October 28, 2015
God blessed them, and God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth and subdue it; and have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the air and over every living thing that moves upon the earth.” Genesis 1:28 The Lord God took the adam and rested […]
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Theology | Tagged: Creation, Earth, Ecology, Environment, Genesis 1, Genesis 1:28, Genesis 2:15, Humanity, Image of God, Mission, Subdue, Vocation |
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Posted by John Mark Hicks
October 21, 2009
When God called Abraham, he promised blessings through which all the nations would be blessed (Genesis 12:2-3). Included in those blessings is the land promise (Genesis 12:6-7). The promised land is part of the Abrahamic promise. This land promise is both overplayed as some identify the contemporary state of Israel with this land promise and […]
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Theology | Tagged: Abraham, Bible-Romans, Cosmos, Covenant, Earth, Eschatology, Inheritance, Israel, Jesus, Kingdom, Land, Messiah, Promises |
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Posted by John Mark Hicks
August 21, 2008
“The whole land of Canaan, where you are now an alien, I will give as an everlasting possession to you and your descendants after you; and I will be their God” (Genesis 17:7-8). “[Yahweh] brought us to this place and gave us this land, a land flowing with milk and honey” (Deuteronomy 26:9). When the […]
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Theology | Tagged: Bible-Genesis, Bible-Jeremiah, Christology, Curse, Earth, Eschatology, Fall, Grace, Israel, Jesus, Land, New Earth, New Heavens |
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Posted by John Mark Hicks