Not that I have already obtained this or am already perfect, but I press on to make it my own, because Christ Jesus has made me his own. Brothers, I do not consider that I have made it my own. But one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead, I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus. Philippians 3:12–14 (ESV)
Christ was sent from the Father to prepare the heavenly Jerusalem. Christ's work was done in such a way that it would last forever....
A theory of natural causes for the plagues does not do justice to the clear statements of the text. A particular order would be...
And the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah sat each on his throne, having put on their robes, in a void...
