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Survey the themes and purpose of the Old Testament with renowned Old Testament scholar Bruce Waltke. You’ll get a clearer understanding of how the different books of the Old Testament fit together to tell the grand story of God’s plan of salvation. The course covers creation, the fall, God’s covenants with His people, and God’s great acts of redemption and deliverance in the Old Testament. Dr....

I’ve drawn that the closest I can get to what ties the whole thing together is what a German theologian by the name of Walther Eichrodt called “the irruption of the kingdom of God.” Now, he’s spelling that I-R-R-U-P-T-I-O-N (irruption), not E-R-U-P-T-I-O-N (eruption). Eruption is to break out from within, like a volcano erupts or a boil on our skin; irruption is the breaking in. And the Bible is the story of God breaking in into this dark, messed-up world with a glorious kingdom of light and life