Israel’s mediatory role required its members to be shepherds, not wolves. Instead of showing mercy as humble priests that the Gentiles might have life, Simeon and Levi intended only...
In the Bible, all the world is a stage, but like the Tabernacle, that stage moves around a lot. David’s defeat of Goliath can...
Jesus was always the voice which spoke from heaven, but only now does He speak His own mind.
The third cycle of Isaiah is filled with fiery serpents. Following the prophet’s personal Pentecost, his tongue of fire puts a draconian Israel under...
Jesus’ parable of the rich man and Lazarus has caused much contention and debate, but attention to its audience and its architecture solves the...
The second cycle of Isaiah reverses the fortunes of the nobles of the land and summons a new ruling class to replace them—Gentile armies.
David Dorsey’s Isaiah chiasm supports the unity of the book, but when it comes to its actual content and arrangement, perhaps we can do...
Satan’s desire was always to turn the “pruning” of circumcision into an ax laid at the root of the tree of Israel. But now...
The pointed jokes continue as Matthew’s Gospel takes up the serrated edge of Exodus and saws into the bough of the Herodian dynasty.
The “Exodus” sequence in Matthew’s Gospel is a story of rivalry between two royal sons, and it all takes place upon a cruciform stage.