December 14, 2022
Texts: Romans 9:4-5; Psalm 19:7-10; Romans 3:1-2 Days 20-22 in Around the Bible in Eighty Days. God chose Israel from among the nations as God’s own firstborn. As firstborn, Israel was tasked with blessing the nations through their obedience to God (as a light among the nations) and the promises made to Abraham. God equipped […]
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Biblical Texts, Theodrama | Tagged: Abrahamic Promise, Adoption, Covenants, Glory, Liturgy, Messiah, Promise, Scripture, Temple, Torah |
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Posted by John Mark Hicks
November 9, 2022
Texts: Genesis 12:1-3, 7a; Exodus 6:2-8; Exodus 19:3-6. Days 14-16 in Around the Bible in Eighty Days. Who is Israel, and what is her purpose? It is a new humanity in a new Eden to continue and further the mission of God in the world. Following the collapse of the world into violent imperialism and […]
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Biblical Texts, Theodrama | Tagged: Abrahamic Promise, Church, Covenant, Creation, Exodus, Exodus 19:3-8, Exodus 6:3-8, Genesis 12:1-3, Israel, Promise, Sinai |
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Posted by John Mark Hicks
June 7, 2012
Haggai’s first oracle, on August 29, 520 B.C.E., was directed to the governor Zerubbabel and the high priest Joshua as the royal (house of David) and priestly (house of Aaron) representatives of the people. Zerubbabel and Joshua, along with the “whole remnant of the people,” responded to Haggai by beginning work on the temple on […]
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Biblical Texts | Tagged: Grace, Haggai 1:12-15, Presence, Promise, Temple |
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Posted by John Mark Hicks
March 16, 2012
In December 518 representatives from Bethel came to Judah and asked the leaders whether they should continue their lament fasts over the fall of Jerusalem (Zechariah 7:1-3). Zechariah responded with four distinct oracles (identified by the phrase the “word of the Lord came to me/Zechariah” in7:4, 8; 8:1, 18). He first questioned their motives for […]
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Theology | Tagged: Abrahamic Promise, Bible-Proverbs, Bible-Zechariah, Blessing, Covenant, Jerusalem, Love, Mission, Promise, Zechariah 8:1-17 |
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Posted by John Mark Hicks