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Intended for upper division college students, seminarians, and pastors, The Community of Jesus delivers a biblical, historic, systematic, and missional theology of the church. Today the word church provokes wide-ranging reactions and generates discussion on a variety of issues among Christians and non-Christians alike. In order to sort through this maze of responses and topics, a biblical and...

exile. Yet the prophets highlight God’s indomitable will to begin fresh with Israel and the nations and to bring those who believe in him to Zion. At least four points deserve mention. First, 2 Sam 7:1–29 places David’s household at the center of God’s covenantal redemptive work. Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, and several of the Minor Prophets highlight David’s greatest heir. Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, Paul, James, and Jude do as well. Redemption for Israel and salvation for Gentiles comes through a
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