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#123 – The Symbols of Salvation

Knowing Faith

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Signs of Salvation and the Old Testament

Paul is a master synthesizer of jewish and gentile thought when it comes to christian witness. He's trying to honor what these signs were intended for, without falling prey to the to the meaning that had become attached to them in the jewish community. And peter will sort of summarize what he takes from paul's rebuke inhis, i his epistle,. When he says, don't return to the feudal ways of your forefathers, this is what paul is getting at. Doesn't mean that everything you experienced was worthless? In fact, with regard to their minds, there was futility in emulating abraham. We love Abraham because we are like

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