Upon This Rock (6): Israel’s Treacherous Sister
This article continues a series on New Testament biblical history by examining the fall of the Kingdom of Judah through the lens of the prophet Jeremiah, drawing parallels between Judah's apostasy and that of the northern Kingdom of Israel. The author explores how both kingdoms rejected the house of David and, typologically, rejected Christ in His kingly and priestly offices, demonstrating the Old Testament's perspective on God's redemptive purposes in Christ.
Previous article in this series: February 1, 2012, p. 208. Perhaps you will recall that a year ago we started in this rubric what we hope to be a series of articles on the very beginning of New Testament Bible history. We began, however, with a quick review of the end of Old Testament history -- not for its own sake but, as we said at that time, "for the perspective that the Old gives to the New. For it is out of the scattering of the people of Israel and the ruins of the house of David that...
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