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Author: Marc Bates
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Christ Our Savior: Promise-Plan Soteriology, Canonical Christology, and the Confrontation with Islamic Polemics
This study examines Christ’s saving work through the promise-plan, contrasting Christian and Islamic accounts of sin, revelation, and salvation. It connects liberation from sin’s power, penalty, guilt, and final consequences with incarnation, crucifixion, and resurrection.
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Exodus 34: An Exegetical and Biblical-Theological Commentary
Exodus 34 is examined as gracious covenant restoration after the golden calf. Replacement tablets, the proclamation of God’s Name, renewed obligations, and Moses’ radiant face advance the promise-plan’s themes of mercy, holiness, and divine presence.
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The Organic Architecture of Divine Instruction: Promise-Plan Theology, the Unity of the Law, and the Canonical Coherence of Scripture
Engaging Walter Kaiser’s account of biblical unity, this essay examines Torah as covenantal instruction. It evaluates law-and-gospel divisions, Pauline language, and principlization to argue for continuity within the unfolding promise-plan.
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Divine Love Revealed: The Promise-Plan Architecture of Relational Monotheism, Pneumatological Adoption, and the Critique of Islamic Unitarianism
This study contrasts Christian and Islamic accounts of divine love and human relationship with God. It traces incarnation, the cross, adoption, and the Spirit’s assurance through the promise-plan and engages Islamic objections to relational monotheism.
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Beyond the Epistemological Divide: Ancient Near Eastern Literature, the Dead Sea Scrolls, and the Cosmic Architecture of the Divine Promise-Plan
This essay examines how ancient Near Eastern literature and the Dead Sea Scrolls illuminate Scripture’s textual history, divine council language, and cosmic rebellion narratives within the unified trajectory of God’s promise-plan.
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Exodus 32: An Exegetical and Biblical-Theological Commentary
Exodus 32 is examined as covenant betrayal within an already redeemed community. The commentary traces idolatry, Moses’ intercession, judgment, and the enduring patriarchal oath toward the need for renewed hearts and faithful mediation.
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Corrupting the Corruption: The Parable of the Leaven (Matthew 13:33), Subversive Kingdom Infiltration, and the Canonical Architecture of Promise-Plan Theology
This study reads Matthew 13:33 as a provocative image of hidden kingdom transformation. Engaging Thomas Long and promise-plan theology, it explores the woman’s action, leaven’s symbolism, banquet abundance, and patient, non-coercive witness.
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Mark 7 Deconstructed: Exegetical, Grammatical, and Canonical Foundations of Purity in the Divine Promise-Plan
Engaging Tim Hegg and recent scholarship, this essay reexamines Mark 7 through Jewish purity debates and Greek syntax. It argues that the passage defends written Torah against human tradition rather than abolishing dietary distinctions.
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The Eternal Sonship of Christ: A Biblical-Theological Appraisal Within the Promise-Plan Architecture and Christian–Muslim Polemics
This study examines Christ’s eternal Sonship through biblical language, Davidic promise, and Jewish interpretive horizons. It addresses Islamic objections by distinguishing eternal filial relation and shared divine identity from physical generation.
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Exodus 33: An Exegetical and Biblical-Theological Commentary
Exodus 33 is read as a crisis of divine presence after covenant betrayal. Moses’ intercession, the tent outside the camp, and the revelation of divine goodness develop the promise-plan’s movement toward restored communion.