Bibliotheca Sacra Volume 159
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Bibliotheca Sacra, Volume 159.
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“These prayers are a divinely appointed source of power for believers in their powerlessness.56 In the face of sustained injustice, hardened enmity, and gross oppression, they are the Christians’ hope that divine justice will indeed be realized—not only in the eschaton (2 Thess. 1:6–10) but also in ‘the land of the living’ (Ps. 27:13). Christians should find in them a God-imbued source of strength and honor, and seek to use them, as appropriate, in their worship of God.” (Page 186)
“In addition, in Galatians 1:8–9 (cf. 1 Cor. 16:22) Paul uttered what is unquestionably a curse of the severest magnitude: that of eternal damnation.” (Page 184)
“It seems best to recognize that Jesus’ ‘brothers,’ who are called ‘the least,’ are believers who will be slain for their faith during the Tribulation and who will return with the risen Lord at His second coming. The judgment of the sheep and goats will be a judgment of all non-Jews who will be alive at the end of the Tribulation period. Their eternal destinies—inheriting the kingdom or departing to fiery punishment—will be based on their actions that reflect whether they believe or reject the message of witnesses for the Son of Man as the Savior and King. These witnesses are called the ‘brothers’ of Jesus Christ because they will be His devoted disciples, and they are called ‘the least’ of Jesus’ brothers because many of them will have been put to death for their faith.” (Page 448)
“Jesus’ words ‘You shall love your neighbor’ are a quotation from Leviticus 19:18—words that come directly after a prohibition against revenge or a personal grudge, and that are considered the second greatest commandment by Jesus’ own testimony (Matt. 22:39; Mark 12:31).” (Page 181)
- Title: Bibliotheca Sacra Volume 159
- Author: Dallas Theological Seminary
- Series: Bibliotheca Sacra
- Publisher: Dallas Theological Seminary
- Print Publication Date: 2002
- Logos Release Date: 2003
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
- Subject: Theology › Periodicals
- Resource ID: LLS:gs_bsac_159
- Resource Type: Journal
- Metadata Last Updated: 2022-02-12T03:36:38Z