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One of Michael Horton\u2019s criticisms of NT Wright has to do with the way he construes the relation of Adam\u2019s sin and Israel\u2019s calling. Wright emphasizes that God\u2019s call to Abraham is the beginning of His response to the sin of Babel, ultimately the sin of Adam. Israel is God\u2019s instruments for redeeming the world. Horton replies, \u201cIt is not . . . that the whole world is in Israel, but that even Israel is \u2018in Adam.\u2019\u201d <\/p>\n
But this criticism misses a major theme of Wright\u2019s work. He emphasizes again and again that the great crisis of the world is precisely this, that Israel ends up being another Adamic people. The reason why the grace of Yahweh is not flowing to the Gentiles is that Israel herself is under a curse; instead of spreading the knowledge of God over the earth,. Israel has caused the Lord\u2019s name to be blasphemed among the nations. In missing this point, Horton misses most of Wright\u2019s argument about the specific place that the cross has in Israel\u2019s history: Jesus comes to bear Israel\u2019s curse and to be the true, faithful Israel, so that the blessing of Abraham can flow out to the Gentiles. <\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
One of Michael Horton\u2019s criticisms of NT Wright has to do with the way he construes the relation of Adam\u2019s sin and Israel\u2019s calling. Wright emphasizes that God\u2019s call to Abraham is the beginning of His response to the sin of Babel, ultimately the sin of Adam. Israel is God\u2019s instruments for redeeming the world. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3021,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6430","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bible-nt-paul"],"yoast_head":"\n