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Abraham – Babylon – Astrology (part 2)

Willem Glashouwer 10 November 2011

Let’s continue with Abraham and his times…

BABYLON. What does: ‘Babylon’ stand for in the Bible? First of all, it is of course a city on the lower course of the Euphrates and the Tigris. Babylon is the Greek name for the Hebrew Babel (= ‘Gate of the gods’ or ‘Confusion’) in the land of Shinar that the Babylonians themselves liked to call Sumer (and Akkad) – the Sumerians living in the south and the Akkadians in the north. Babel (Babylon) lies in Babylonia, a part of Mesopotamia, the ‘fertile crescent’ with the two great rivers, the Euphrates and the Tigris, and the little river Jordan that supplied the region of Israel with water. The city was already mentioned in the 23^th century before Christ. (more…)

Tags: Abraham, Babylon, Bible, Home, Mesopotamia, Rev. Glashouwer
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Abraham – Babylon – Astrology (part 1)

Willem Glashouwer 2 November 2011

“… The LORD had said to Abram, “Go from your country, your people and your father’s household to the land I will show you. “I will make you into a great nation, and I will bless you; I will make your name great, and you will be a blessing. I will bless those who bless you, and whoever curses you I will curse; and all peoples on earth will be blessed through you…” (Genesis 12:1-3)

These are very well known words of Scripture – so well known that you would think that there is no longer anything new to be discovered in them. Something new did suddenly come to my mind, however. (more…)

Tags: Abraham, Home, Israel, Rev. Glashouwer
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Has God still a special relationship with the Jews?

editor 17 October 2011

Has God still a special relationship with the Jewish People? What about the promise of the land, is that still valid today?

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Tags: Barry Horner, Home, Replacement theology
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Hidden Treasures: the First Century Jewish Way of Understanding the Scriptures

Kees de Vreugd 13 October 2011

bookreview

Joseph Shulam, Hidden Treasures: the First Century Jewish Way of Understanding the Scriptures. Netivyah Bible Instruction Ministry (distr.: Messianic Jewish Publishers)

Joseph Shulam is head of “Netivyah Bible Instruction Ministry” in Jerusalem and pastor of a Messianic congregation. For years, he has been working on a series of commentaries on the Jewish roots of the New Testament, using rabbinic sources. In Hidden Treasures he pleads for a hermeneutics that does justice to the Jewish character of the Bible, both Old and New Testament. (more…)

Tags: Book and Film reviews, Home, jewish roots
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Does the new covenant replaces all the old covenants?

editor 13 October 2011

Church and Israel. Does God still has a plan with Israel? Abrahamic covenant still stands. God has a number of covenants with Israel. How can God have a series of covenants? How can these covenant relate to each other. Does the new covenant replaces all the old covenants?

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Tags: Barry Horner, covenants, Home, Replacement theology
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Grace has not replaced the covenants with the Jewish people

editor 7 October 2011

The Churches have gone theological wrong when it comes to Israel. The new testament hasn’t replaced the old testament. Christ did not come to abolish the Jewish people. Grace has not replaced the covenants with the Jewish people.

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Tags: Barry Horner, Home, Replacement theology
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Is there still a “chosen” people?

editor 3 October 2011

The Catholic Church declared recently: There is no such thing anymore and “chosen people’, and there is no ground for Israel to be a Jewish state. How should we respond to that? (more…)

Tags: Barry Horner, Home, Replacement theology
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One in Christ, does that mean that Jewish people are not chosen anymore?

editor 26 September 2011

Christians are brought up with the idea that the church is the new Israel. If Jesus came for all of us, does God still has a special relationship with Israel? How does Jesus fit into the picture? Jew and Gentile are alike in Jesus, so where does that lead the Jewish people? (more…)

Tags: Barry Horner, Home, Replacement theology
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A heavenly inheritance or an earthly one?

editor 17 September 2011

Does God wants us to have a heavenly inheritance or an earthly one? As Christians are we made to live in heaven? What does God mean when He speaks of the new heaven and the new earth? Andrew Tucker, director Christians for Israel International and Barry Horner, author of the book Future Israel, discuss these questions. (more…)

Tags: Barry Horner, heaven, Home, inheritance
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Why Christian Anti-Judaism must be challenged

editor 12 September 2011

In this interview Barry Horner explains why he spent 10 years of his life writing his book Future Israel and answering the question: Why Christian Anti-Judaism must be challenged… (more…)

Tags: Barry Horner, Home, Replacement theology
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Why Israel?

Archive for the ‘Studies’ Category

Abraham – Babylon – Astrology (part 2)

Abraham – Babylon – Astrology (part 1)

Has God still a special relationship with the Jews?

Hidden Treasures: the First Century Jewish Way of Understanding the Scriptures

Does the new covenant replaces all the old covenants?

Grace has not replaced the covenants with the Jewish people

Is there still a “chosen” people?

One in Christ, does that mean that Jewish people are not chosen anymore?

A heavenly inheritance or an earthly one?

Why Christian Anti-Judaism must be challenged

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