Tag: Trajectory
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Trajectory of Scripture – Outside to Inside Holiness
TLDR – Too Long Didn’t Read SummaryIn the Old Testament holiness was synonymous with physical perfection and people thought Holiness came from the outside. Many rules were created around how you could be made unholy by things like illness or disability or touching or eating or wearing the wrong thing or hanging out with the…
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Trajectory of Scripture – Exclusion to Inclusion
TLDR – Too Long Didn’t Read Summary During Israel’s early history Foreigners and Eunuch’s (LGBT people) were excluded from worship. As time goes on the trajectory of scripture leads to more and more inclusion. Deuteronomy 23:1-8 – Exclusion from worship for foreigners, eunuchs and others and their descendants. 1 No one who has been emasculated…
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What is a Trajectory of Scripture?
To find out what God is teaching us on a particular topic, it often helps to chart the course or trajectory throughout scripture and history to see how God has been slowly moving people to a better standard. Sometimes this trajectory continues moving forward beyond the New Testament into the present day world too. Slavery…