There are a couple of lines in today’s Hebrews reading that remind me of something Mike Breen talks about in his book Covenant and Kingdom. Breen is trying to provide for people a simple template by which to read Scripture. I think he may be on to something.
He suggests that we can read any particular passage in light of both covenant and kingdom. While biblically and theologically covenant and kingdom are definitely overlapping realities (and I wouldn’t want to stress the difference between the two nearly as much as Breen does), I think his distinctions can be helpful for us in our personal reading of Scripture.
The word “covenant,” Breen suggests, focuses on our relationships with God and each other, while the word “kingdom” points to the responsibilities we have in representing God’s interests in the world. Read the rest of this post »








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