John N. Oswalt affirms that (Isaiah 40:1-11), establishes the basis for the rest of the book. The theme shift from judgement to restoration which will be through God’s personal intervention. The description of God reveals him as caring for the needs of his people.60 Shalom M. Paul indicates that God is described as a shepherd which is an image of love whereby God will unwaveringly and meticulously take care of each lamb personally. God’s the one who punish Israel and now he will restore them by watching over them as a shepherd watches over his sheep.61 The coming servant has been described as Israel by J. Alec Motyer, who contends that the servant epitomize Israel, (41:8) the seed of Abraham (Gen 12:3;; 18:18; 22:18; 24:4). His will reveals
Theologian Vern S. Poythress wrote, “Theological systems, whether dispensationalist, covenantal, Calvinist, Arminian, or even modernist, have a profound influence on the way we approach a given [biblical] text.” There is no portion of scripture that is more influenced by the theological system of dispensationalist than that of biblical prophecy, particularly in the area of God’s redemptive plan from for humanity. The purpose of this essay is to establish that an appropriate understanding of biblical eschatology can best be achieved through a dispensational theological perspective.
Two characters that I choose for this assignment are a careless and impulsive character in this movie, John Bender, or known as “the criminal”, and a character that being known as a nerd, that is Brian Johnson, or known as “the brain”. In reference to Piaget’s stages of cognitive development, I categorized Bender and Brian in a formal operational stage, that is the final stage of the cognitive development stage. It is because, both of them shows characteristic of adolescent egocentrism. As for Bender, we can see that he had developed the sense of invulnerability because he had taken many physical risks and do not think about the consequences.**
...ll every man who played a part in the creation of this false icon, even friends or kin. This done, Moses returns to face God in hopes of prevailing upon him to forgive his people.
The New covenant promises God will write the law on the people's hearts which would portray the forgiveness and restoring the people's relationship with him. The New Covenants notion is emphasizing the importance of reflecting God's holiness. All people are accountable for their sin, as it declares the lord. For God forgives his people's sin while building a relationship. When writing the law on his people's hearts it illustrates the restoring of those whose hearts who have turned against him into finding their faith in him once again.
Following the creation story of the book of Genesis is the book of Exodus. In Genesis, God promised Abraham a “great nation from which all nations of the earth will be blessed (Gen 12:1-3)” and in Exodus God completes this promise through the creation of the holy nation, Israel. Exodus tells the story of the God who rescued his people out of Egypt because of the promise he had made to Abraham. God calls to Moses to complete his promise. God’s call to Moses is not only important because he liberates the Israelites but also because God reveals His name(s) along with His true Nature. God calls upon Moses and tells him that He’s back to help the Israelites out of slavery in Egypt and that Moses is to lead them. God then gives him full instructions on what to tell the Pharaoh and, more importantly, the Israelites, who are promised, land “flowing with milk and honey”.
Nick Jans suggests that McCandless was either mentally ill or suicidal, however, this does not seem to be the case. Jans observations gives very good points, but they are not in the correct perspective. McCandless did not die because he disrespected the very land he purported to love.
Maller goes on to explain how Isaiah holds some heavy evidence that points toward the servant being Israel. Several verses in different chapters of Isaiah state that Jacob/Israel is God's servant. For example, "You Israel are my servant" from 41:8. Another is "Hear me now, Jacob my servant"
Exodus through Deuteronomy demonstrate the relationship that God desires to reestablish with man through promises to Abraham and his descendants. As the reader ventures through Exodus, the words are fulfilled that “Abrams descendants will be enslaved for four hundred years.” God’s spares Abraham’s descendants from a great famine and lead them to Egypt during the time of crisis by Jacob’s son Joseph. Exodus tells the tale of Abraham’s descendant, Moses, whom God uses to deliver the children of Israel from bondage. Moses leads the children out of Egypt toward the “promised land.” On their journey, God gets even more intimate with man through the Mosaic covenant. The covenant establishes the children of Israel as the example to other nations as His chosen people. Given at Mount Sinai, the conditional covenant is a series of blessings and cursing found in detail in Deuteronomy 28. It is through the Mosaic covenant, God provides the law and establishes “sin” and consequences for disobedience. It places emphasis on the need for an ultimate deliverer to liberate a nation from their sin. Deuteronomy indicates ultimate deliverance will be
...ill leave them to be destroyed in the hands of the false prophets and corrupt leaders of the land. God tells them that he really does not want it to come to this, because the passage ends with a prophecy about what will become of the worthless shepherd. I think this is a message to false prophets that eventually no one will believe them, and also to the leaders or kings that they will lose all of their power and military strength. God reminds them that he really is helping protect them from the full effect of their sins even if they don’t realize it. In other words, things could be a lot worse, but God loves humans so much that he won’t let it get worse. The general message is for the people to clean up their act and repent so these bad things won’t happen.
In God’s Design chapter 13 and 14, the temple bore witness to the honour of God, in a double sense. Nevertheless, the temple was a way of preserving the importance as well as the awe and wonder of God revealing himself to man. Ezekiel 36 is pertinent to the issue of the knowledge of God in the wider world. The divine act which is calculated to reverse the assessment of the nations is the return of Israel to her land. As for the nations, it is especially the return of Israel to her land which is to lead to the recognition of God, God declared that he would bring out his people, the sons of Israel, from the land of Egypt, and the Egyptians shall know that I am the Lord.
In Matthew 24:43–25:13, it gives us a story of Jesus. We see Jesus painted as a thief in the night and as a bridegroom, both being mirrored images of Jesus as the returning King. The central message in both stories is to watch and be ready, because the day and hour of His coming are unknown. In Matthew 24:43-51, it gives a parable of two slaves, one whom is a wise and faithful servant, found caring for the master’s household (God’s people). The other is an evil servant whom beats the other slaves, lives among the world, and commits worldly acts. In Matthew 25:1-13, we find a parallel story, about ten virgins who took their lamps and went to meet the bridegroom. Five of them were foolish and did not take extra oil, and five were prudent and carried extra oil for the trip. In both stories, we find the faithful understood that watching meant being properly prepared, servicing the kingdom, and knowing that Jesus will return at an unknown time. The unfaithful were not ready for the kingdom, they showed their true character, and thought they had more time. The Scriptures drops the message that one day the Lord will return as King to judge all. There will be a reward for the true servants and there will be punishment for the false servants.
A man created the vineyard and once it was established he sent people into his tenants so that he could obtain some of the fruit from the vineyard. The vineyard is the Kingdom of God, the landowner is God, the Tenants are Jewish religious leaders, the servants are prophets, and the son is Jesus Christ. The first person the man sent was beaten and killed. Then, it was one after the other and it eventually the man came to a decision to send his thinking nothing would happen. He
60) states that “”Christ is not only the theme of both Testaments of the Bible, “writes Norman Geisler in A General Introduction to the Bible, “but He may also be seen as the subject in the sequence of each of the eight sections of Scriptures.” Through the pages of Scripture, it becomes evident that to be reconciled with the Creator, the human race needs a Savior that is holy and blameless. Upon closer inspection of scripture, we see Christ woven like a golden thread through each book as the one true savior, willing to give up His life for sinful humans.
The book of Isaiah is a prophetic book that was written by Isaiah himself around 700 BC. Isaiah prophesies the coming Messiah as well as judgement for those who have sin and blessings to those who seek after God.
God blesses all everyone who recognizes and accepts His power. From Job’s story humanity is given guidelines to follow in order to be blessed by God. Jacob and Moses’ stories demonstrate God’s earlier position on the condition of humanity, and later character’s stories depict how the relationship disappears over time. After the story of Isaiah, man feels abandoned and all hope seems lost. However, the prophecy of the Messiah by of Isaiah and Job rejuvenates the hope of continuity for humanity. A promise, which was given to man a long time ago, but due to his disobedience over time man, has lost the essential tenants to uphold his end of the bargain.