In the fifth cycle of John’s first epistle, he has reached the final step of the fivefold Covenant pattern: Succession. His subject matter is historical continuity via offspring, however...
In the fourth cycle of John’s first epistle, the apostle shifts from the stipulations of the New Covenant (Ethics) to the role of the...
In the third cycle of John’s first epistle, the apostle employs the themes of ascension – the firstfruits of the land and the womb,...
In the second cycle of John’s first epistle, John shifts his focus from the Tabernacle itself to the guardians of worship, from Transcendence to...
Matthew’s account of Jesus, Peter and their miraculous payment of the Temple tax is a classic literary puzzle. Providentially, the Bible’s own covenant-literary matrix...
To understand where John is coming from in his first epistle, we must understand where he is. John has brought us with him into...
Why are there seven bowls of wrath in Revelation 16, and from where did they come? Those familiar with the Old Testament will relate...
This psalm of David is so well-known that parsing its Covenant-literary structure is like seeing an old friend in a new light.
“Make yourself right at home in the Garden, Tabernacle and Temple…
Genesis 9 does not tell us what Ham’s intention was when he “saw the nakedness” of his father, Noah. Did he steal Noah’s robe...