Debating Israel's Promised Kingdom | Averbeck, Glaser, & Pratt

Debate Question - Whatever Happened to Israel’s Promised Kingdom? God made various covenants with Abraham and his descendants. The promises contained in those covenants and the prophecies that grew out of them led the people of Israel to believe that God would establish a kingdom for her and greatly bless her. Kingdom blessings would include a right spiritual relation between God and Israel, but the blessings would also be material. Among those promises, the Jews understood the blessings to include the promise of land. Did Israel misunderstand what God covenanted and prophesied that he would do? If so, what did God actually promise Israel? If not, whatever happened to Israel’s kingdom? Was it fulfilled, or forfeited, or is it still future? Richard E. Averbeck (PhD Annenberg Research Institute, Dropsie College) is Emeritus Professor of Old Testament and Semitic Languages at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School. Richard co-edited the book Reading Genesis 1-2: An Evangelical Conversation (Hendrickson Academic, 2013) and recently authored The Old Testament Law for the Life of the Church (InterVarsity Press, 2022). Mitch Glaser (PhD Fuller Theological Seminary) is President of Chosen People Ministries. He is co-editor of To the Jew First: The Case for Jewish Evangelism in Scripture and History (Kregel Academic, 2008) and The People, the Land, and the Future of Israel: Israel and the Jewish People in the Plan of God (Kregel Academic, 2014). Richard L. Pratt, Jr. (ThD Harvard University) is President of Thirdmill and served as the General Editor for the NIV Spirit of the Reformation Study Bible. He is author of He Gave Us Stories: The Bible Student's Guide to Interpreting Old Testament Narratives (P&R, 1993) and The Attributes and Work of God (P&R, 2022). The Henry Center for Theological Understanding provides theological resources that help bridge the gap between the academy and the church. It houses a cluster of initiatives, each of which is aimed at applying practical Christian wisdom to important kingdom issues—for the good of the church, for the soul of the theological academy, for the sake of the world, and ultimately for the glory of God. The HCTU seeks to ground each of these initiatives in Scripture, and it pursues these goals collaboratively, in order to train a new generation of wise interpreters of the Word—lay persons and scholars alike—for the sake of tomorrow’s church, academy, and world. Visit the HCTU website: https://henrycenter.tiu.edu/  Subscribe to the HCTU Newsletter: https://bit.ly/326pRL5 Watch the HCTU on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@HenryCenter Connect with us! https://twitter.com/henry_center https://www.facebook.com/henrycenter/ https://www.instagram.com/thehenrycenter/ https://www.linkedin.com/company/thehenrycenter

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This is our archive of public lectures and conversations where scholars and pastors offer careful reflection on a range of biblical, theological, and ecclesial topics. The HCTU seeks to bridge the gap between the academy and the church by cultivating resources and communities that promote Christian wisdom. This is accomplished through a cluster of initiatives, each of which is aimed at applying practical Christian wisdom to important kingdom issues—for the good of the church, for the soul of the theological academy, for the sake of the world, and ultimately for the glory of God.