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[HyloBrown @HyloBrown]

@realannapaulina @GOPoversight Do something about ANTIFA

[James O'Keefe @JamesOKeefeIII]

BREAKING NEWS: Washington @Nationals Director of Community Relations Admits on Hidden Camera to Active Religious Discrimination Against Starting Pitcher Trevor Williams, Surveillance of Nationals Fans’ Google History, and Segregated LGBTQ+ Corporate Meetings to an O’Keefe Undercover Journalist

“One of our pitchers, Trevor Williams. He’s super Christian-Catholic, all these tattoos that mean a lot.”

“The Dodgers had a group… who were drag queens who sometimes dressed up as nuns. He [Trevor Williams] went on social media like… ‘This is my religion. You all are mocking it.’”

“Because of that, we [Washington Nationals] don’t use him [Trevor Williams] on social [media].”

“Like, when they're like, is a hot dog a sandwich? And like, the players come up, you know what I mean? Like, we [Nationals] don't ask him [Trevor Williams].”

“If you ever come to a Nats game, there is someone on our team who is responsible for figuring out everything about you and assigning you into a bucket of people. If you’re accepting cookies, we’re getting a plethora of your Google history.”

@heyhuds @MeLlamoTrevor @NationalsComms @MLB @MLB_PR

[HyloBrown @HyloBrown]

@ATLHeadband The absolute best in the game bar none.

[HyloBrown @HyloBrown]

@CJNitkowski Don’t let it go CJ keep pushing it. Without public knowledge and pushback on this nothing will change.

[HyloBrown @HyloBrown]

@CarriePrejean1 Not all Protestant churches, Reformed churches are the way. Catholicism is also a heresy “works based salvation”. Its by grace through faith. Your works can never get you into heaven only the grace of God through faith.

[HyloBrown @HyloBrown]

@TheCUTCH22 we need you in ATL unc!

[Pastor Rich Lusk @Vicar1973]

Outside of obvious historical interest, there is nothing special about the "holy land." In fact, Christians should not call that strip of real estate in the Middle East the "holy land." God is not present there in any special way. Christ is present in a special way "where two or three are gathered in my name" (Matthew 18:20) - which means he present in a special way when his faithful people gather to hear his Word proclaimed and celebrate his communion meal.

Jesus pronounced judgment on unbelieving Israel in 30AD and, as he prophesied, the temple in Jerusalem was destroyed within a generation, in 70AD (Mark 13). From 30 to 70AD, there were two temples and two priesthoods - the old covenant temple structure in Jerusalem with its Levitical priesthood, on the one hand, and the new covenant temple of the church with Christians as a priesthood offering spiritual sacrifices, on the other hand. Much of the New Testament is a contest of temples -- where is God's true presence now found?

The Roman demolition of the temple structure in Jerusalem in 70AD left just one temple standing - the church. The destruction of the temple was the vindication of Christ and Christians. Jews had put Jesus to death. Jews were the main instigators of Christian persecution. Jesus said in Matthew 23 he was leaving their temple desolate - the glory was leaving that temple for good, not to return. The glory of God now dwells in the midst of the Christian assembly when they gather for worship. Jesus took vengeance on the Jews in 70AD, proving they had been broken out of the covenant and believing Gentiles grafted in (along with believing Jews who remained in the covenant).

Unbelieving Jews are now a Messianic people with no Messiah. God does promise they will be grafted back into the covenant tree, on a scale commensurate with their earlier rejection; they will be converted to Christ and brought into the church, the new Israel. In the meantime, Paul says they are enemies of the gospel. Their large scale conversion will only happen after the fullness of the Gentiles are brought in, and enjoy such manifest covenantal and civilizational blessing that it provokes unbelieving Jews to jealousy. The last shall be first and the first shall be last - the first to enter into covenant with God in the old world (Israel) will the last to come into into the new covenant. Romans 11 makes all of this plain.

The true children of Abraham are, and always have been, those who trust in God's Messiah. Abraham looked ahead to Jesus' day and rejoiced. His children today look back on the Messiah, crucified and raised, and rejoice. Gentiles are the prodigals who have been brought into the Father's party. Someday our elder brother, Israel, will join us.

The destruction of the temple signaled the end of the old creation and old covenant. In the old world, the Jew/Gentile distinction was elemental. In the new covenant, the only distinction that ultimately matters is Christian/non-Christian. Jesus is the diving line that runs through the human race - those who trust him for salvation are his new humanity and new Israel, those who reject him belong to Satan, as Jesus told the Pharisees in John 8.

The end of the old world means Jews as Jews no longer possess any special covenant standing with God as they did in the old world. The whole reason for setting apart Abraham's lineage in the old world was to bring the promised Messiah into the world. Salvation is of the Jews. But now that the Messiah has come, Israel's purpose is complete. They continue to exist as a people, but no longer have the special status given to them in the old order. Likewise, the old covenant temple, the Levitical priesthood, the animal sacrifices, the ceremonial washings/cleanness laws, the Passover, the seventh day Sabbath, the promised land/holy land, and so on - the entire old covenant order was typological, designed to foreshadow the coming Messiah. Jesus did not destroy the law, but fulfilled it, and in fulfilling it, he transformed it. The temple is transformed into Jesus and his church. The old covenant sacrificial liturgy is fulfilled in Jesus' sacrificial death and the church's sacrifice of praise. The seventh day Sabbath has been transformed into the Lord's Day at the beginning of the week because we no longer anticipate the coming day of rest and refreshment; that day has arrived. The Levitical priesthood has morphed into the priesthood of all believers, the priesthood of the baptized. All the old covenant ceremonial washings and anointings are fulfilled in Christian baptism. The meaning of Passover and the other old covenant feasts have all been taken up into the Eucharist. And so on. The New Testament makes all of this plain.

The fact that Jews as Jews possess no special covenant relationship with God anymore also means that Jews are not under any special curse. The curses of Israel's broken covenant fell on them in 70AD, and were exhausted there. To illustrate: prior to 70AD when Paul went into a city, he would preach to the Jews first, then the Gentiles. After 70AD, Christians are under no such obligation. We evangelize indiscriminately, without going to Jews first. Again, the only line through the human race that matters this side of 70AD is the Christian/non-Christian division.

Perhaps most significantly, the promised land, from the perspective of the new covenant, is now seen to have only been a first installment on a global inheritance. Abraham was promised the world (Romans 4:13). EVERY family and nation will be blessed with Abraham's blessing over the course of history. As the kingdom grows to fill the earth (as promised in passages like Isaiah 11 and Daniel 2), Abraham receives what God promised him. Or to be more to the point, Christ receives what he purchased with his blood and what his Father promised him as an inheritance (John 3:16, Psalm 2:8). The whole world belongs to Jesus. He has all authority in heaven and earth. Jesus is King and Savior of the nations. He has won the victory on the cross and in his resurrection, and now the implications of his victory are being worked out, slowly but inexorably, like a mustard seed growing into the largest tree in the garden.

Israel's conquest of the Canaan with a sword of iron was also typological. In the new covenant, the church conquers not only one small piece of land, but the entire earth, with the sword of the Spirit, which is the Word of God. Acts is the new covenant Joshua. Just as the book of Joshua records the Israelites fighting to take hold of their inheritance, so Acts records the beginnings of the church's conquest of the nations, as she brings the gospel to all peoples.

Jesus is Israel and Israel's God. He is the God-man, fulfilling the plan of salvation God promised to Abraham. In him, and only in him, all families and nations will be blessed with the forgiveness of sins through his shed blood and new life through his Holy Spirit. Jesus is the true son of Abraham -- and also the true Son of God. As son of Abraham, he is fully human, and thus can act on behalf of humans. As Son of God, he can do for us what we could never do for ourselves. Jesus, as the God-man, does God's part, keeping his promise to bring salvation, and does our part, dying in our place, taking the wrath we deserve because of our sin.

Those who trust in Jesus are united to him by faith. This is why Paul constantly uses "in Christ" language in his letters. In Christ, all that belongs to him is given to us. We have his righteous standing before the Father. We share in his resurrection life even now (with bodily resurrection to come at the last day). We are members of God's covenant family, his adopted and reborn children. We have access to the heavenly sanctuary in prayer, so we can come before his throne of grace and get help in our times of need. Ultimately, we will share in his glory.

This is Christianity 101. This is the teaching of the historic church. This is the story of the gospel, the story that defines the purpose of creation and history, the story that defines our lives.

[HyloBrown @HyloBrown]

@BravesSufferer @grok what does this mean?

[HyloBrown @HyloBrown]

@LostMyHats @coconservative7 Do you @LostMyHats have a podcast show? If not you should.

[Jonathan Lucroy @JLucroy20]

I just received a dm from the brother of a longtime, well known VZ MLB player. You can really get a sense of what their day to day lives are like.

Screenshot is below.

[HyloBrown @HyloBrown]

@tedcruz Tucker is right Ted. Stop coping and actually read your Bible. Start with the New Testament then go back and read the OT it’ll make more sense that way. I too was once a staunch dispy until I read the Bible in context books at a time and not just a few verses at a time.

[John Rich🇺🇸 @johnrich]

This is worth reading:
https://t.co/k7R0RpePOQ

[HyloBrown @HyloBrown]

“A better time!” @alppouch

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Goodmorning! @alppouch

[Eric Daugherty @EricLDaugh]

🚨 JUST IN: Stunning data reveals Christianity is SURGING in the United States

Bible sales: +41.6%
App downloads: +79.5%
Christian music streaming: +50%

What an amazing sight to see.

[Polymarket @Polymarket]

JUST IN: Trump announces the American people may receive a dividend paid via tariff revenue.

[HyloBrown @HyloBrown]

@AFpost @grok is this true?

[HyloBrown @HyloBrown]

@Adam_FaithfulM The parable of the seed that fell on rocky, thorny and good soil.

[Chief @BarstoolChief]

An ALL-TIME fight video. Calling your own Play by play of a pummeling is amazing. Saying you’re going to throw a guy in the lake and it’s NOT hyperbole is next level

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