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Jesus and Israel: One Covenant or Two? is unavailable, but you can change that!

Revisiting the important topic of covenant fulfillment, Reformed theologian David Holwerda argues that God’s promises to Old Testament Israel cannot be understood apart from Jesus Christ. Based on careful exposition of key New Testament texts—including a significant in-depth study of Romans 9:11—in dialogue with a wide variety of interpreters and theologians, Holwerda maintains that the Old...

David’s son builds for God! The restored house of David (Acts 15:15ff.) is the new temple, and its cornerstone is Christ. All who believe in Christ, who is David’s son and God’s Son, enter into David’s house and God’s house. And the promises are fulfilled. The consequence of this fulfillment of the promises is holiness, holiness as both a gift and a task. Holiness is primarily a gift of the presence of God. The temple is holy because God dwells there. God’s people are holy because they are the temple
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