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Barnabas gathers prophetic stone imagery around Yahushua: the chosen cornerstone, the rejected stone that becomes the head of the corner, and the hard rock set for trust.
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He says those who place hope upon this One will live.
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He links the hostile assembly, the casting of lots for clothing, and other suffering texts to the manifestation in flesh.
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He interprets the warning against binding the righteous as another prefiguration.
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He then turns to the promised land flowing with milk and honey.
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He says the 'good land' is not exhausted by geography but also points, in his reading, to renewed humanity in Yahushua.
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He recalls Adam formed from the earth and reads the promise as a parable of new creation.
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Those released from sins are made new and become like children at the beginning of creation.
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He cites 'Let us make Adam in our image' and the command to multiply and rule.
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He says Elohim is making the last things as the first and replacing stony hearts with hearts of flesh.
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He identifies the human heart as the place where a set-apart Temple is being built.
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The qahal becomes the place of confession, praise, trust, and indwelling.
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Milk and honey signify nourishment and the promise by which the renewed people live.
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Barnabas says the dominion promised at creation is not yet fully visible and therefore awaits the future completion when the heirs of the covenant are made complete.