Isaiah 25, the Sheet, and the cleansing of the Nations

Isaiah speaks also of a sheet that covers the nations that will be removed when God conquers death, wipes away tears, and removes disgrace.  The removal of “disgrace” or shame is connected with impurity, those ways in which we have been defiled by our own impurity or by the impure acts of others. 

Mark 12 Is the Vineyard Parable a Rejection of Israel?

Two or three times in as many years, I have had conversations about Jesus’ parable in Mark 12 of the vine growers.  The argument posited to me ran like this, “Doesn’t this parable prove that in Messiah, God was taking His Kingdom from Israel and giving it to the gentiles?  Look at what Jesus says, […]