2014 LABOR DAY CONFERENCE

GOD’S DESIGNS for LIFE

A portion of the Word of God presented to unbelief

Unbelief reinterpreting the Word of God within its own categories

“Unbelief controls my interpretation of the situation”

Unbelief swallowing up a bit of the word of God

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Unbelief challenged at the foundational level

“The Word controls my interpretation of the situation”

Empowered by Eschatological Truths

Unbelief forced into a contrast in many areas simultaneously

A portion of the Word of God presented to unbelief as part of a network

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3 weakness of too many Christians

Can’t see the flow of God’s progressive revelation in history

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Piecemeal use of Bible doctrine

Separate special and general revelation

Creation: God, man, nature

geology, dating, archeology

Call of Abraham: revealed contract

Sinai: revealed contractProphets’ contract follow-up

History of Jews from 2000 BC to 586 BC

Specific prophecies of the Ideal Leader/ Messiah

Birth of the King:

Hypostatic Union

Life of the King: revelation, infallibility

Interlocking Framework of Biblical Revelation

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Contract #1

CREATOR & REDEEMER

“Only the Hebrews, so far as we know, made covenants with their gods or God.”

W.F. Albright, Yahweh and the Gods of Canaan

Unique Feature #1 of Israel

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"What makes the history of Israelite prophecy sui generis is the succession of apostles of God that come to the people through the ages. Such a line of apostle-prophets is unknown in paganism. . . .[The pagan prophet] incorporated a unique, self-contained divine power; there his "mission" ended with him.”Yehezkel Kaufmann, The Religion of Israel

Unique Feature #2 of Israel

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A portion of the Word of God presented to unbelief

Unbelief reinterpreting the Word of God within its own categories

“Unbelief controls my interpretation of the situation”

Unbelief swallowing up a bit of the word of God

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Unbelief challenged at the foundational level

“The Word controls my interpretation of the situation”

Empowered by Eschatological Truths

Unbelief forced into a contrast in many areas simultaneously

A portion of the Word of God presented to unbelief as part of a network

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