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Colaboradores: 1. Pastor Eric Costa (Presbyterian Church of America - PCA) 2. Pastor John Samson 3. Pastor Charles R. Biggs (Ortodoxy Prebyterian Church - OPC) 4. John Hendryx 5. Nathan Pitchford Ns somos uma comunidade de crentes confessos: 1. Confirmamos a autenticidade das Sagradas Escrituras. 2. Somos comprometidos com as verdades bblicas e a exaltao de Cristo ensinados pela Reforma, sendo estas: 2.1. Os Cinco Solas, 2.2. As Doutrinas da Graa, 2.3. A Regenerao Monergstica, e 2.4. A Abordagem Histrico Redentiva para interpretao das Sagradas Escrituras.
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esto entrelaados atravs do corpo de escritos profticos, podendo ser ligados conjuntamente em um todo unificado que preenche um espao especfico no desdobramento da histria da Revelao e da Redeno. Pode-se perceber tais temas como estacas sobre as quais esto aliceradas as vrias profecias nos escritos, e da se ter uma base para comparao e combinao do conjunto; ou ento considerando as muitas facetas de cada profecia individual, no que diz respeito ao ngulo que cada um a percebe. Sou grato pelas muitas observaes de O. Palmer Robertson, cujo livro The Christ of the Prophets (O Cristo dos Profetas) tem sido de valor inestimvel para que o desenvolvimento das questes aqui apresentadas. A seguir os cinco temas acima referidos:
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que se referia especificamente ao terceiro, sexto, stimo, oitavo e nono mandamentos e pronunciavam julgamentos baseados nos mesmos. Por outro lado, outras pores se referiam lei como um todo, e pronunciavam julgamento devido transgresso generalizada de todos os mandamentos (Os. 8.12-13).
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justia, ele seria um sacrifcio suficiente para aplacar a ira de Deus e adquirir sua misericrdia de tal maneira que um povo no merecedor conheceria a restaurao sua graa. Em outras palavras, o mesmo processo pelo qual a nao eleita deveria passar no Exlio e Restaurao encontra sua expresso personalizada nos sofrimentos e exaltao deste servo do Senhor referido (O. Palmer Robertson). Cristo deveria no somente sofrer exlio, ser aflito, ferido de Deus e oprimido, ele tambm seria exaltado, elevado e seria mui sublime (Is. 52.13; 53.4). Ele no conquistaria somente uma gloriosa restaurao para si mesmo, mas da mesma maneira adquiriria uma restaurao mundial, que afetaria os remanescentes de Israel e de todas as naes, e mesmo a prpria terra em si (Jr. 50.20; Jo. 2.32; Is. 65.17-19). luz da amplitude da restaurao profetizada, fica claro que, a restituio de Israel terra que coloca em evidncia o nacionalismo judeu e constri muros de separao entre eles e os povos gentios no pode ser qualificada como a restaurao descrita nos escritos dos profetas (O. Palmer Robertson).
Posted by Nathan on May 4, 2006 12:53 PM
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Well done, Nathan. I think the books we call "The Prophets" are too often ignored by Christians today, mostly because people assume that the prophecies therein don't really apply to them. You tie in their importance to the Gospel really well. God bless A. Shepherd Aspiring Theologian A Young Theologian's Blog Posted by: Aspiring Theologian | May 4, 2006 02:25 PM Nathan We thank God for you and your clear way of expressing God's truth. We are delighted to have you a part of this blog... ON the last point, Jesus, as the returning exile, is a remnant of one who fulfills the covenant from our side, living the life we should have lived and then bearing the curse we should have borne. By the way, because you are good with words, I may ask for your help in the next few weeks (when you have time) to tweak and put together a clear statement relted to the regeneration issue I CCed you about. Let me know if you have interest. You are better with words than I and if you have any interest I will show you more about why it may be helpful to the church at large.... Posted by: John H | May 4, 2006 05:51 PM Great post, Pitchford!
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Ezekiel 34 represented a major paradigm shift in my understanding of the prophets, and I have yet to stabilize (still stubbornly Historic Premil). Anyway, I've always been fascinated by the fact that the medium of the prophets is almost always poetry. In fact, it seems like I remember reading somewhere some liberal theologian who felt that the prophets were simply poets, kind of like bards--rather ridiculous, but perhaps a grain of truth? Maybe part of the difficulty people experience with the prophets may be interpreting the message through the medium (no pun intended)? Just kicking ideas around. Posted by: Andrew K. | May 4, 2006 07:42 PM Nathan, I read a book not long ago which stated that, except in Eschatology, bible scholars know that the New Testament interprets the Old Testament. In other words, we get a more focused picture of God by reading the Old Testament through the lens of the New. In Eschatology, the Dispensationalist does the reverse. He or she would use the book of Daniel to intrepret portions of Revelation for instance. However, if we keep the same interpretive rules in place, ie. using the N.T. to intepret the O.T. then Dispensationalism falls away like a house of cards. I would like your opinion of that thesis. Mike Ratliff Posted by: Mike Ratliff | May 4, 2006 09:58 PM Mike, I think you are exactly right. If we would be more consistent in allowing the New Testament (particularly as it deals with interpreting specific Old Testament passages) to illuminate the Old, then Dispensationalism would soon fall by the wayside. Thanks for the comment, Nathan Posted by: Pitchford | May 4, 2006 10:19 PM Andrew, I think you do have a point -- the poetic, descriptive, often symbolic language employed by the prophets can present difficulties to those rather inclined to think in reasoned abstractions, in the Western tradition. As far as your historic premil. position: I certainly have no major problems with it, it's what I considered myself for quite some time. Ultimately, I came around to an amil. point of view, in part due to Poythress' article, 2 Thessalonians 1 Supports Amillennialism You may be interested in giving it a read -- although, as I said, whatever conclusion you come to will cause me no major consternation. Nathan