Salvation in Fresh Perspective

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Salvation in Fresh Perspective

Covenant, Cross, and Kingdom

Christianity Criticism and exegesis of sacred texts

Author: Matthew I. Ayars

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Language: English

Published by: Wipf and Stock

Published on: 28th October 2015

Format: LCP-protected ePub

Size: 299 Kb

ISBN: 9781498201834


Mainstream Christianity and Salvation

Mainstream Christianity tends to define salvation exclusively in terms of substitutionary atonement (Jesus died for me so that I can go to heaven when I die). While this is not incorrect, nor unbiblical, this definition of salvation is incomplete. Where does Israel fit into salvation? And what about the covenant? Most importantly, what about the kingdom of God that Jesus preached fervently? How do all of these dimensions that are central to the biblical text and its message fit into the bigger picture of salvation?

Salvation in Fresh Perspective

Salvation in Fresh Perspective: Covenant, Cross, and Kingdom reminds readers that salvation is not centrally about the believer, but about God and his World Renewal Plan. Salvation, when properly framed by the entire text that runs from Genesis to Revelation, is not all about me and Jesus, but about God and his plan to renew the creation through the Jewish Messiah and his covenant people. Salvation in Fresh Perspective seeks to bring back into focus the often forgotten dimensions of the great story of salvation.

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