Wounds of the Apostle Paul

Where in the Bible …is Suffering

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“I bear on my body the marks of Jesus” Galatians 6:17 There is a pattern to our sufferings in this life. For Christians, no hurtful wound is merely random or meaningless. It is the goodness of God’s providence that makes our sorrows meaningful, for suffering always precedes glory, as the Savior said of his own wounding (Luke 24:26). Paul encouraged the little, struggling church in… Read more »

The New Testament Figural Interpretation of “Suffering and Glory”

Where in the Bible …is Suffering

We have said that our method will be to identify the “third day” passages of the Old Testament and examine them to see if they mark a pattern foreshadowing the “suffering and glory” of the Christ.  But we should say a word about what we are likely to see.  The hermeneutic of the Lord and his apostles was largely figural in character, requiring a poetics… Read more »