The Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs

The Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs* is a pseudepigraphical writing modeled on Jacob’s last words recorded in Genesis 49 (cf. Deut 33). It contains twelve self-contained units, each of which purports to relate the deathbed speech (“testament”) of one of Jacob’s twelve sons to his assembled descendants. It is a good representation of the “testament” […]

Atonement And Fellowship 8/8

The “Kingdom of God” is not only a future political entity to be established on earth; the term refers also to whatever God has Kingship over now. You can not have a Kingdom without having a king and his people. God’s people are His Kingdom, here and now.  It is by listening obediently to what […]

Missional hermeneutics 4/5

Recognising Message For us who study the Bible as believers, it is also important that we recognise the message Jesus delivered from God to his kinsmen, the Jews. But Jesus did not came only for them. He came to proclaim the Word of God for the whole world. He brought a call to repentance from […]