What Kuyper May Have Gotten Wrong: The Certain Future Victory of the Gospel
What does Jesus expect to happen in world history?Ā We know what he told his disciples to make happen:
And Jesus came and said to them, āAll authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go therefore and disciple all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the ageā(Matthew 28.18-20).
This is quite clear.Ā The disciples are to bring all national/ethnic groups (ethnoi) into submission to Jesus by teaching them everything Jesus commands so that they observe it.Ā This involves not just teaching a moral code, but initiation into a new society through baptism. Read more…
10 Bread Symbols In the Bible You Should Know
By Steve Macias
A post about bread? You butter believe it. No bun intended. It’s a Manna-festo. š
Both the Old and New Testaments include lots of references to bread: Jesus was born in the “house of bread” – Bethlehem, bread is central to the ritual Jesus himself prescribes to the church, and even takes a clause in the Lord’s prayer. We “knead” to be familiar with the Bible’s use of bread. (Last pun, I promise.) Symbolism is important because it shapes how we understand God.
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