Upon This Rock (4): An Elect Remnant

Previous article in this series: December 15, 2011, p. 138. The reader will remember that, with a view to a study of the beginning of New Testament history, we were looking first at the end of the nation of Israel in the Old, not for its own sake, but for the light that the Old sheds on the New. Of special interest to us, for this purpose, is the testimony of the prophets -- particularly now, with respect to the ten tribes, the prophets Amos and Hosea. We saw that the prophecy of Amos was...