Christ is still risen!

Indeed! Indeed!

1/ Rejoicing for what?! (Acts 5:41)

Then they left the presence of the council,
rejoicing that they were
counted worthy to suffer dishonor for the name.

2/ Thank you for the thoughtful Affirmative Action replies

Your conversation is extremely helpful to me.

If you missed the last video post, I’ve been chatting with a number of accounts on Twitter that claim to be Lutheran White Nationalists. I think, now, the critical questions I’m working on are:

“How does the Bible teach us to confess ethnos? How does that compare/contrast to how the world would have us think of race?”

There will be a lot of fruit to harvest in this conversation.

I also couldn’t help think about those who would want us to take pride in our race when reading last Sunday’s epistle:

…you were ransomed from the futile ways inherited from your forefathers…

…you have been born again, not of perishable seed but of imperishable, through the living and abiding word of God… (1 Peter 1:18, 23).

3/ Easter Chronology

The events after the Resurrection are wild, and at first glance, the Gospels don’t look like they can fit together. How did the women see the angles, but Mary did not? Here is a very helpful reconstruction of the events: https://answering-islam.org/Andy/Resurrection/harmony.html

Here’s the chart I put together.

4/ King of Kings: Two Ways

Jesus is the King of Kings and Lord of Lords. Here are two implications:

• The kings of this earth have a king over them. It is one of the dangers of secular thought that there is no one in heaven, no one sitting on the greater throne. Jesus promise to be the King of kings means that the kings of this earth still have Someone ruling over them. He is the Judge of judges, the Boss of bosses, the Ruler of rulers, and this authority keeps earthly power in check.

• But, more, Jesus will be King of kings in the resurrection. His Kingdom is not a Kingdom of citizens but of kings. This means that all the Lord’s people are kings. He is not Lord of servants, but Lord of lords. In eternal life we, all Christians, are exalted to be lords, living free.

5/ Ethical Conceit

Here’s an interesting and helpful article from Doug Wilson on the topic of Ethical Conceit. I’d appreciate your thoughts on this.

6/ Fourteen Theses on Mankind

Pr Flamme brought some helpful clarity to the race question with his fourteen Theses on Mankind.

Thesis XIII is the key:

XIII. The characteristics of men, such as language, color, manners, etc., belonging to groups sharing a common culture and ancestry are accidental and not essential to their persons or their humanity.

He expounds and defends that thesis here.

7/ People, Tribe, Tongue, Nation

In the Revelation, John is given to describe the multitude gathered around the Throne of the Slain Lamb with four words: tribe (φυλή), tongue (γλῶσσα), people (λαός), and nation (ἔθνος). This list shows up five times in Revelation (5:9, 7:9, 11:9, 13:7, and 19:6). Here’s the surprise: each time in a different order.

Why? What does this mean?

I don’t know. I’d love to hear your thoughts and guesses.

8/ Luther’s Master Class on How to Read the Bible

Here’s the video of today’s Worldwide Bible Class, Luther teaching on Genesis 30:1-2.

Here’s the link to the Spiritual Eyes article mentioned in the study.

9/ Luther on Body, Soul, Spirit

More on this here.

10/ The Holy Spirit in the Old Testament

I’m getting ready for Q and A on Issues, and one of the questions has to do with the Holy Spirit in the Old Testament. Here is the outline and list of passages I found.

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That should be enough to make up for two weeks off.

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Lord's Blessings, Pastor Wolfmueller

2 Corinthians 1:3-4

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