Catholicpatrimony.com - Bible Study - Economy Of Salvation

In this final study, we explore the Is 53 and other texts from Isaiah and how they are fulfilled in Jesus Christ

We ask the question, "How literally should we interpret the prophets vision of an eschatological return of the exiles to Palestine and the reunion of the Northern and Southern Kingdoms?"

We look at Isaiah and Jeremiah's prophecies concerning the New Covenant

We read about King David's sin of adultery and murder and the failure in general of the Old Testament People of God and how this points in a surprising way to Jesus

We discuss the prophetic nature of the Psalter

We discuss the covenant God makes with king David and the very important Messianic prophecy of 2Sam 7

We discuss created secondary causes of grace and also explore the nature of anthropopathic language about God

We study the covenant made in Exodus 24 and it's ultimate fulfillment in the Eucharistic Sacrifice of the New Covenant

Here we explore the relationship between the New Law of the gospel and the Old Mosaic Law and how all those under the old dispensation who were sanctified were sanctified by Christ

The inner sanctifying dimension of the Mosaic Law is looked at

The Sinai event is looked at as foundational to Christianity as well as Judaism

We study Abraham as a heavenly intercessor and Mary's Magnificat as a summary of Salvation History

We study how the Protoevangelium with its theme of the Seed of the Woman is the controlling idea for all of Genesis and even the rest of the Bible

We study how Abraham's intention to sacrifice Isaac is a prophetic foreshadow of the sacrifice of Christ which in turn is the fulfillment of the blessing of Abraham

We explore how the three angels who visit Abraham in Gen 18 foreshadow the Trinity and the Incarnation

Within the framework of the Augustinian idea of the Two Cities, we explore the nature of the blessing of Abraham against the background of the Tower of Babel

We study how the figure of Noah both points back to Adam and forward to Jesus Christ

We study the first man as the pattern for all mediators in the economy of salvation, culminating in the supreme mediator, Christ Jesus

The word "economy" in its specialized theological sense is looked at and a general overview of the entire course is set out...we also begin to speak about Adam