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3 results- ThemeRedemptionRedemption is the Bible's word for rescue that costs something. Two Hebrew verbs carry the weight: *ga'al*, the act of a near kinsman (*go'el*) who buys back land, a person, or…
- ThemeKingdom of God"The kingdom of God" names not a place first but a reign — God's kingly rule breaking in, which then produces a people and a realm who live under it. The storyline starts long…
- ThemeResurrectionThe hope of resurrection surfaces gradually across the Old Testament before it becomes explicit. Job — likely the oldest book in the canon — already confesses a living Redeemer…
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3 results- ProphecyThe Veil Torn — a Picture, Not a PredictionThe way into God's presence is opened at the Messiah's death. The veil is a picture Scripture itself later reads, not a promise it made.
- ProphecyBorn of a WomanThe first messianic prophecy in Scripture. The 'seed of the woman' would crush the serpent's head while being wounded in the process — a picture of Christ's victory over Satan…
- ProphecyStone Rejected Becomes Head CornerstoneThe rejected stone becoming the cornerstone pictures a reversal of fortune only possible through resurrection. The builders (religious leaders) reject the stone (Messiah), but…
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14 results- VoiceProcopius of GazaProcopius was born about 465 at Gaza, on the coast of Palestine, and died there about 528. He spent his working life as a teacher of rhetoric, and he was the leading figure in…
- VoiceOecumeniusOecumenius wrote the earliest Greek commentary on the book of Revelation that has come down to us. He wrote it in the first half of the sixth century, most likely in the 530s…
- VoiceDon PiperDon Piper is an American Baptist minister and author best known for his 1989 near-death-experience and the resulting bestseller *90 Minutes in Heaven: A True Story of Death and…
- VoiceIgnatius of AntiochIgnatius was bishop of Antioch in Syria — the city where believers were first called Christians. He called himself Theophorus, "God-bearer." He was condemned to die in the…
- VoiceJoseph A. SeissJoseph Augustus Seiss was born on March 18, 1823, at Graceham, Maryland, into a family of Moravian descent. He attended Pennsylvania College at Gettysburg, studied theology…