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Jacob seems to be anything but a model disciple. He's a trickster, liar, and selfishly ambitious man who fathers children with four women and leads a dysfunctional family rife with jealousy and backstabbing. But Jacob is also Israel, the namesake of the Old Testament community of God, chosen and blessed. As such, this sinner-saint, who limps along with the Lord, burdened by weakness and beset by problems, is the mirror image of all of us who follow...
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Unveiling Mercy will do just that-unveil how the mercy of God in the Messiah is spoken of from the very opening Hebrew word of the Bible, all the way to the closing chapter of Malachi. By the end of the year, you will have entered the Old Testament through 365 new doorways, looked with fresh eyes at old verses, and traced a web of connections all over the Scriptures that you've never spotted before. You'll begin to see what one person meant when he...
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Leer el Antiguo Testamento puede parecer como explorar una antigua y misteriosa mansión, llena de toda clase de cuartos extraños. El cuarto de la creación, amplio y sublime. El cuarto del éxodo, con faraones de corazón empedernido y mares que se secan. El cuarto de la guerra, con espadas ensangrentadas y muros derribados. El cuarto del tabernáculo, con altares humeantes y un oscuro lugar santísimo. ¿Qué tiene que ver este curioso y antiguo...
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Reading the Old Testament can seem like exploring an old, mysterious mansion, packed with of all sorts of strange rooms. The creation room, vast and sublime. The exodus room, with hardhearted pharaohs and dried-up seas. The war room, with bloody swords and crumbling walls. The tabernacle room, with smoking altars and dark inner sanctums. What does this odd and ancient world have to do with us, who are modern followers of Jesus? As it turns out, everything!...
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