1尊敬的提阿非罗大人,在我之前,曾有很多人尝试过要报道发生在我们中间的事。2这些事与人们告诉我们的情形是一致的,告诉我们这些事的人们,从一开始就亲眼目睹了这些事,他们也曾做过向人们传播上帝信息的工作。3我也认为这个意图很好,所以我对每件事都从头进行了仔细的调查,然...
Thus it must have in its purview all the facets of the restoration of the world, including the final reconciliation of all things in Christ to the Father at the last day. The Scripture passages which refer explicitly to reconciliation invariably speak of man’s being reconciled to God and ...
The Bible doesn't promise instant fixes but rather a journey of transformation and healing. Passages like1 Peter 5:10, "And the God of all grace, who called you to his eternal glory in Christ, after you have suffered a little while, will himself restore you and make you strong, firm ...
but finding that these were capable of a reconciliation, changed their minds, as became them {f}. Among Christians, Theodore of Mopsuest, in the sixth century, denied the divine authority of this book, and attributed it merely to human wisdom; which opinion of his was condemned in the sec...
Jesus may have also indirectly challenged the segregation of Gentiles from the court of Israel. When Jesus cleansed the temple, heechoedtwo Old Testament passages inMark 11:17: “Is it not written: ‘My house will be called a house of prayer for all nations’? But you have made it ‘a ...
The doctrine and iconographic depiction of the “Last Judgment” are drawn from many passages from the apocalyptic sections of the Bible. Then I saw a great white throne and him who was seated on it. From his presence earth and sky fled away, and no place was found for them. And I saw...
The commands to do such are outlined in the following passages: “You shall not permit a sorceress to live.” –Exodus 22:18 “Give no regard to mediums and familiar spirits; do not seek after them, to be defiled by them: I am the Lord your God.” Leviticus 19:31 And the ...
One of the most famous, or infamous, passages [in the King James Version] is the passage in Isaiah 7:14:“A virgin shall conceive and bear a child.” The Gospel of Matthew [1:18–23] makes this explicit, that the prophet is talking about the birth of Jesus Christ. If you read...
• Reconciliation, and • Redemption of "the enemy." Our assumption should be that "Jesus is the Savior of the world." Our assumption should be that the total stranger about to do violence to an innocent person is (like David) or will be (like Saul of Tarsus) a brother in Christ....
“For if their rejection means the reconciliation of the world, what will their acceptance mean but life from the dead?”Romans 11:15 We note how this“all”of the believingremnantof Israel is consistent with the way the Apostle refers to the Gentile world in Romans 11:15, where he says...