May the Lord bless you from Zion, he who made heaven and earth! (Psalm 134:3) As we come to the Lord’s Table each week near the end of worship, this is one of the ways in which the Lord blesses us, His people. We have blessed His name, and now He blesses us through this communion meal of […]
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A Table in the Midst of Enemies
In the 23rd Psalm, our Good Shepherd spreads a table for us in the presence of our enemies. “You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies; you anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows.” Before us today, we have the Lord’s Table that has been prepared for us. And we […]
The Place of a Skull
So he delivered him over to them to be crucified. So they took Jesus, 17 and he went out, bearing his own cross, to the place called The Place of a Skull, which in Aramaic is called Golgotha. 18 There they crucified him, and with him two others, one on either side, and Jesus between them. (John 19:16-18 Introduction As we consider […]
A Crown of Thorns and a Purple Robe
Then Pilate took Jesus and flogged him. 2 And the soldiers twisted together a crown of thorns and put it on his head and arrayed him in a purple robe. 3 They came up to him, saying, “Hail, King of the Jews!” and struck him with their hands. 4 Pilate went out again and said to them, “See, I am bringing him […]
Of the Increase
In my previous post I discussed the key text of 1 Corinthians 15 that pushed me over the edge into embracing Postmillennialism. Once I understood that text, and once I understood partial Preterism, the beauty and the extent of the growth of the Kingdom of God began to make sense and be plain to me. Throughout the […]