Israel and the Great Commission: How the Great Commission Fulfills God’s Purpose for Israel and the Nations

It is easy to see these challenges as two separate issues, but biblically they are deeply connected. Most Christians read the Old Testament as a story about Israel and the New Testament as a radical shift from Israel's story to the story of the nations. However Israel and the nations are deeply connected in both the Old and New Testament.When we read the Great Commission it seems to be a dramatic shift in God's redemptive plan, but the Great Commission is not a new idea. When we understand the overarching context of the Old Testament and Israel's story, we discover the nations were always in the heart of God. Just as the story of the nations does not begin in the New Testament, so also the story of Israel does not end in the New Testament. God has a single redemptive purpose for Israel and the nations that is found in both the Old and New Testaments, and this purpose is ultimately fulfilled in the context of the Great Commission.

• • Author: Samuel Whitefield
• • Publisher: OneKing Publishing
• • Publication Date: Jun 11, 2018
• • Number of Pages: 107 pages
• • Language: English
• • Binding: Paperback
• • ISBN-10: 1732338027
• • ISBN-13: 9781732338029