Posts with the tag “history”

Last week we began a short series to help us rediscover a rhythm of God's grace called the Sabbath. We first considered how the Sabbath was a command given to God's people in the Old Testament. This w...  Read More

Last time (part 7), we saw how Jesus began to restore Israel to her calling of being a light to the nations by calling twelve disciples to learn from him, along with his call for people to repent of t...  Read More

Last time we left the hanging question, "Why does God delay bringing his kingdom into fullness now?" We spoke of how Jesus ushered in God's kingdom in part five. We said that it is an "already-not yet...  Read More

Part 4 of our series left us asking, "Would God be faithful to his promise to gather and renew Israel? Would the promised Messiah finally fulfill God's mission that Israel failed to live out? How does...  Read More

In part 3 of our series, we learned that God had granted Israel an earthly king whose role in leading the people would help nourish Israel's missional identity and function as a blessing to all nation...  Read More

Last time we learned that God gave Israel his law so that Israel could learn to walk in God's ways for God's glory in the sight of the nations around them—this was Israel's missional calling. The law ...  Read More

In part one of our short series, we saw how God had called Israel to be his missional people, living in the sight of the nations as a priestly kingdom and holy nation. Israel was to be a community on ...  Read More

The Bible tells the true story of God’s mission to rescue and restore the whole world. The missio Dei (Latin for “mission of God” or “sending of God”) involves God setting out on a long journey to res...  Read More