Showing posts with label christ's priestly office. Show all posts
Showing posts with label christ's priestly office. Show all posts
Saturday, July 27, 2019

The Glorious Death of Christ Is Far More Than Any Mere Crucifix

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Besides its Second Commandment issues, the Catholic crucifix bothers me because it shows a dead Jesus, crumpled on the cross, reminding us o...
Wednesday, January 25, 2017

The Baptism of Jesus as a Sign of His Priestly Office

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I want to compare two events, one in the Old Testament, the other in the New Testament. The first is the process of consecration of the...
Saturday, March 12, 2016

The Pre-Incarnate Mediatorship of Christ in Amos 7

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The seventh chapter of Amos opens with three warning visions. The first is Amos 7:1-3: " This is what the Lord God showed me: behol...
Saturday, January 16, 2016

The Promise of a Church in the Intra-Trinitarian Covenant

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We are taught to pray by claiming the promises of God - and I consider that a good thing. In fact, I believe that is what is meant by John, ...
Saturday, November 21, 2015

The Priesthood of Christ Negates All Other Priesthoods (Even Rome's)

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The purpose of the writer of the Epistle to the Hebrews was to demonstrate the superiority of Christ over the accoutrements of the Mosaic co...
Tuesday, December 2, 2014

Moses the Mediator, as a Type of Christ

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My third biblical-theology paper:     The life story of Moses is found in Exodus, chapters 1-20. In summary, he is born to a Levite famil...
Tuesday, November 11, 2014

The Sacrifice of the Catholic Mass, and Its Offense to the Gospel

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"If anyone saith that the sacrifice of the Mass is only a sacrifice of praise and thanksgiving, or that it is a bare commemoration of t...
Friday, September 5, 2014

The Preacher of Ecclesiastes, vs Praying to Saints

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" The living know that they will die, but the dead know nothing, and they have no more reward, for the memory of them is forgotten. The...
Thursday, May 8, 2014

The Promises to Israel, Fulfilled in Christ

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In II Corinthians 1:19-20, the Apostle Paul tells us, " The Son of God, Jesus Christ, Whom we proclaimed among you, ...was not Yes and ...
Friday, February 7, 2014

Job 16:18-22, Job Looks to the Intercession of His Redeemer

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Christians cite a couple of verses from Job, especially Job 19:25, but I had never noticed this short passage before: "O earth, cover...
Sunday, September 18, 2011

Matthew 26:39, The True Humanity of Christ

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" And going a little farther He fell on his face and prayed, saying, 'My Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from Me; ne...
Tuesday, August 16, 2011

John 17:15, Jesus versus the Rapturists

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" I do not ask that You take them out of the world, but that You keep them from the evil one. " I have written before on the I ...
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Monday, July 4, 2011

Zechariah and Biblical Repentance

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" The Lord was very angry with your fathers. Therefore say to them, Thus declares the Lord of hosts: Return to Me, says the Lord of ...
Sunday, June 26, 2011

The Reformers and the Doctrine of Prayer

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While it wasn't their only motivation to prayer, both Martin Luther and John Knox gave much attention to the commandments to pray. ...
Sunday, January 30, 2011

The Pre-Incarnate Mediatorial Role of Christ in the Old Testament

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“ The Lord was very angry with your fathers. Therefore say to them, Thus declares the Lord of hosts: Return to Me, says the Lord of hos...
Monday, August 2, 2010

Putting on the Righteousness of Christ

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" We have all become like one who is unclean, and all our righteous deeds are like a polluted garment. We all fade like a leaf, a...
Saturday, February 6, 2010

Hebrews 7:23-25, the Great Comfort of Christ's Priestly Office

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" The former priests were many in number, because they were prevented by death from continuing in office, but He holds the priesthood ...
Saturday, December 5, 2009

John 6:35-51, the Sovereign Redeemer

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"Jesus said to them, 'I am the bread of life; whoever comes to Me shall not hunger, and whoever believes in Me shall never thir...