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Category Archives: Life to Come
Robin Parry: New Article on Universalism
The new Rob Bell book has the topic of universalism on the minds of millions. Robin Parry (who wrote a much better book than Bell’s on the subject) writes here about seven myths concerning Christian universalism. As I have said, … Continue reading
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Richard Beck on Universalism as Biblical Truth
Everybody’s talking about universalism these days (because of a new book by Rob Bell called Love Wins). There are several kinds. One kind, and the one that interests me, does not deny judgment or hell. It simply says that there … Continue reading
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Poor in Spirit
How important is it to interpret a biblical text well? Obsession with details of theology, which is at least close to the same thing as obsession with a good interpretation of a sacred text, has been compared to speculating about … Continue reading
Posted in Bible, ethics, Faith, Gospel, Life to Come, Messianic Jewish, Yeshua, Yeshua In Context
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Feasting in the Age to Come
Visions of feasting recur in our dreams. Two images of happiness predominate: the adventure and the feast. God describes what he has for us in the age to come in terms of a rich banquet with wine and meat. There … Continue reading
Rethinking Yeshua’s Narrow Road
Enter through the narrow gate, because the gate is wide and the way is spacious that leads to destruction, and there are many who enter through it. But the gate is narrow and the way is difficult that leads to … Continue reading
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The Difference Yeshua Makes
Someone asked me a good question last night. He’s been to a few Messianic synagogues now and is trying to understand from a Christian point of view what Jewish life in Messiah is all about. He said, “Do you guys … Continue reading
Posted in Bible, Christian, Faith, Judaism, Life to Come, Love, messianic, Messianic Jewish, Messianic Judaism, Theology, Yeshua
Tagged Ein Sof
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Deuteronomy 30, The Future Time of Redemption
This is adapted from my notes for today’s daily reading from the Chumash (Pentateuch). If you email me at derek4messiah@gmail.com, I can add you to the daily email list for notes on the Chumash and the gospels. DEUTERONOMY 30:1-6 The … Continue reading
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Elul Meditation: My Salvation
Psalm 27 is read morning and evening throughout this month of Elul. It begins, “The Lord is my light and my salvation.” Salvation is perhaps not the best English word, not because it is not an accurate rendering of ישעה … Continue reading
Posted in Bible, Faith, Holidays, Judaism, Life to Come, messianic, Messianic Jewish, Messianic Judaism
Tagged Psalms
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Leviticus, Impurity, and the Odor of Death
In the first part of this series, “Leviticus, Impurity, and Mouldering Self-Portraits,” I started with a comparison by Jacob Milgrom, the premier Leviticus scholar, on impurity in the Torah and a novel by Oscar Wilde. I also tried to look … Continue reading
Posted in Bible, Christian, Judaism, Life to Come, messianic, Messianic Jewish, Messianic Judaism, Sacrifices and Purity, Torah
Tagged Jacob Milgrom, Leviticus
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Yeshua and Faith
A friend of mine (we’ve met face to face once in Jerusalem, he lives in Holland) is in a place I have been before. I once blogged about it and my terms were not as stark as his. But I … Continue reading
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Tagged doubts
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BOOK EXCERPT: Love in the World to Come
The following is the beginning of the eleventh chapter of my book, The World to Come. I watched The Book of Eli last night. Whatever the critics say about the movie, it had a few really good lines. Not least … Continue reading
Posted in Derek's Writings, Life to Come, Love, messianic, Messianic Jewish, Messianic Judaism
Tagged World to Come
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Descended into hell?
Okay, I’m having a couple of very busy days. And I don’t want my blogging to suffer. So I’m doing what people often do when they are short on time. I’m piggybacking my thoughts on things I find on other … Continue reading
Posted in Bible, Christian, Life to Come, messianic, Messianic Jewish, Messianic Judaism, Scot McKnight, Yeshua
Tagged afterlife, descent into hell, hell
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PODCAST: Yeshua in Context – Kingdom of Heaven, Pt 5
In his book Surprised by Hope, British scholar N.T. Wright mentions an interesting misunderstanding about the meaning of Yeshua’s resurrection. It is an objection, really, made by some scholars to the popular understanding of this age, the Age to Come, … Continue reading
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Tagged Kingdom, Podcast, Yeshua in Context
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PODCAST: Yeshua in Context – Kingdom of Heaven, Pt 3
In part 1, we considered one of the largest associations Yeshua’s hearers would have had with the phrase “kingdom of heaven” or “kingdom of God.” That is the return of a kingship like David’s, a golden age for Israel under … Continue reading
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Tagged Kingdom of God, Kingdom of Heaven, Podcast, Yeshua in Context
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Israel and Messiah’s Return
I have been having dialogue with a number of people who feel that Israel’s part in God’s healing of the world is done. Messiah came from Israel and since that time, Israel’s part is finished. Israel to some is the … Continue reading
Millennialism (Chiliasm)
I’m teaching Revelation 20 tomorrow morning at synagogue. This is the 28th week in a series I have been teaching (with breaks for holiday seasons and topics). The following are just a few notes on the history of millennialism. I … Continue reading
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Tagged Chiliasm, Millennialism, Millennium, Revelation
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Bringing Back Messianism
I received a question from Scot McKnight about my series this week on the Marriage Supper of the Lamb. He said it seemed I was saying that the image of a marriage supper with God in the age to come … Continue reading
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Tagged Messiah, Messianism
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The Marriage Supper, Part 2
As I have read through Revelation, I have found it to be the culmination of a long story. It is the most developed and mature theology of the entire canon. John, the Jewish apostle, from his position in the communities … Continue reading
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Tagged Jesus, Lamb, Marriage Supper, Revelation
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The Marriage Supper, Part 1
I’d imagine that some of the force of an ancient angelic invitation has been lost on modern generations. When an angelic herald told John on Patmos to “write this” and said, “Blessed are those who are invited to the marriage … Continue reading
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Tagged Jesus, Lamb, Marriage Supper, Revelation
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A Few Minutes into the Resurrection
I believe in a certain story that informs the book of Revelation and which is expanded upon in its twenty two chapters. It is a story about Israel being renewed and a multitude from the nations joining them in welcoming … Continue reading
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Israel’s Story in Revelation 11
You sometimes find stories in unexpected places. I have to say Revelation is apparently an unexpected place to find Israel for the majority of Christian scholars who study Revelation. They find the church in everything-Revelation in ways that should be … Continue reading
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Tagged Revelation
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Rev. 11 and Overlooking Israel
I have addressed in the past the sad tendency of Christian interpreters to overlook Israel in the book of Revelation: here, here, and here. It is a sad hermeneutic that can ignore the central narrative thread of the Bible (blessing … Continue reading
Hell in the New Testament
Part of my journey in the past five years has been re-assessing what I think I know about life, God, the Bible, and theology. It has been a particularly fruitful time, this half decade. Paradigms should be questioned and knowledge … Continue reading
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Tagged afterlife, hell
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Revelation 7, Israel, the Church, and Tabernacles
Last week I lamented the unfortunate conclusions Grant Osborne came to in his otherwise excellent commentary on Revelation. Like many other commentators, he reads Israel out of Revelation. Israel shows up in Revelation in four places: chapters 7, 11, 12, … Continue reading
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