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Jun
28

Understanding the Land Promise: Part 6

fundyreformed on June 28th, 2008

As is frequently the case, when publishing a series of posts on my blog, I encounter a lot of comments and counterpoints. This can sidetrack me and lead toward my leaving a series unfinished. Of course there are other reasons for my nack for leaving series unfinished…. I do want to interact with some of [...]

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Jun
20

Understanding the Land Promise: Part 5 (Answering Objections)

fundyreformed on June 20th, 2008

–continuing from part 4.
I thought that the fifth post would be the last, but Will Dudding brought up some objections in the comments of the last post. This has caused me to dig a little deeper, and in the end has only increased my confidence in this understanding of the land promise. So [...]

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Jun
11

Understanding the Land Promise: Part 4

fundyreformed on June 11th, 2008

–continuing from part 3.
Here is a fourth, and most definitive basis for “spiritualizing” the land promise….
4) The connection between land and rest
To start, read these verses in Hebrews 4.
Therefore, while the promise of entering his rest still stands, let us fear lest any of you should seem to have failed to reach it. For [...]

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Jun
10

Understanding the Land Promise: Part 3

fundyreformed on June 10th, 2008

–continuing from part 2.
Justification for “Spiritualizing” the Land Promise
Whenever one starts talking of “spiritualizing” a text, various wrong-headed assumptions abound. Dispensationalists often use this charge to show our disregard for the Biblical text. And sometimes, any honest effort to show metaphorical language in Scripture is met with suspicion — oh so you are [...]

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Jun
4

Understanding the Land Promise: Part 2

fundyreformed on June 4th, 2008

–continuing from yesterday’s post.
The Land Promise Fulfilled?
But was the actual promise fulfilled?  Were the boundaries of the land promised in Gen. 15:18-21 ever completely owned by Israel?  The dispensationalists say no, and they point to history and the Biblical record of what land Israel possessed.  The Philistines and other groups remained in the land such [...]

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Jun
3

Understanding the Land Promise: Part 1

fundyreformed on June 3rd, 2008

Some of you probably know that I am a former dispensationlist. I have since embraced Covenant Theology, at least in a broad sense. One of the key factors in my change concerning this position centered on the promise of the land.
In my experience, the promise concerning a land for Abraham’s descendants plays a [...]

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