The Death of the First Apostle
What does the church do after the death of the first Apostle? Nothing. It’s a surprising but informative reaction.
Tagged: redemptive history
Why does he Tarry? The Patience of God and the Glory of Humanity
As Peter reminded us with the flood of Noah, time is not a flat circle; no, it “warps” and moves around God’s redemptive acts. Studying what God has done and how it all moves towards his eternal purpose (that is, studying redemptive-history), enables us to peer into the eternal decree. Peter focuses on the end; but to fully understand what God is waiting for we need to look at the beginning and the middle
A Wizard is Never Late
On the one hand, the delay is a function of God’s desire to see “everyone” repent, since he does not desire the death of the wicked. At the same time, it allows the people of God to grow (in the case of the New Covenant, through covenant children and through evangelism) in number and in maturity until it is sufficient (quantitatively and qualitatively) to be caretakers of the promised land, that is, the world to come.
Only John Witnessed the Ascension Twice
As far as I can tell, there’s only one apostle that had the privilege of seeing the ascension twice, at two different times in his life, and from two different points of view: John,...