Tag: God
-
Tracing God’s Kingdom Program and Covenants. Part 9: Davidic Covenant
Davidic Covenant David was then anointed as king (1 Sam. 16:12-13) and God made a covenant with him. The Lexham Bible Dictionary defines the Davidic Covenant as “the promise made by Yahweh that He would establish for King David a ‘house’ or a dynasty of kings who would perpetually reign over God’s people.” Pentecost adds more to…
-
Tracing God’s Kingdom Program and Covenants. Part 8: Kings
Kings The new form of the theocratic administration was through kings. The first king in this new administration was Saul (1 Sam. 8:22). Saul reigned for a time, but then disobeyed. 1 Samuel 15:28 says “The Lord has torn the kingdom of Israel from you today and has given it to one of your neighbors—to one better than you.”
-
Tracing God’s Kingdom Program and Covenants. Part 7: Judges
Judges In between Jacob and the time of the judges, Moses played a key role in the administration program through the Mosaic Covenant and the Palestinian Covenant (Ex. 3:10). Eventually Moses grows old and passes the theocratic leadership on. This brings us to Deuteronomy 34:9 “Now Joshua son of Nun was filled with the spirit of…
-
Tracing God’s Kingdom Program and Covenants. Part 5: Patriarchs
Patriarchs One of the promised blessings of the Abrahamic Covenant was a nation or seed. Thus, one can conclude that Abraham would have a child as part of the promise. This also applies to the theocratic administration of the Kingdom program. If the administration were to continue, there needed to be a new administrator. This…
-
Tracing God’s Kingdom Program and Covenants. Part 4: Abrahamic Covenant
Abrahamic Covenant The first patriarch, Abram (God later changes his name to Abraham in Gen. 17:5), is introduced in Genesis 11:27-31. God begins the new form of the theocratic administration by making a covenant with Abraham. The Abrahamic Covenant is defined as “God’s promise to the first patriarch, Abraham, which functions as the basis for Israel’s covenant with Yahweh.” The covenant starts…
-
Tracing God’s Kingdom Program and Covenants. Part 3: Human Government
Human Government This administration starts with God giving Noah the same responsibility He gave to Adam: to be fruitful and multiply (Genesis 9:1). Verse two goes on to say that “The fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of the earth and upon every bid of the heavens, upon…
-
Tracing God’s Kingdom Program and Covenants. Part 2: Conscience
Conscience This earthly start of the theocratic administration was short lived because Adam and Eve disobeyed God and committed the first sin (Genesis 3). As a result, the Kingdom had a change in administration. First, God answered sin by creating law of conscience. He then administered His kingdom through this law of conscience. Men had to submit themselves to his law to submit…
-
Tracing God’s Kingdom Program and Covenants. Part 1: Eden
Synthetic Chart This new series of posts is an explanation (with a synthetic chart included), where I have traced God’s Kingdom program and included the four major covenants that intertwine. What is presupposed is God has established a kingdom where he has the right to rule. Eden I started my chart with Eden because this is…
-
The Story of Scripture – Genesis to Revelation – Part 3: Abrahamic Covenant
Abrahamic Covenant Then in chapter 12, suddenly, something radically changes, because it is there we begin to see where we had a problem, there is a solution. It is found in the fact we have a covenant God, and what God says is always true. What He promises, He will make good on. So, where…
-
The Reason for God
In The Reason for God: Belief in an Age of Skepticism, Tim Keller, splits up the book in two parts. The first part, titled “The Leap of Doubt”, is Keller writing about the major challenges that bring on doubting God. Each chapter in “Part 1” is designated for a specific doubt. They are as follows…
Surrendered and Free 