A Treasure on 1 Peter

Posted by Camden Bucey on February 24th, 2010 in: Headline, Prophets, Two Age Structure

Leonard Goppelt wrote a gem of a commentary on 1 Peter.  I’ve been studying it as I prepare to exhort on the amazingly redemptively-historical 1 Pet 1:10-12.  Here is a typical quote from Goppelt on the text: Prophecy enables the Church to understand the Christ-event preached to it as fulfillment, as eschatological salvation, and, therefore, [...]

Prophets Criticism

Posted by Camden Bucey on December 17th, 2009 in: Headline, Prophets

The history of biblical studies has seen a number of different approaches to the prophetical books.  In this post, I provide a brief survey of various critical approaches along with a few names of key figures. Historical Criticism Historical critics divide the prophetic writings into historical truths and metaphysical truths.  Historical critics begin with the [...]

Historical Contingencies and Prophecy

Posted by Camden Bucey on December 15th, 2009 in: Headline, Prophets

Richard Pratt introduces an interesting topic in prophetical studies.  The idea may actually be unsettling to some. Pratt examines historical contingencies and their relationship to biblical prophecy.  In his study, Pratt identifies three types of OT prophecy:

Kline on Daniel’s 70th Week

Posted by Camden Bucey on December 14th, 2009 in: Covenantal Structure, Meredith Kline, Prophets

Daniel 9:20-27 is one of those passages that gets the covenantal/dispensational fires going. It seemed discussions would constantly find their way to this passage back when I was having regular discussions with dispensationalists. I happened to be reading Meredith G. Kline’s “The Covenant of the Seventieth Week” recently and thought I would pass this quotation [...]

An Ordered Approach to Scripture

Posted by Camden Bucey on December 12th, 2009 in: Headline, Prophets

Recently, Christopher Fantuzzo, lecturer in Old Testament at Westminster Theological Seminary delivered a candidating lecture on Isaiah 59:21 and its position in the book.  The passage is as follows. 21″And as for me, this is my covenant with them,” says the LORD: “My Spirit that is upon you, and my words that I have put [...]

Expanding Biblical and Theological Understanding of Mal 3:1-4

Posted by Camden Bucey on December 7th, 2009 in: Prophets

Malachi 3:1-4 draws on several prominent prophetic themes.  Many intertextual and motific connections can be identified within the prophets and the broader Old Testament canonical context, and these connections lay the foundation for the New Testament revelation regarding the identity of “my messenger” as well as for understanding the eschatological significance and function of “the [...]

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Thoughts on Redaction in Malachi

Posted by Camden Bucey on November 26th, 2009 in: Featured, Prophets

In issue 103 (1984) of the Journal of Biblical Literature, Bruce Malchow shared a few interesting thoughts on the identity of “the messenger of the covenant” in Malachi 3:1. I plan to share my own thoughts on the verse in future posts, but I will begin with an observation on Malchow’s notion of redaction in [...]

Spotting a False Prophet

Posted by Camden Bucey on September 17th, 2009 in: Prophets

O. Palmer Robertson (affectionately called OPR by our good friend, Bishop NT Batzig) provides a helpful set of criteria for distinguishing between true and false prophets in his book The Christ of the Prophets.  First, the true prophet always comes in the name of the Lord.  If he does not prophesy in the name of [...]

The Focus of the Prophetic Word

Posted by Camden Bucey on September 16th, 2009 in: Prophets

Scholars often divide the words of the prophet into two categories.  First, the prophet forth-tells.  By forthtelling, the prophet applies the divine Word to the hearers’ current situation.  The prophet calls people to account for their current actions and speaks to various of the day. But secondly, the prophet foretells.  This perhaps is the more [...]