For the life of the flesh is in the blood, and I have given it for you on the altar to make atonement for your souls, for it is the blood that makes atonement by the life. Leviticus 17:11 ESV Blood – Christian apologists often claim that the blood of Christ shed on the cross…
For God so loved the world that He gave . . . John 3:16 NASB World – Nearly sixty years of theological reflection on the meaning of the events in the life of Yeshua had passed by the time John wrote his gospel account. Perhaps that’s why John begins his account with a deliberate allusion…
He built altars in the house of the LORD, of which the LORD has said, “In Jerusalem I will put My name.” 2 Kings 21:4 NASB Put – In the conversation with Nicodemus, Yeshua says that He must be “lifted up” just as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness. This appears to be…
Moses made a copper serpent and mounted it on a standard; and when anyone was bitten by a serpent, he would look at the copper serpent and recover. Numbers 21:9 JPS Recover – There is no doubt that Yeshua refers to this event as an explanation of the cross and the ascension (see John 3:14)….
As Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of Man be lifted up. John 3:14 ESV Be lifted up – “Houston, we have a problem.” Yeshua’s death on the cross does not meet the requirements for a sacrifice for intentional sin. Scripture tells us what those requirements must be. The…
One of the difficulties believers face understanding the place of the cross in Christian theology is directly related to a prior commitment (usually without reflective consideration) to the philosophical concept of the Greek idea of time. Examination of this assumption demonstrates that it is the philosophical concept itself that produces confusion about the role of…
“The whole law and the prophets hang on these two commandments.” Matthew 22:40 (R. T. France) Hang – How do all the Law and the Prophets hang on these two? What exactly is the relationship? If you were reading this in Greek, you would notice something odd. The verb here (kremannumi) is a lengthened form…
And He was saying to them all, “If anyone wishes to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow Me.” Luke 9:23 NASB Deny himself – Abraham Heschel completed A Passion for the Truth just days before he died. In that book he compares the impact and influence…
For the word of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being save it is the power of God. 1 Corinthians 1:18 Foolishness – I read the footnotes. Footnotes often contain bits of information that are essential for understanding the author’s method and meaning. For example, R. F….
