Chapter 3 – Kingdoms in Decline: The Discipline of Cursing

The Bible is a progressive revelation of God over centuries of time. The twelve tribes of Israel fractured, during the period of the judges, because they did not have a unified world view. The period of the monarchy. David as a model of godliness and Saul as a model of ungodliness. In one sense, sanctification is a form of divine parenting. Sanctification is not the same as justification.

How God sets up history. Every heresy in Church history was, fundamentally, preceded by a false answer to the question: What is God like? Miracles are never and have never been a test of orthodoxy. The land covenant with Israel. God supplies the righteousness necessary to bless the nation of Israel. The failure of Israel demonstrates that the flesh cannot consistently obey the Word of God. The promises to Abraham are ultimately promises to regenerate Israel.