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Return from Emmaus: The Resurrection Theme in Scripture is unavailable, but you can change that!

The New Testament figures of speech for resurrection include • Birth from barrenness • Awakening from sleep • Revival from thirst or hunger • Deliverance through baptismal waters of judgment • Release from imprisonment • Return from exile • Death decree and release • The raising up of a fallen tabernacle Return from Emmaus explores these figures of speech in the...

the effect of sin upon the word of God. But the emblem of the word of God broken for the sin of the people suggests a Christian reading that illustrates the effect of sin upon the incarnate Word of God, who was himself likewise broken for the sin of His people (Matt 26:26). The enmity of Israel for the word of God is amply illustrated in the contemptuous treatment shown to the scroll of the prophet Jeremiah by King Jehoiakim of Jerusalem. Summoning the scroll of the prophet that had been read publicly
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