BROWSE THE COLLECTION
Author: Marc Bates
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Breaking Eschatological Systems
The essay reconstructs Michael S. Heiser’s reading of Revelation as telescopic recapitulation. Shared imagery from Ezekiel 38–39 in Revelation 16, 19, and 20 challenges a strictly linear timetable while leaving the public return of Messiah, bodily resurrection, and…
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The Word Made Flesh and the Word Made Book
The study argues that the incarnation expresses God’s promised presence rather than diminishing divine majesty. It distinguishes the eternal Son’s assumption of complete human nature from a change of deity into humanity, reading John 1 within the covenantal…
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The Rationality of Revelation
Logic serves the reception of revelation without becoming a standard above God. This study distinguishes mystery from contradiction and rationality from rationalism while locating valid reasoning within the Logos and the biblical promise-plan.
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The Sinless Christ: Exegetical Foundations, Islamic Polemics, and the Canonical Architecture of Promise-Plan Soteriology
Christ’s sinlessness carries both Christological and atoning significance in the biblical canon. This study compares New Testament testimony with Qurʾānic and hadith portrayals while distinguishing textual evidence from later doctrines of prophetic impeccability.
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Adam’s Royal Mandate: The Creation Blueprint, Cosmic Sanctuary, and the Teleological Arc of the Promise-Plan
Genesis 1:26–28 establishes humanity’s royal and priestly vocation within God’s creation. This study traces blessing, seed, and land through the promise-plan to the Last Adam while preserving the dignity of every image-bearer.
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The Shrub that Shelters the Nations
Mark’s mustard seed portrays the kingdom as humble growth that shelters others. This study connects the shrub’s expansive hospitality with Jesus’ hidden and suffering kingship, prophetic imagery, and the inclusion of the nations.
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Between the Synagogue and the Church: The Historical Fracture of the Promise-Plan
A study of the relationship between synagogue and church and the historical fracture of the promise-plan.
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Between Script and Spirit: A Messianic Jewish Perspective on Biblical Authority, Cosmic Warfare, and the Enduring Torah
A Messianic Jewish perspective on biblical authority, cosmic warfare, and the enduring Torah.
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Reclaiming the Narrative: Covenantal Obedience, the Promise-Plan, and the Jewish Foundation of Pauline Soteriology
A study of covenantal obedience, the promise-plan, and the Jewish foundation of Pauline soteriology.
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The Genesis 5 Genealogy within the Promise-Plan: A Biblical-Theological and Philological Critique
A biblical-theological and philological critique of the Genesis 5 genealogy within the promise-plan.