BoSaLuJa … Bob
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The first three weeks lay the foundation: Scripture tells one story centered on Christ. The Israel of God is the new-creation people — Jew and Gentile united by faith. The kingdom has come in the King, not postponed. Old Testament signs find their reality in Jesus, correcting ethnic-only views of God’s people.
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Week 3 traced God’s covenants from Genesis 12 (Abrahamic) through Jeremiah 31 (New Covenant) to the Great Commission in Matthew 28. We saw continuity and discontinuity in redemptive history, with every promise pointing forward to Christ and the multi-ethnic new creation people He is forming.
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Week 2 examined Galatians 6:16 and Romans 9:6-8. Paul declares that those who walk by the “rule” of new creation in Christ are the true Israel of God — one unified people, not two. Ethnic markers no longer define God’s family; belonging comes through faith, election, and the promise fulfilled in Jesus.
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In the opening session of The Israel of God, we explored what “the Israel of God” means. Moving beyond dispensational views, we saw Scripture as one continuous story centered on Christ. Using John 3 and Nicodemus, we learned the kingdom is about new creation and restored fellowship with God for all nations, not ethnic privilege.
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Paul redefines Abraham’s descendants and “Israel of God” by faith in Christ alone (Galatians 3:28-29). Jesus and Peter apply Old Testament Israel titles to the multi-ethnic church, creating one unified people where ethnicity yields to belonging in Christ, excluding nationalistic exclusivism.
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In April, a Colorado gardener built four new 4×8 raised beds using straw, native clay, grass clippings, topsoil, and mushroom compost over existing drip irrigation. She also planted a homemade peach-pit orchard of 14 trees and is experimenting with corn and pumpkins as companions. The backyard is transforming into a productive food forest.
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Abraham Kuyper’s doctrine of sphere sovereignty powerfully declares Christ’s lordship over every area of life. This post explains how distinct spheres — family, church, state, school, and business — each receive authority directly from God. The state must protect these spheres rather than dominate them, offering a Reformed roadmap for limited government.
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Temple rises in Edenic splendor on Zion; glory fills it more intensely than tabernacle. Yet idolatry drives glory away; temple falls, exile comes. Return yields lesser temple, yet prophets promise greater future glory foreshadowing the ultimate personal temple.
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Ephesians is Paul’s most elevated letter — not a crisis response, not a defense, but a sustained act of wonder at what God has done in Christ. And what God has done, Paul says, is something hidden for ages: he has made Jew and Gentile into one new humanity, one body, fellow citizens of one…
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On April 11, 2026, Sarah and I attended the Colorado Republican State Assembly at CSU Pueblo’s Massari Arena. Despite long lines and tech issues, the day brimmed with energy. We heard inspiring speeches from Lauren Boebert and Scott Presler, met candidates like Victor Marx and Scott Bottoms, and left more invested in the 2026 primaries.…
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The Abrahamic and new covenants fulfill in Christ, blessing all nations through heart transformation and global discipleship. Promises exceed ethnicity, uniting Jews and Gentiles in one people via Jesus’ perfect fulfillment and the Great Commission, revealing God’s eschatological plan for unified redemption.
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When biblical truth is faithfully applied, it naturally produces core conservative convictions: rule of law, national sovereignty with secure borders, merit-based justice, defense of the natural family, fiscal restraint, and strong defense. This post demonstrates how these principles conserve God’s created order rather than mere human tradition.
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Plagues unmake Egypt; Red Sea parts like creation’s waters. Israel passes through judgment into new life, commissioned as a priestly kingdom. Pillar of cloud and fire guides—closer presence than rainbow, advancing the portable Eden pattern.
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Sinai speeches echo creation week; tabernacle materials recall Eden. Priests serve in miniature cosmos. Glory cloud fills the tent; God promises to walk among His people—escalating intimacy as heaven touches earth in a traveling sanctuary.
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Galatians is Paul’s most urgent letter — written in crisis, with churches on the verge of abandoning the gospel. The threat wasn’t outright paganism. It was something more insidious: adding circumcision to faith, ethnic markers to grace. Paul’s response is volcanic. He calls it “another gospel.” He pronounces a curse on anyone who preaches it.…
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Galatians 6:16 pronounces peace and mercy on “the Israel of God.” Through simple Greek analysis, Paul shows it is not two separate groups but one unified new-creation people: believing Jews and Gentiles together as the church. No spiritual separation remains—they are identically the true Israel in Christ, one body and one bride.
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Paul redefines “Israel” and God’s kingdom through faith in Christ, not ethnicity. Key texts like Galatians 6:16 and Romans 9:6-8 show true Israel as children of promise. Jesus inaugurates this new era; the series challenges ethnic views, fostering hope and unity among believers.
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This Easter, explore how God used a deeply flawed family line—marked by adultery, murder, deception, and outsiders—to bring the Savior. A Chronological Bible reading reveals both the painful consequences of sin and the stunning reach of God’s grace, showing why the cross and empty tomb are our only hope.
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Scripture provides six foundational principles for civil government: God-ordained nations and borders, the magistrate’s divine authority, creation order, impartial justice, limited government, and the balance of antithesis with common grace. These truths from Acts, Romans, Genesis, and Deuteronomy establish the biblical framework for ordered liberty in a fallen world.
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From scattered nations, God calls Abraham to a promised Eden-like land. Barrenness yields multitudes; one seed will bless all peoples. God appears, walks, and eats with Abraham—intimacy narrows to one family while promising worldwide restoration through the coming serpent-crusher.