As is also observed by RWW .. “It is important to remember that when evangelicals like Jack Hibbs talk about the importance of standing with Israel, it isentirely rootedin their mission of seeing Jews “experience the salvation” of Jesus Christ.“ ...
When they crucified the ever loving, caring Master with compassion flowing from His eyes Well, He said to a thief who was begging Him for mercy that "today you'll live in Paradise." And I'm saved like the criminal on the cross. Praise God, I'm saved, no more to suffer loss. Wel...
Jo-Ann A. BrantThe Journal of Theological StudiesBrant, Jo-Ann A. Review of Per Jarle Bekken, The Lawsuit Motif in John's Gospel from New Perspectives: Jesus Christ, Crucified Criminal and Emperor of the World. JTS 66.2 (2015): 773-76....
The first shall be last and the criminal who dies in pain and shame, like the thief crucified next to Christ, shall be with Him in Paradise. The redemptive potential of the awful death in the age of the glorifi- cation of bodily suffering meant that a criminal execution was an ambig-...