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This paper is based on information from General Baptist History by D. B Montgomery and Ch 2 of Meet the General Baptists by Edwin Runyon. Runyon, in discussing General Atonement, confines his historical analysis mostly to the development of the General Baptists in America after 1800. Montgomery begins with its precursors in England under John … Read more
Chapter 8 of The Olive Tree – Towards a Messianic Christian Systematic Theology. In the last chapter I wrote on how He fulfilled the Mosaic Covenant. This fulfillment entailed the creation of a New Covenant, which was cut just before Israel breached the Mosaic Covenant. this makes Christ the testator of the New Testament. … Read more
Chapter 2 of The Olive Tree – Towards a Messianic Christian Systematic Theology. Messianic Theology has as its core principle the doctrine of the Messiah. The OT Saints looked forward to the Messiah. New Testament believers looked both forward and backward, looking backward to the Cross and forward to the Second Coming. The Messiah … Read more
Chapter 11 of The Olive Tree – Towards a Messianic Christian Systematic Theology. The New Covenant provides for Christ to forge one new man point of the two group of the people of God: Gentile believers in the Messiah and Jewish descendant of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob who were part of the Mosaic Covenant. … Read more
Appendix B of The Olive Tree – Towards a Messianic Christian Systematic Theology. Irenaeus wrote a five book anthology collectively named Against Heretics. The first two books are filled entirely and exclusively with appeals to and expositions of Scripture to counter false teachings that had infiltrated the Church. Up to the beginning of the … Read more
Appendix A of The Olive Tree – Towards a Messianic Christian Systematic Theology. As of date of publication, there are two great wars currently happening. There is the Ukraine war to the North of Israel, and then there is the war with Israel and Hamas. Antisemitism has also reared its ugly head in … Read more
Chapter 10 of The Olive Tree – Towards a Messianic Christian Systematic Theology. The Messiah is the whole center of a Messianic systematic theology.When Jesus came. He was revealed to be the Messiah for Israel. He is the Seed of the Woman, the Son of Abraham, The Prophet like unto Moses, and the Son … Read more
Chapter 9 of The Olive Tree – Towards a Messianic Christian Systematic Theology. The Olive Tree is used symbolically in Scripture to refer to the anointed people of God. It is used in Zechariah to refer to the two anointed ones who stand before the Lord of the earth. Zec 4:1-14 And … Read more
Chapter 7 of The Olive Tree – Towards a Messianic Christian Systematic Theology. The Messiah is the Prophet Like Unto Moses, who came to fulfill and replace the Mosaic Covenant. To understand how this works, it is necessary to understand its relation to Israel. The Mosaic Covenant did not create nation of Israel. Israel … Read more
Chapter 6 of The Olive Tree – Towards a Messianic Christian Systematic Theology. The Messiah is the Son of David. This was the provision in the Davidic Covenant. God entered into a covenant with David to guarantee that his royal dynasty as King of Israel would be an everlasting dynasty. Like the Abrahamic Covenant, … Read more