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Jacob set his head on a “stone–pillow”, and he dosed off. “He dreamt of a stairway (‘ladder’) that rested on the ground, with its top reaching up to the heavens. On it, he saw the angels of God, going up (ascending) and descending.” (Genesis 28: 11-12) And there was the LORD above the top-rung, saying; “I AM the Lord, the God of Abraham, and your father Isaac. In you, and your descendants, all the families of the earth will find blessing. I AM with you. I will bring you back to this land. I will not leave you, until I (the Lord) have done all that I promised.” (Genesis 28: 14–15) Now, fast forward to the arrival of the Messiah. “Philip, who was from Bethsaida (the same town as Andrew and Peter) found Nathaniel, and enthusiastically to him; ‘We’ve found the One about whom Moses wrote, whom the prophets spoke of, the Messiah, Yeshua, the son of Joseph.” (John 1: 45) Nathaniel’s dismissive response illustrates just how presumptuous human nature can be; quick to jump to the wrong conclusion based limited understanding. “Can anything good come from Nazareth?” (John 1: 46) He errantly assumed that “nothing of value” could come from the sleepy “backwards” village of Nazareth. Philip was undaunted; telling Nathaniel to “come and see!” Yeshua later explained; “You shall see even greater things than this. You will see the sky (the heavens) opened, and the angels of God going up (ascending) and descending on the Son of Man.” (John 1: 50-51) A person’s willingness to believe (faith) activates God’s faithfulness to promises. The miracle of Israel is a testament to the restorative power of God...Eternal. And the Messiah’s story is a reconstituted version of “Jacob’s (Israel’s) journey.” “You are My witnesses. I have chosen you as My servant, so that you can know Me. I AM the LORD.” (Isaiah 43: 10) Those with “eyes of faith” witness “Jacob’s ladder”, personified.

Most evangelical Christians believe that those people who are not saved before they die will be punished in hell forever. But is this what the Bible truly teaches? Do Christians need to rethink their understanding of hell? In the late twentieth century, a growing number of evangelical theologians, biblical scholars, and philosophers began to reject the traditional doctrine of eternal conscious torment in hell in favor of a minority theological perspective called conditional immortality. This view contends that the unsaved are resurrected to face divine judgment, just as Christians have always believed, but due to the fact that immortality is only given to those who are in Christ, the unsaved do not exist forever in hell. Instead, they face the punishment of the "second death"--an end to their conscious existence. This volume brings together excerpts from a variety of well-respected evangelical thinkers, including John Stott, John Wenham, and E. Earl Ellis, as they articulate the biblical, theological, and philosophical arguments for conditionalism. These readings will give thoughtful Christians strong evidence that there are indeed compelling reasons for rethinking hell.

Nothing is more important than what a person believes about Jesus Christ. To understand Christ correctly is to understand the very heart of God, Scripture, and the gospel. To get to the core of this belief, this latest volume in the Foundations of Evangelical Theology series lays out a systematic summary of Christology from philosophical, biblical, and historical perspectives—concluding that Jesus Christ is God the Son incarnate, both fully divine and fully human. Readers will learn to better know, love, trust, and obey Christ—unashamed to proclaim him as the only Lord and Savior. Part of the Foundations of Evangelical Theology series.

In Jesus the Bridegroom, Brant Pitre once again taps into the wells of Jewish Scripture and tradition, and unlocks the secrets of what is arguably the most well-known symbol of the Christian faith: the cross of Christ. In this thrilling exploration, Pitre shows how the suffering and death of Jesus was far more than a tragic Roman execution. Instead, the Passion of Christ was the fulfillment of ancient Jewish prophecies of a wedding, when the God of the universe would wed himself to humankind in an everlasting nuptial covenant. To be sure, most Christians are familiar with the apostle Paul's teaching that Christ is the 'Bridegroom' and the Church is the 'Bride'. But what does this really mean? And what would ever possess Paul to compare the death of Christ to the love of a husband for his wife? If you would have been at the Crucifixion, with Jesus hanging there dying, is that how you would have described it? How could a first-century Jew like Paul, who knew how brutal Roman crucifixions were, have ever compared the execution of Jesus to a wedding? And why does he refer to this as the "great mystery" (Ephesians 5:32)? As Pitre shows, the key to unlocking this mystery can be found by going back to Jewish Scripture and tradition and seeing the entire history of salvation, from Mount Sinai to Mount Calvary, as a divine love story between Creator and creature, between God and Israel, between Christ and his bride--a story that comes to its climax on the wood of a Roman cross. In the pages of Jesus the Bridegroom, dozens of familiar passages in the Bible--the Exodus, the Song of Songs, the Wedding at Cana, the Woman at the Well, the Last Supper, the Crucifixion, and even the Second Coming at the End of Time--are suddenly transformed before our eyes. Indeed, when seen in the light of Jewish Scripture and tradition, the life of Christ is nothing less than the greatest love story ever told.

In this booklet, Andrew teaches on eternal life.