Bound for the Promised Land, the land promise in God's redemptive plan Ralph Venning The church is also compared

The church is also compared to the kingdom

that systematic expository preaching (to which they were committed) needed to be accompanied by catechetical instruction

he could not have imagined the profound effect it would have on future generations of Christians

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with its extreme human suffering

Bound for the Promised Land, the land promise in God's redemptive plan Ralph Venning The church is also comparedJust as the Old Testament book of Genesis begins with creation, where humans live in the presence of their Lord, so the New Testament book of Revelation ends with an even more glorious new creation where all of the redeemed dwell with the Lord and his Christ. The historical development between the beginning and the end is crucial, for the journey from Eden to the new Jerusalem proceeds through the land promised to Abraham. The Promised Land is the