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All Israel shall be saved: 1. Romans 1:1-32
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Saturday, 18 October 2008. From his first words in his letter to the Church in Rome, Paul wants to be clear. As a Jew, he opens his letter by saying that he is an emissary of a Jew, Jesus the Messiah, who is from the royal Jewish tribe of King David. Paul’s message had been foretold by the Jewish prophets in the Jewish Scriptures (Rom 1:1-4). Paul was sent by God to bring the gentiles to faith in Jesus. For the word gentiles. Paul uses the Greek word ethnoi. I will use the word nations. Rom 1:6-7). F...
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All Israel shall be saved: Intermediate Conclusion: Romans 1-8
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Sunday, 2 November 2008. Intermediate Conclusion: Romans 1-8. Well, those were the first eight chapters of Paul’s letter to the Church in Rome. For me this was an interesting quest, to read these chapters with our question about the relation between Church and Israel at the heart. A few comments before I proceed. 1 I think I have followed Paul’s argument rather closely, even though I am also sure I missed some theological finesses, purposely or foolishly. 5 I think Paul wrote his theology about salvation...
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Seven Temples of God in the Bible. 3rd Temple: Altar, Tabernacle, Temple. 4th Temple: Jesus Christ. 5th Temple: The Church. 6th Temple: Individual Christians (June 2015). 7th Temple: New Heaven and New Earth - and heaven. (June 2015). Patristics [lessons for Alexandria School of Theology]. First letter of Clement. Second letter of Clement. Letter of Polycarp to the Philippians. Irenaeus: On the Apostolic Preaching. St Cyril (Kirillos): Sermon on Jesus' fasting (Luke 4). Gregory of Nyssa: Life of Moses.
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All Israel shall be saved: Romans 10:1-21
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Friday, 20 March 2009. Jews are zealous, Paul says, but in a wrong manner. They do not know the righteousness of God and try to establish their own. They do not submit to Gods righteousness. (Rom. 10:2-3). In Rom. 10:4-8 Paul repeats his earlier words. Christ is the end (or: the goal) of the law. There is righteousness for anyone who believes. Moses stresses that those who do the whole law will live by doing so. (Rom 10:4-5) Paul has repeatedly made clear that no-one is able to do so. All day long I have...
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All Israel shall be saved: 8. Romans 8:1-39
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Sunday, 2 November 2008. The law could not help Israel, but those who were in Christ through faith, had been made free from the law that was related to sin and death (Rom. 8:1-2, compate 7:4). The law could not help the Jews, but Christ could (Rom. 8:3-4). The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit that we are God's children. Now if we are children, then we are heirs— heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ, if indeed we share in his sufferings in order that we may also share in his glory. And we know th...
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All Israel shall be saved: 6. Romans 6:1-23
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Monday, 27 October 2008. In the previous chapter of his letter to the Romans, the apostle Paul argued that the law made sin increase, and therefore grace as well. No wonder some people ask, whether we should not continue to sin, as that also makes God’s grace increase. Maybe there were actually some believers in Rime proclaiming ideas of this sort, but I have the impression that these words are the cynical argument of some Jewish Christians (or non-Christians! Paul had sai before that the law makes peopl...
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All Israel shall be saved: 7. Roman 7:1-25
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Sunday, 2 November 2008. Rom 7 is a difficult chapter that has generated much theological debate. Is Paul talking about his own spiritual life as a Christian, or is this about his life in his pre-Christian days? I will try to read this chapter in the manner of the previous chapters, that is with my focus on the question how Paul treats the issue of the relationship between Jews and non-Jews in the Church in Rome. In Rom. 7:5-6 Paul continues with such radical language. For while we were living in the fle...
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All Israel shall be saved: Romans 11:1-24
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Friday, 5 June 2009. So did God reject his people of Israel? Rom 11:1) By no means, says Paul. It is important to wonder what the question ‘did God reject his people’ actually entailed. In order to find out, it is good to listen carefully to the answer of the apostle. How does he prove that God did not reject his people Israel? 1) By pointing to the fact that he was an Israelite himself (Rom. 11:1). 3) By saying that ‘at the present time there is a remnant, chosen by grace’. (Rom 11:5-6). 8217; (Rom 11:7).
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All Israel shall be saved: 4. Romans 4:1-25
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Tuesday, 21 October 2008. The apostle Paul finished in Rom. 3:31 with the conclusion that his message of justification by grace does not cancel. The law, but that it confirms. The law. The law also clarifies that even those who try to obey the law, are sinners. David, the king of Israel, also spoke about this matter. He called someone blessed. Paul then asks: Is this blessing only for the circumcised, or is it said of the uncircumcised as well? Meaning: is it only for Jews or for all people? The promise ...
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All Israel shall be saved: Romans 9:1-33
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Monday, 9 March 2009. After the first 8 chapters of his letter, Paul must, in rather strong words, underline that he truly cares about his Jewish compatriots:. Amen [Rom. 9:2-5]. The idea that Paul would want to be cut off from Christ for the sake of his brothers who do not follow Christ, underlines that it has dramatic consequences for Jews to not believe in Christ. In his first 8 chapters, Paul has worked this out carefully. Without Christ, all people, including Jews, are lost. The Greek word pas, used...
