Eschatology in Job

Posted by Camden Bucey on April 25th, 2010 in: Covenantal Structure, Geerhardus Vos, Genesis, Headline, Two Age Structure

Eschatology precedes soteriology. This little phrase from Richard B. Gaffin, Jr. encapsulates so much of Geerhardus Vos’ eschatological program. The phrase is meant to convey the idea that God has a plan of eschatological, consummated life laid out for Adam even before the fall into sin.  The Covenant of Works was put into place with [...]

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, [...]

Vos on Cross-Transfer

Posted by Camden Bucey on February 10th, 2010 in: Two Age Structure

I just invented a new Kline-esque term in “cross-transfer,” but I trust it gets at the point of what Vos is saying in The Pauline Eschatology on p. 48. The cross is represented as effecting an absolute separation between two worlds, so as to have cut loose the Apostle from the world to which he [...]

A Five Minute Introduction to Meredith Kline

Posted by Camden Bucey on December 23rd, 2009 in: Covenantal Structure, Meredith Kline, Two Age Structure

Camden covers Meredith Kline and a few of his books during this episode of Theology on the Go.

New Commandment or Old Commandment?

Posted by Camden Bucey on August 20th, 2009 in: Two Age Structure

In 1 John 1:7-11, the apostle John writes: Beloved, I am writing you no new commandment, but an old commandment that you had from the beginning.  The old commandment is the word that you have heard.  At the same time, it is a new commandment that I am writing to you, which is true in [...]

A Biblical Theological Perspective on the Ground

Posted by Nicholas T. Batzig on May 29th, 2009 in: Geerhardus Vos, Genesis, Herman Ridderbos, Matthew, Miscellany, Psalms, Two Age Structure

In recent years it has become increasingly common for theologians to focus their attention on the sphere in which redemption occurs. The Temple motif from the Garden of Eden to the Heavenly City–New Jerusalem–is traced out in such noteworthy works as O. Palmer Robertson’s Christ of the Prophets, and Understanding the Land of the Bible; [...]

Reverse the Curse

Posted by Camden Bucey on March 20th, 2009 in: Genesis, Two Age Structure

We’re full into March and every baseball fan knows what time of year it is.  Furthermore, this is an especially wonderful time of year for true Cub fans.  We have especially elevated spirits and look forward to another potential championship year.  And it’s been especially feverish for that last few.  The 2003 season had a [...]

The Function of John the Baptist

Posted by Camden Bucey on February 17th, 2009 in: Matthew, Two Age Structure

Matthew 11:11-13 11Truly, I say to you, among those born of women there has arisen no one greater than John the Baptist. Yet the one who is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he. 12From the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven has suffered violence, and the [...]