The progress of Redemption : the story of salvation from Creation to the New Jerusalem /
VanGemeren, Willem,
The progress of Redemption : the story of salvation from Creation to the New Jerusalem / [print] Willem VanGemeren. - Paperback edition. - Grand Rapids, Michigan : Baker Books, (c)1995. - 544 pages ; 24 cm.
Creation in harmony. A theocentric focus on creation ; The canonical perspective : God's word to Israel ; Creation as a preamble to the history of redemption -- Creation in alienation. The generations from Adam to Terah ; Israel and the nations ; Man's revolution and God's rule over the earth -- Election and promise. Promise in an alienated world ; The God of the fathers is the God of promise ; Promise, grace, and fidelity -- A holy nation. The literary record of promise and fulfillment ; The revelation of Yahweh and the consecration of Israel ; God's kingdom and his promise -- A nation like the other nations. A story with little movement ; Lessons from Israel's history ; God's faithfulness and Israel's unresponsiveness -- A royal nation. Yahweh is the rock of Israel ; God's presence in the kingship of David and Solomon ; The covenant with David -- A divided nation. Literary perspectives ; Israel and the prophetic ministry ; Judah and the house of David ; Prophetism -- A restored nation. The literature of the exilic/postexilic era ; Exilic perspectives ; The postexilic restoration ; The intertestamental period -- Jesus and the kingdom. The gospel of Jesus Christ ; John and Jesus ; The kingdom of God ; Jesus' Messianic mission -- The apostolic era. The apostolic witness to the risen Christ ; The Pauline witness to the risen Christ ; The apostolic message about Jesus ; The church : the ministry of Jesus in his Spirit ; The work of God in salvation -- The kingdom and the church. The church in the world ; Key questions in the church ; Present and future issues -- The new Jerusalem. The day of the Lord ; Eschatology and the Christian life.
9780801020810
Bible--History of Biblical events.
Bible--Theology.
Salvation--Biblical teaching.
History--Religious aspects--Christianity--Biblical teaching.
Reformed Church--Doctrines.
BS680 BS680.V253.P764 1995
The progress of Redemption : the story of salvation from Creation to the New Jerusalem / [print] Willem VanGemeren. - Paperback edition. - Grand Rapids, Michigan : Baker Books, (c)1995. - 544 pages ; 24 cm.
Creation in harmony. A theocentric focus on creation ; The canonical perspective : God's word to Israel ; Creation as a preamble to the history of redemption -- Creation in alienation. The generations from Adam to Terah ; Israel and the nations ; Man's revolution and God's rule over the earth -- Election and promise. Promise in an alienated world ; The God of the fathers is the God of promise ; Promise, grace, and fidelity -- A holy nation. The literary record of promise and fulfillment ; The revelation of Yahweh and the consecration of Israel ; God's kingdom and his promise -- A nation like the other nations. A story with little movement ; Lessons from Israel's history ; God's faithfulness and Israel's unresponsiveness -- A royal nation. Yahweh is the rock of Israel ; God's presence in the kingship of David and Solomon ; The covenant with David -- A divided nation. Literary perspectives ; Israel and the prophetic ministry ; Judah and the house of David ; Prophetism -- A restored nation. The literature of the exilic/postexilic era ; Exilic perspectives ; The postexilic restoration ; The intertestamental period -- Jesus and the kingdom. The gospel of Jesus Christ ; John and Jesus ; The kingdom of God ; Jesus' Messianic mission -- The apostolic era. The apostolic witness to the risen Christ ; The Pauline witness to the risen Christ ; The apostolic message about Jesus ; The church : the ministry of Jesus in his Spirit ; The work of God in salvation -- The kingdom and the church. The church in the world ; Key questions in the church ; Present and future issues -- The new Jerusalem. The day of the Lord ; Eschatology and the Christian life.
9780801020810
Bible--History of Biblical events.
Bible--Theology.
Salvation--Biblical teaching.
History--Religious aspects--Christianity--Biblical teaching.
Reformed Church--Doctrines.
BS680 BS680.V253.P764 1995