Here are 6 great ways to see Christ in the Old Testament (via Greidanus: Six Ways to See Christ in the Old Testament – Justin Taylor, which was guest posted by Dane Ortland):
1. The Way of Redemptive-Historical Progression. This interpretive strategy connects Christ to events of redemptive significance in the OT which [...]
For Luke the charismatic ‘Spirit of prophecy’ is very much the power and life of the church, and so probably of the individual too. It is the means by which the heavenly Lord exercises his cleansing and transforming rule over Israel as much as the means by which he uses her as the Isaianic servant [...]
"Prophetic Community"
Pastor Jim is preaching a series on “Salt & Light” at Cornerstone Worship Center (Nampa, ID) and a week and a half ago took us into Acts 2/Joel 2 wherein we find the famous prophetic statement:
“‘And in the last days it shall be, God declares,
that I will pour out [...]
Science and Scripture 14 March 2010
Well, I’m now a community blogger at Endued! As I read it, one of the key aims of Endued is to be a witness for the Lord Jesus to the surrounding culture. Hopefully, my musings will in some way help to advance this aim.
The context for my becoming a community blogger was my recent [...]
My Angst with Dispensational Defiance of Rejecting an Apostolic Hermeneutic of the Old Testament
The cited material comes from Robert L. Thomas’ volume, “Understanding Spiritual Gifts”. Thomas (1999:141), who is an able exegete and professor at the Master’s Seminary, evidences nonetheless a priori commitment to a systematic paradigm that influences, in my estimation, a reading of certain texts, namely Joel 2:28:
Prophets in the future will minister to people [...]
Sweeney, M.A. (2000). The Twelve Prophets: Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah (vol. 1). Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press.
M.A. Sweeney (2000:174) likens the outpouring upon Israel as a reconstitution of His people of sorts, hearkening back to creation and the work of the Spirit amidst the cataclysmic events:
Indeed, the image of [...]
The late Dr. Raymond Dillard, who served as Professor of O.T. at Westminster Theological Seminary (Philly), penned a great commentary on Joel that is included in the McComiskey edited work on the Minor Prophets. I have quoted extensively from it in my thesis research and thought the following couple quotes were quite [...]
Beale on the OT in the NT
Writing in the journal Irish Biblical Studies [Volume 21, November 1999], Greg Beale talks about the use of OT scripture in the NT and says:
I gave the analogy of picking an apple off a tree and making it part of a decorative table arrangement of fruit. The new context does not obliterate the apple’s [...]
Holman, Charles L.: Till Jesus Comes : Origins of Christian Apocalyptic Expectation. Peabody, Mass. : Hendrickson Publishers, 1996
For more information on Dr. Charles Holman, visit: http://www.regent.edu/acad/schdiv/holman/charles.shtml
Holman comments on Joel 2-3 as follows:
Following material blessing, a deluge of the Spirit “on all flesh” [...]
Carey, G. (2005). Ultimate Things: An Introduction to Jewish and Christian Apocalyptic Literature. St. Louis, MO: Chalice.
Commenting on Joel 2:28-32, Carey (2005:61) says:
…it proclaimed an eschatological age marked by prophetic and visionary activity…Peter recites part of the passage to interpret the manifestations of the Spirit at Pentecost (2:16-21). [...]
Beale, G.K. (2002). The New Testament and New Creation. In Hafemann, S.J. (ed), Biblical Theology: Retrospect & Prospect. Downers Grove, IL: Intervarsity.
The phrase “latter days” occurs approximately twenty-seven times in the [...]
Okay, I know that some are about to stone me for even mentioning Geerhardus Vos and charismatic in the same sentence. It was intended to be provocative, but I must say that Vos’ pnuematological insights align well with a Redemptive-Charismatic hermeneutic. He quotes:
The position of Jesus in the development of pneumatology as between [...]
Tasker, R.V.G. (1947). “The Old testament in the New Testament”, Phila: Westminster Press.
St. Peter’s speech, however, which follows the incident, interprets it not just as another occurrence of common religious phenomenon, but as something unique. He interprets it as the fulfillment of words of the prophet Joel, prophetic of the Messianic age, when God’s [...]
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