Posts Tagged: Promise

The Seven Trumpets Sound Terror and Hope

Where in the Bible Is End Times

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Now on the seventh day they rose up early as dawn arose and they marched around the city. This was according to the pattern: seven times on that day they marched around the city, only seven times that day. Then on the seventh time the priests blew the trumpets. So Joshua said to the people, “Shout! For the LORD has given the city to you…. Read more »

The Typology of the Gospel

Who JESUS Is

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The heart of the Christian gospel is the penal, substitutionary atonement of Jesus Christ. As we should expect, this most salvific of all doctrines is taught throughout the Scriptures. It is pervasive, stated both propositionally and illustrated through many types and figures. This note considers a few examples of this foundational jurisprudential doctrine that C. S. Lewis so memorably describes as “deeper magic from before… Read more »

“Joseph…said to them, ‘You are spies; you have come to see the nakedness of the land!’…So he put them (Jacob’s sons) all together in prison three days. Now Joseph said to them the third day, ‘Do this and live, for I fear God’” (Gen 42:9, 17-19)Genesis 42:1-22 The drama of Joseph’s confrontation with his brothers, who had come to Egypt seeking bread in a time… Read more »