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The land of promise finds its realization in Jesus: not in types and shadows

 The resurrection of Jesus is one of seven events which John describes with the term σημεῖον-sign. Though some have suggested that John does not use the term in relation to Jesus’ resurrection, in fact, he does so here in Jn.2:18–19, as Richard Bauckham rightly notes   Ironically, the Jews ask Jesus for a sign, but in the end, they play a role in its provision. If the citation identifies Jewish zeal for the standing temple as the motivation for seeking Jesus’ death, the saying suggests that the ultimate sign is the raising up of a new temple in Jesus’ death and resurrection. As here, so also in John 14:1–6, Jesus’ departure through death and resurrection completes the messianic preparation of the eschatological dwelling place of God as a dwelling place for the disciples. As we shall now see, the temple action anticipates this sign of a new temple with its symbolic declaration that the standing temple was not and would not be the eschatological temple .  Steven M. Bry...
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Then what about the law: What then was the purpose of the law?

An account of the genealogy of  Jesus the Messiah , the son of David, the  son of Abraham . (Gen 12:3; 22:18; Ps 132:11; Isa 11:1; Lk 1:32; Jn 7:42; Acts 2:30; 13:23; Rom 1:3; Gal 3:16) Matt. 1:1  I will  bless those who bless  you , and the one who curses  you   I will  curse, and  in you  all the families of the earth shall be blessed.”, ( Gen 18:18; 22:18; 26:4; 27:29; Ex 23:22; Num 24:9; Acts 3:25; Gal 3:8) Gen. 12:3  And the king will answer them, ‘Truly  I tell  you, just as you did it to one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine,  you did it to me .’ Matt. 25:40  Inevitably, this leads to an inevitable question: “What, then, was the purpose of the law?” (Gal.3:19). The answer is complex, and, judging by what he says elsewhere (e.g. Rom 7), Paul makes no attempt to give a complete answer in Galatians 3. But intrinsic to its significance is its function in preparation for the coming of Christ “ ...
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This generation will not pass away: Before All these things take place.

 Then some of the scribes and Pharisees answered, saying, “Teacher, we want to see a sign from You.” But He answered and said to them, “ An evil and adulterous generation seeks after a sign , and no sign will be given to it except the sign of the prophet Jonah. For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the great fish, so will the Son of Man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.  The men of Nineveh will rise up in the judgment  with this generation  and condemn it, because they repented at the preaching of Jonah; and indeed  a greater than Jonah is here . The queen of the South will rise up in the judgment  with this generation  and condemn it, for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and indeed  a greater than Solomon is here .  “When an unclean spirit goes out of a man, he goes through dry places, seeking rest, and finds none. Then he says, ‘I will return to my house from w...
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