Jesus in the Book of Job

This article is part of a series on Old Testament Christophanies. For important background information, see An Introduction to Old Testament Christophanies–with Justin Martyr.  In some ways the Book of Job is independent from much of the Old Testament. The narrative of the book, which concerns the suffering of Job and the sovereign purposes of God, is […]

A Biblical Survey of the Kingdom: Kingdom at Creation – Part 1

Narratives on the Kingdom of God literally bookend the Bible.  The kingdom’s loss and expectation of its restoration is the very saga of the Scriptures.  This is the theme of the Bible and the overall story it tells.  The kingdom was active at creation, in the Garden of Eden, with God, Adam and Eve.  We […]

The Millennial Temple: the Messiah’s House in Shiloh – Part 1

The Book of Ezekiel’s final nine chapters are among the most fascinating in all of Scripture. Despite this, they are all too often ignored by the majority of Christians. One of the reasons for this is that many students of Scripture simply do not know what to make of what they are reading. For the […]

The Star of Bethlehem Was the Shekinah Glory

Theories as to what the Star of Bethlehem was are myriad.  The usual answers look to celestial objects ranging from real stars to comets.  Indeed, the inquiry has been so wide sweeping that virtually every object appearing in the sky has been posited as the Bethlehem Star.  However, when Scripture is examined the identity of […]