In Matthew 24:29, Jesus employs “cosmic language,” signs in the sun, moon and stars, to predict the imminent end of the Old Covenant. His first-century audience would have recognized His allusion to the prophecy...
The significance of the prophet Daniel for the “death and resurrection” of the nation of Israel becomes clear when the sacrificial “matrix” is discerned...
Like the books of Samuel and Chronicles, the book of Kings is so long and detailed that it was divided into two scrolls. But...
The pattern of events between Egypt and Canaan sheds a great deal of light upon the sexual confusion in Western culture today, and God’s...
As one of the inspired authors, John the Apostle employs in His Gospel the covenant-literary structure as a means not only of making allusions to...
A face value reading of 1 Corinthians 6:1-11 provides us with practical advice for dealing with disputes, but Paul employs systematic typology to anchor the...
Our familiarity with the Bible is a two-edged sword. Knowing it well enables us to wield it, but it often shields us from being truly...
The first chapters of the Word of God have a poetic rhythm. This is used to discredit their accuracy as historical narrative, but the...
Peter Leithart notices that the Revelation uses the word “sign” (semeion) seven times, all between chapters 12 and 19.
Jeremiah said the people would return to possess the Land, and he even redeemed some land as a sign. But before that event, the...