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Yeshua, Our Redeemer- Mediator

I Timothy 2:5 :  For  there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man   Christ Jesus. Acts 4:12 :   And there is  salvation  in no one else, for  there is no other  name under heaven given among men [ a ]  by which we must be saved.” Acts 16:31 : And they said,  “Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved, you  and your household.” Of these, I think the ESV is not as accurate as it could be.   It makes it sound as if someone must believe in a set of facts & rely on Yeshua directly, as in intellectually assent to who He is & His person & work at one’s personal Vox Kephale in order to be justified.   The preposition  ἐπί in the text governs the accusative case object “the Lord Jesus,” & is, in my opinion, better translated as “on” rather than “in.” Yeshua is the Redeemer-Mediator of the whole of the LORD’s covenant system.   Rather than point us to a body of doctrinal ...
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Covenant Theology: Transitional Prophets

Behold, I send my messenger, and he will prepare the way before me. And the Lord whom you seek will suddenly come to his temple; and the messenger of the covenant in whom you delight, behold, he is coming, says the Lord of hosts. But who can endure the day of his coming, and who can stand when he appears? For he is like a refiner’s fire and like fullers’ soap. He will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver, and he will purify the sons of Levi and refine them like gold and silver, and they will bring offerings in righteousness to the Lord. Then the offering of Judah and Jerusalem will be pleasing to the Lord as in the days of old and as in former years. “Then I will draw near to you for judgment. I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, against the adulterers, against those who swear falsely, against those who oppress the hired worker in his wages, the widow and the fatherless, against those who thrust aside the sojourner, and do not fear me, says the Lord of hosts. Behold, I w...
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Tackling Tradition 12 (Folly & Fool)

 “Never answer a fool according to his own folly.”  Have you ever heard the morality police say that?  On the one hand, they operate like the Mean Girls Club.  On the one hand, they feel free to police the local church & community, as if they are practicing divination and locator spells for people whose views disagree with their own & moral problems too.  On the other as soon as you confront Fiona, Diane, & Cordelia, they run to Proverbs to shut you down.   4  Do not answer a fool according to his folly,      or you yourself will be just like him. 5  Answer a fool according to his folly,      or he will be wise in his own eyes. (Proverbs 26:4 - 5) The fool is one who doesn’t believe what the Bible correctly exegeted, exposited, and understood teaches. Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest you be like him yourself. Don’t answer the falsehoods, poor thinking, & bad doctrine spread by J...
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