Excursions in Covenant Eschatology

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.”