A New Testament Biblical Theology: The Unfolding of the Old Testament in the New

I had Dr.Beale in Seminary at GCTS in the early 90's. NT Exegesis, Ephesians, and Revelation. I have learned so much about Exegesis, the relationships of the old in the New, and faithful interpretation from him. Exegetical idea, Homileticsl idea, etc. Once you see how to do the discourse analysis, you'll forever appreciate Dr.Beales influence. I just can't get enough of Kline, Gordon And Beale. My Heroes and I feel so privileged to have studied under them and had Gordon Hugenberger as my pastor too. I was there at Lanesville when Dr.Beale was preaching through Revelation texts. My wife Baby sat his kids! All I can say is Dr. Beale's work is foundation for faithful understanding of God's Word.

This project by G.K. Beale is absolutely fantastic. I am about 120 pages into the book and every page I am blown away by the arguments he makes. Beale argues that ever since the fall of Adam and Eve in the garden, was not only a transgression of God's direct command of not eating the fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, but they transgressed God's command to subdue and cultivate the garden in Gen. 1:28. That same principle Beale makes the case is given to every OT saint God raises up, Noah, Abraham, David, and eventually leading to the entire nation of Israel. However each one of these characters fails the commission and enters into judgment for their transgression. Beale states that these events within the OT foreshadow the coming Messiah as he will truly fulfill the Gen. 1:28 commission. Beale also looks at the Scriptures from an eschatological point of view. He'll take into consideration some of the language of the OT looking at specific prophecies, and from there pointing to the eschatological savior (Jesus Christ) and the eschatological consummation (Christ's Second Coming) as the ultimate meaning of the OT narrative and prophecies. For instance in Jeremiah where God tells his people about their future exodus from their exile in Babylon after 70 years, even though that is a direct prophecy to a definite future act that God will do, Beale would look at the overall eschatological meaning of such a passage. Even though that type of prophecy as an obvious definite future fulfillment, there is an ultimate eschatological meaning that Beale would look at. He'll say that the definite future meaning of such a prophecy is the work of God's sovereign will to bring about his ultimate end times plan. Even though the above Jeremiah example is not a direct argument Beale makes (as I seen so far while reading) it gives you an example of what perspective Beale is making his arguments from. This book is definitely worth every penny as it will make you think, reconsider some theological beliefs you hold to, and help you understand the meaning of Scripture from a different point of view that is probably new to you.This is a book that you will want to keep on your shelf forever and to always use a reference in your ministries that you serve in.

The historical redemptive plan of God flows from the pages. Beale begins in Genesis, Eden is God's temple. He resides in it, He walked in the cool of the day with Adam. A covenant plan is put in place, human responsibility is defined within the covenant. It is spelled out specifically 1:28, be fruitful and multiply, fill the earth and subdue it, and take dominion. Adam is king of this new creation. He fails and we journey through all the sputtering stops and starts in the OT to fulfill the Adamic covenant, all fail. Jesus, the 2nd Adam appears, the New Covenant begins as eschatological prophecy is fulfilled in Christ. Christ dies, rises from the dead, the Holy Spirit comes and His church, Jew and Gentile are sent out among the world to spread the Good News, to be fruitful, to multiply, to fill the earth with disciples until the time that Christ appears and subdues and takes dominion over a new Eden, in a New Jerusalem. God's Covenant is fulfilled in the 2nd Adam, Jesus Christ. God's original temple Eden restored. A major simplification but in essence that is what Beale reveals as he analyzes and takes us through the OT. He does not limit his research to canon only, he extensively uses all resources and inundates us with reference material. As I read through this I wished I had access to all the cross references. The bibliographic information is a book unto itself. As is always the case when someone delves deeply into such a vast subject with so much information to absorb and communicate, the flow is not as smooth as one would like. But this is in depth theological research not a novel and the attention to detail and the patience shown in laying out the flow of historical redemptive history was much appreciated by me. I love to read theology, though it sometimes goes over my head, but I would recommend that all churches go out and buy a copy of this book for their Pastor(s).

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Another excellent commentary by G.K Beale. This book is an easier read then his book on Revelation. It contains much depth and comes from the pen of an author who portrays in his writings his God given ability to see scripture totally linked together and not segmented.

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A must read for those seeking to understand biblical theology!

Esta es una obra maestra de GK Beale, y la pondría junto con "God's glory in salvation through judgement" y "Paul and the faithfulness of God" como uno de los mejores libros de teología bíblica. La edición en pasta dura es de excelente calidad.

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