Loading…

Christ and Covenant Theology: Essays on Election, Republication, and the Covenants is unavailable, but you can change that!

“In the biblical drama of the living God’s works in creation and redemption,” writes Cornelis Venema, “no theme is more lustrous than that of God’s gracious intention to enjoy communion with humans who bear his image and whose lives have been broken through sin.” This collection of Venema’s essays summarizes and defends a broad consensus view of the doctrine of the covenants in the history of...

13:20). Christ is the one through whom all believers receive every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places (Eph. 1:3). He is the one mediator between God and men (1 Tim. 2:5), and his is the only name given among men whereby they can be saved (Acts 4:12). Third, the gospel preached in the old covenant is the same gospel preached in the new covenant. The apostle Paul states in Galatians 3:8, “And the Scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, preached the gospel beforehand
Page 271
Buy this book at Logos.com