Suffering forces us to question everything – what does suffering mean, what's causing it, and what's its purpose? The reality of Psalm 88, though, is that while these questions frequently go unanswered, God – in his son Jesus – walks through...
Psalm 132 describes the covenant that God made with David in 2 Samuel 7. But tied up with this promise is the condition that God himself will move into Jerusalem and make it his eternal home. But a short 80 years after God promises this to David the kingdom has been...
Although God himself is the king of Israel, they also long for a human king. So God gives them David. Eventually these two streams – God as king and a human as king – come together in God's Son and David's son, Jesus of Nazareth. Because of his...
God's plan to redeem the world, established by his covenant with Abraham, includes the conquest of the Gentiles – the promise that at the name of Jesus every knee will bow in all of creation. Two examples from the story of the Bible are the conversion of...
One part of God's covenant with Abraham was the promise to give his offspring the promised land of Canaan. For centuries God's people held on to this promise of a future home in which to live in peace and righteousness with their Creator God. Jesus fulfills...
God calls Israel to himself in order to make them a kingdom of priests. The guarantee and goal of this covenant is his presence in their midst, living in the tabernacle and making his dwelling with them. Ultimately, the tabernacle is a sign and promise of the future...
