@JoALandeta A veces, el término "ultra" se usa como un adjetivo peyorativo para referirse a quienes están en desacuerdo con nuestras preferencias (ultra-izquierda/derecha). Pero no había escuchado eso de "ultracatólico". Quedo atento, jajaja.
Jason Staples (Paul and the Resurrection of Israel) devotes a few pages to the cosmic dimensions of Paul's teaching concerning Jews, Israel, and the nations.
From Deut 32, he concludes nations were "each placed under a specific heavenly body or deity." With Israel's exile, it appears the gods of the nations have defeated Yahweh.
Thus, Yahweh's delivers Israel to "vindicate his name and rescue his own reputation," to prove Himself God over all gods.
Paul's twist is to recognize that Israel's apparent destruction was part of Yahweh's vindication and victory. By absorbing the people of Yahweh, the gods of the nations unwittingly gave Yahweh a claim to all nations.
By raising Jesus, and Israel in Jesus, God fulfills the Psalmist's defiant call: "Arise, O God, judge the earth, for you will inherit all nations" (Psa 82).
Jesus overthrows the gods, liberates nations from their rule, inaugurates kingdom of Israel's God. As he brings about the obedience of faith among the nations (Rom 1:5), Paul participates in the expanding reign of Jesus.
A brief gloss: All foreshadowed in 1 Sam 1-4, where Yahweh's own throne is captured by the Philistines, which gives Him the opportunity to knock Dagon over and break his arms.
Theology 101: It might be time to put a moratorium on calling fellow Christians with whom we disagree on eschatology “blasphemers” and “heretics,” unless they actually reject the future return of Christ, resurrection of the dead, and restoration of creation. In fact, it is time.
The more I preach (and pastor), the more I realize that no matter what I’m preaching on, I must offer a word of comfort and hope to the people listening.
People are experiencing too much fear and pain to go a week without hearing a concrete word of hope from God.
@danitreweek Sometimes I find myself wishing these comments are mere jokes. But unfortunately, they are real and very popular among the evangelical Christendom. 🫠 Come, Lord Jesus!
@thechurchsplit@rcsprouljr So, if we follow the particular calvistic view of RC Sproul Jr, can we affirm that an abortion is God's judgement on the baby because he/she is totally depraved and deserves God's wrath?
This is illogical and a horrible theological construction.