SaulToPaul 2
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The only thing, that I know of, that I have in common with Acts 28 is that I believe something changed in Acts 28. That's all.
There are other things that happen in the OT and maybe NT that are good news, but when I am trying to assert that there is one, it is in this Isaianic sense. There is just one that it was all moving toward.
Those who have no sense of the shadow-to-reality progression of the Bible are simply not going to understand that it was meant to get to one Gospel at the 'fulfillment of the ages.' Isaiah was therefore not picking one of many but saying that in the Messianic age, it would be preached like this. It was.
Such as?
This is Isainic:
66 chapters
Holy Bible:
66 books
DanP,
the purpose for using that acronmym was because it was by definition enduring through the whole Bible (the Ps were enduring). It makes no sense in the conversation to switch that part way through and talk about other things.
:rotfl:That most of your group on here are ever so easily hostile towards anyone outside you and yours who does not hold your views and or disagrees with said views, speaks very poorly of your group to ALL on TOL.
There are other things that happen in the OT and maybe NT that are good news, but when I am trying to assert that there is one, it is in this Isaianic sense. There is just one that it was all moving toward.
Those who have no sense of the shadow-to-reality progression of the Bible are simply not going to understand that it was meant to get to one Gospel at the 'fulfillment of the ages.' Isaiah was therefore not picking one of many but saying that in the Messianic age, it would be preached like this. It was.
There are other things that happen in the OT and maybe NT that are good news, but when I am trying to assert that there is one, it is in this Isaianic sense. There is just one that it was all moving toward.
That makes no sense because the "good news" which we are to preach today is described as a mystery, the "hidden wisdom":
"But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, even the hidden wisdom, which God ordained before the world unto our glory: Which none of the princes of this world knew: for had they known it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory" (1 Cor.2:7-8).
According to your idea the gospel which declares that believers are redeemed by the precious blood of the Lamb is found in the OT Scriptures for all to see!
Do you not know what the word "hidden" means?
Guess you have never read Isaiah 53:1-12 nor Psalms 22:1-31.
I guess you are another one who does not know the meaning of the word "hidden."
Show me in the verses which you cited that says that believers are redeemed by the blood of the Lord Jesus.
Jerry, it was there in the OT and to deny that makes you blind !
God hid the meaning for a time but it is right there in Isaiah 53:1-12 and Psalms 22:1-31.
No, I am not blind. You refuse to address the fact that Paul refers to what he was preaching as the "hidden" wisdom of God. Can you not understand that the gospel which Paul preached was hidden and therefore not revealed in the OT?:
"Now to him that is of power to stablish you according to my gospel, even the preaching of Jesus Christ according to the revelation of the mystery, which was kept secret since the world began, But now is made manifest, and by the scriptures of the prophets, according to the commandment of the everlasting God, made known to all nations for the obedience of faith " (Ro.16:25-26).
If it was revealed in OT times then why does Paul say that the gospel of grace was just then being revealed?:
"But now apart from the law the righteousness of God has been made known, to which the Law and the Prophets testify. This righteousness is given through the faithfulness of Jesus Christ to all who believe. There is no difference between Jew and Gentile, for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, and all are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus" (Ro.3:21-24).
Where in the OT do we see the truth that the righteousness of God will be imputed to believers and it is made possible by the fact that believers are redeemed by the blood of the Lord Jesus? Where in the OT can we find the following truth?:
"Now then we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God did beseech you by us: we pray you in Christ's stead, be ye reconciled to God. For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him" (2 Cor.5:20-21).
There were many verses in the OT which speak of the sufferings of Christ but the OT will be searched in vain for any place which put all of the things concerning the gospel of grace together into one unified message.
Justification is the grace of God Jerry. It's in Genesis, Ps 32, Isaiah 53 (My servant will justify many) and Dan 9, to mention a few. Pretty badly done.
Where in the OT do we read that all who believe will receive the righteousness which is of God?