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Themelios: Volume 1, No. 3, Summer 1976 is unavailable, but you can change that!

Themelios is an international evangelical theological journal that expounds and defends the historic Christian faith. Its primary audience is theological students and pastors, though scholars read it as well. It was formerly a print journal operated by RTSF/UCCF in the United Kingdom, and it became a digital journal operated by The Gospel Coalition in 2008. The new editorial team, led by D.A....

shalom means that, in the New Testament, the Godward dimension of the relationship of shalom is emphasized more than it was in the Old Testament. (iii) Peace in the messianic age is specifically limited to concord in Israel. This is reflected in the New Testament teaching that alongside the expectation of peace the believer can expect bitter enmity outside the Christian community. ‘Do not think that I have come to bring peace on earth; I have not come to bring peace, but a sword’ (Mt. 10:34). ‘I
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