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What does it mean to be created in God’s image? How has this image been affected by the fall? Who are the people of God? Addressing these core questions about spiritual identity, From Adam and Israel to the Church examines the nature of the people of God from Genesis to Revelation through the lens of being created and formed in God’s image. Benjamin Gladd argues that living out God’s image means...

Paul audaciously quotes and alludes to a host of Old Testament texts here—Leviticus 26; Ezekiel 37; Isaiah 52; Ezekiel 20, and 2 Samuel 7, to name a few. What’s remarkable is that many of these Old Testament texts refer to Israel. Indeed, the passage from 2 Samuel 7 is a reference to King David! Why would Paul cite texts that appear to be confined to Israel (and David) and apply them to a group of Gentiles at Corinth? His words in the next verse (2 Corinthians 7:1) are even more pointed when he claims
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