tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7822251021129585494.post6022014093499111595..comments2023-06-22T07:01:34.013-06:00Comments on Preach the Word: IS JESUS A POLYGAMIST?Jeff Wrighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06658996385948373287noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7822251021129585494.post-28458139965683566562007-02-22T15:21:00.000-06:002007-02-22T15:21:00.000-06:00My question about Israel's beginning was meant to ...My question about Israel's beginning was meant to point out that the nation began when Israel (Jacob) was born. It was also meant to point out that to centralize one's thinking around the Mosaic covenant when thinking about Israel is short-sighted. <BR/><BR/>What I mean when I say that the MC is built on the AC is that the MC is irrelevant and has no meaning apart from the AC. The MC does not M. Jay Bennetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14196144533530725736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7822251021129585494.post-28944384163063049562007-02-22T12:26:00.000-06:002007-02-22T12:26:00.000-06:00"Did Israel begin with Moses? Or did it begin with...<I>"Did <B>Israel</B> begin with Moses? Or did it begin with God's call of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob and the promise to make them into a great nation?"</I><BR/><BR/>That certainly depends on what you mean by Israel, for any of those options could be right or Jacob or even before Abraham where God would save a people, if the church is the spiritual Israel.<BR/><BR/><I>"The new includes the Holy GUNNYhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11422524342398284973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7822251021129585494.post-64455921192798373862007-02-21T23:06:00.000-06:002007-02-21T23:06:00.000-06:00If the Mosaic covenant is built upon the Abrahamic...If the Mosaic covenant is built upon the Abrahamic, which is eternal, how could obsolescence equal divorce? Between these two covenants it seems we would have to say the "marriage" is fundamentally built upon the Abrahamic covenant, where God promised to be with them as their God (Actually I would take it back to the <I>protoevangelium</I> as the first promise given in the Covenant of Grace).<BR/M. Jay Bennetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14196144533530725736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7822251021129585494.post-80816155820313484122007-02-21T21:12:00.000-06:002007-02-21T21:12:00.000-06:00Well, I don't think anyone is intentionally bashin...Well, I don't think anyone is intentionally bashing or taking pot shots at any theologians or teachers. <BR/><BR/>I do, however, think as DTSers we're probably a lot more knowledgable about these things than most.<BR/><BR/>That being said, in all my years associated with DTS as a student and adjunct faculty member, such a question never surfaced.<BR/><BR/>I think it is actually quite interestingGUNNYhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11422524342398284973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7822251021129585494.post-47384392313062569252007-02-21T16:16:00.000-06:002007-02-21T16:16:00.000-06:00Chris,I apologize if my question came across as a ...Chris,<BR/><BR/>I apologize if my question came across as a pot-shot. That's not what I intended. It was a genuine question of mine that I don't recall was ever addressed at the school.<BR/><BR/>While I have theological differences with the institution, I love all my teachers and fellow students deeply. So much so that I feel I am "part of the family," and therefore able to ask questions such as M. Jay Bennetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14196144533530725736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7822251021129585494.post-25956732848645904322007-02-21T11:03:00.000-06:002007-02-21T11:03:00.000-06:00Or, the dispensationalist might say that God is no...Or, the dispensationalist might say that God is not Israel <I>or</I> the Church's <I>actual</I> wife and eliminate the problem altogether. <BR/><BR/>Is this going to be a blog where dts grads regularly take pot shots at those who went before us? If so, I wish to be removed from being a part of the posting team.Chris Freelandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02959685692971056289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7822251021129585494.post-15469190727737114862007-02-19T18:57:00.000-06:002007-02-19T18:57:00.000-06:00Oh ... to answer your question, the answer is "NO!...Oh ... to answer your question, the answer is "NO!" ... at least in the little world according to Gun.GUNNYhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11422524342398284973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7822251021129585494.post-50360589725343995652007-02-19T18:56:00.000-06:002007-02-19T18:56:00.000-06:00Israel is depicted as the wife of Yahweh in the OT...Israel is depicted as the wife of Yahweh in the OT and, of course, Jesus is the husband who lays down His life as an act of love for His bride, the church.<BR/><BR/>I think you have touched on what I would think would be problematic. <BR/><BR/>In my mind, the elect of all ages is the spouse of the triune God, but then again I see continuity between spiritual/true Israel and the church, as the GUNNYhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11422524342398284973noreply@blogger.com