How should we understand Exodus 33? Seth Erlandsson Translated by Julius Buelow The opposition to the “One-Sent-Out” when he came as a human “to redeem those under the law” (Gal 4:4) Moses’ Torah concludes with the final words of the LORD to Moses and Moses’ song of farewell (Deut 31:14-32:43). In this conclusion, Moses receives

How should we understand Exodus 33? Seth Erlandsson Translated by Julius Buelow How did the one true God reveal himself to Moses and the prophets? Moses had a unique position among the prophets of the LORD. “Never again has a prophet risen in Israel like Moses, who knew the LORD face-to-face” (Deut 34:10). “Face-to-face” means

How should we understand Exodus 33? Seth Erlandsson Translated by Julius Buelow Exodus 33 is a chapter of the Bible many have had a difficult time understanding. Was God going to abandon the children of Israel because of their wicked rebellion at Mt Sinai? They had abandoned him, after all, and said that the golden

By Seth Erlandsson. Translated by Julius Buelow. The time of the Old Covenant was a time of preparation for the New Covenant. It was a time of illustrations, pictures, and shadows of the complete salvation which would take place through the Messiah of God. During the time of the Old Covenant, through the prophet Jeremiah,

By Seth Erlandsson, in Biblicum 3/2019. Translated by Julius Buelow. Does God create both good and evil? Question: I’m confused when I read Isaiah 45:7. Does God, who is perfectly good, also create evil? The verse says: “I am the one who forms light and creates darkness, the one who makes peace and creates disaster.

By Seth Erlandsson, in Biblicum 4-5/1977. Translated by Julius Buelow. Can you start a brand new church? It’s important to distinguish between a new “church” and a new church organization. [Translator: Sometimes we distinguish between the invisible church, which is all believers of all time, and visible churches, which are outward organizations formed by those

By Stefan Sjöqvist, pastor at St Paul’s Evangelical Lutheran Church in Uppsala, Sweden. Article originally published in Biblicum Volume 87:4, 2023. Bible citations from EHV (wartburgproject.com). Translated by Julius Buelow. What do we think of when we hear words like, “You must”; “It is necessary that you”; “you have to”; and “unless you”? We probably

By Pastor Stefan Hedkvist Pastor Hedkvist is pastor of St. Jacob’s Lutheran Church in Piteå in Sweden (https://www.bekannelse.se/pitea/). This article was originally published in Biblicum volume 74:1, 2010. Translated by Julius Buelow. King Solomon authored many proverbs. Concerning proverbs, he says they give wisdom to the simply and knowledge and discretion to the young. That

Personal or Subjective Justification At the same moment a person comes to faith in Jesus or the gospel, that is, when the person trusts in the forgiveness earned by Christ and offered in the gospel, in that very same moment the person is justified before God through that faith. It is a confirmation that justification

Justification by Faith As seen above, the universal, objective justification is a necessary prerequisite for the personal reception of justification (justification by faith). If no justification of all people has taken place through Christ’s complete and vicarious fulfillment of God’s demands, then there is no justification to offer people, to be received by grace through