their arguments against Covenant Eschatology are based on little more than logical fallacies, exegetical acrobatics, or emotional appeals to their favoured traditions.

For Paul, the Lord’s Supper tradition was not an anticipatory ordinance of God, like the Passover meal, but rather a voluntary act of meal fellowship, of faithful communal thanksgiving to God for the Salvation wrought by his Son.

Jesus’ question about the Son of Man finding faith comes at the end of the parable of the widow and the unrighteous judge, reinforcing the idea that Jesus is asking about the Last Judgement of the Land of Israel.

Entering into Canaan behind Joshua was the final act in the physical enactment of the Salvation Pattern . From this moment on, this pattern is operating spiritually, on the minds of God’s people. The Law of Moses is the “letter” of God’s commandments regarding how he wants people in his Kingdom to behave. It was given for them to discover and adopt the guiding “spirit” within it.

Matthew's demoniac is an apostate Jew, unrestrained through sin and/or misfortune from the bonds of the Mosaic Covenant, and civilised society.

With which character in the parable of the Good Samaritan are we to identify? If you want a transcript of this video, or have a question, email me by clicking here . Thanks for watching, and God bless.

On the misuse of Proverbs 24:11 in the present Pro-life crusade. If you want a transcript of this video, or have a question, email me by clicking here . Thanks for watching, and God bless.

How the literary device known as "inclusio" is used by the author of the Book of Revelation to emphasize the imminence statements he placed in his prologue. If you want a transcript of this video, or have a question, email me by clicking here . Thanks for watching, and God bless.

Update on my upcoming Bible study series. In January, I posted the outline for a short series of seven “mythbusting” Bible studies at Remuera Baptist Church . As everyone knows, since then the entire world had a collective meltdown, turning 2020 into a year no one will ever forget (unless something even more dire occurs next year; which we’re all praying hard won’t). The effects of the Great Lockdown are still being felt here in New Zealand, even though we’ve been more or less out of lockdown since the beginning of May. I know that Sandy and I are still combatting an unusual reluctance to re-engage with the outside world the way we used to. This inability to get back into things has naturally affected my Bible Study preparations. In fact, today is the first day since Lockdown that I’ve felt any kind of excitement about teaching again!

When Jesus changed ritual water into superior wine at the Wedding at Cana, he did the exact opposite of saving the wedding. This is a video taking a sound exegetical look at John 2:1–10. NOTE: A longer exegetical essay suporting the conclusions made in this video can be seen by following this link: The First of the Signs. If you want a transcript of this video, or have a question, email me by clicking here . Thanks for watching, and God bless.