WELCOME to
DICK DE
JONG’s website
BIBLE KNOTS &
BIBLE JUNCTIONS
Dick de Jong is minister-emeritus of
Ebenezer Canadian Reformed Church at Burlington,
Ontario, Canada,
living in Dordrecht, The Netherlands, since 1989
INTRODUCTION
My
intention with this website is to deal with a number of Bible passages or even
Bible books which contain certain exegetical difficulties. Sometimes such
difficulties can be compared with knots
which are so tied that it is very hard to untie them. Whenever this is the case
it might even become necessary to cut the knot instead of patiently untying it.
When two or more roads meet and join together this is called a junction. In the Dutch language such a
junction is called a knooppunt, the
point where these roads are as it were knotted together.
The Bible
can be seen as a map which helps us to find the way which leads to salvation.
The writer of Psalm 25 did ask for such help when he asked the LORD: “Show me
your ways, o LORD, teach me your paths. Guide me in your truth and instruct me;
for you are the God of my salvation.” In order to be able to use this map to
reach salvation instruction is needed, because there are many ways in this
world which lead to nowhere or, worse, to everlasting condemnation.
This map
shows us not only many ways and paths, but also a great number of junctions.
When reaching a junction one might think that going straight ahead is the best
and fastest way to go, but not always is that the case. At every junction, and
certainly when an important intersection is ahead of us, decisions must be
made. In order to come to the right decision it is of the greatest importance
to know how the LORD in past times has brought about redemption of his people
on the way to salvation. Only when we know the redemptive ways of the Lord in
past history can we recognize the way He goes and wants us to go in order to
bring about and experience redemption and reach salvation. For discovering
connections and junctions can also the Reformed Confessions be a great help.
My intention
is to publish on this site as well lectures which I gave in the past about
redemptive history, perhaps also sermons I held which show the
redemptive-historical way as applied in preaching.
From here you can turn to
and
to a selection of my sermons in DUTCH
CANAÄN IN NEW TESTAMENT TIMES
This map is from the time that Jesus was on Earth.
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