October 19, 2015
Thus says Yahweh: The heavens are my throne, and the earth is my footstool; where is the house you will build for me, and where is my resting place? My hand made all these things, and all these things belong to me, declares Yahweh. Isaiah 66:1-2a (my translation) Yahweh, the God of Israel, announces some […]
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Theology | Tagged: Creation, Indwelling, Isaiah 66:1-2, Tabernacle, Temple |
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Posted by John Mark Hicks
June 21, 2015
This section is soaked in quotations, allusions, and echoes of the Hebrew Scriptures. Peter depends heavily on Isaiah 28:16, Psalm 118:22, Isaiah 8:14, Isaiah 43:20-21, Exodus 19:5-6, Isaiah 42:12, and Hosea 2:23. Out of the 126 Greek words that lie behind the English text, almost half of them are directly from the Hebrew Bible (quoted […]
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Biblical Texts | Tagged: 1 Peter, 1 Peter 2:4-10, Church, Identity, Israel, Mission, Missional, Temple |
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Posted by John Mark Hicks
June 19, 2015
Mount Sinai must have been an impressive, even startling, sight. Enveloped in darkness with flashes of lightning, Israel heard the thunder and even, on one occasion, the voice of God. They felt the rumblings of God’s presence in tremors that rippled through the earth’s crust. This was Yahweh’s holy mountain. Yahweh descended upon it, and […]
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Biblical Texts | Tagged: Advent, Exodus 40, Holy Spirit, Indwelling, Messiah, Pentecost, Tabernacle, Temple, Wilderness |
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Posted by John Mark Hicks
August 14, 2012
During the first three hours of his execution, Jesus was beaten and then despoiled by Roman soldiers as they cast lots for his clothes, mocked by Jewish bystanders and the Temple authorities for his apparent inability to destroy the Temple or save himself, and scorned by those crucified with him as a naive pretender to […]
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Biblical Texts | Tagged: Crucifixion, Cryo f Dereliction, Elijah, Gospel of Mark, Mark 15:33-38, Psalm 22, Temple |
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Posted by John Mark Hicks
August 1, 2012
The movement of Jesus from Praetorium to the cross is known as the Via Dolorosa among the pious. But for the Romans, and in Mark’s story, it is something quite different. It is not only the depths of Christ’s sorrow and humiliation, but it is also imperial triumphalism and an imperial assertion of power. Crucifixion […]
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Biblical Texts | Tagged: Crucifixion, Empire, Gospel of Mark, Jesus, Mark 15:21-32, Romans, Temple |
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Posted by John Mark Hicks
June 28, 2012
Haggai’s third oracle, like the previous two, is precisely dated. The first oracle was delivered on a new moon festival and the second was delivered during the Feast of Tabernacles. This third oracle, however, has no clear canonical link to a Jewish festival. Nevertheless, the day is significant. The oracle is delivered on December 20, […]
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Biblical Texts | Tagged: Haggai 2:10-19, Holiness, Hope, Temple |
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Posted by John Mark Hicks