Fritz a wonderful lesson – and esp. reading has a flow I found encompassing. If only …….. yes we can…
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Tag: New Jerusalem
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Lesson 12: Christmas Story as Salvation
Read MORE: Lesson 12: Christmas Story as SalvationI think “The Peaceable Kingdom” and “The New Jerusalem” might be the only detailed pictures of salvation in the Bible. Most of our conceptions have been pieced together from short illustrations. The Christmas Story is a perfect example. Matthew’s and…
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Lesson 11: The New Jerusalem as Salvation (Revelation 21-22)
Read MORE: Lesson 11: The New Jerusalem as Salvation (Revelation 21-22)If Isaiah’s Peaceable Kingdom is the most fleshed out picture of salvation in the Old Testament, certainly John’s New Jerusalem in Revelation 21 and 22 is the New Testament’s. The latter offers much the same promises as the former but…
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Lesson 10: Return to Paradise
Read MORE: Lesson 10: Return to ParadiseMany, if not most, pictures of salvation are very general, enabling us to fill them with our own ideas. I am thinking of salvation as God’s will being done. Scholars sometime speak of this as “whatever it is when God…
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So forgiveness pre-requires understanding the mistakes of the past? here hear re this opposing this me-first, America-first, white-first, male-first approach>…
An extremely timely topic. Thanks, Fritz!