Library of Articles
Redemption Is Not a Covenant Remedy — Answering a Preterist Use of Hebrews 9:15
Posted by Edward Cross on September 6, 2026
A graphic circulating online asks how a man never under the first covenant could be redeemed from transgressions under it. The question carries a premise it never states: that the only redemption there is, is redemption from covenant transgressions. Paul says guilt reached men who never had a covenant to break, and so does the remedy.
Why They Fight OSAS — The Self-Righteousness Beneath the Objection
Posted by Edward Cross on August 30, 2026
Opposition to once saved, always saved seldom turns on the verses it quotes. This article traces the objection to its root — a righteousness a man built himself, and the distance from other men that grace erases — then divides the passages. Israel's salvation is an inheritance received at the end; the Body's was handed over at the beginning.
Salvation and Rewards: Two Different Things
Posted by Edward Cross on August 11, 2026
Salvation and reward are not two names for one thing. One is a free gift that cannot be earned or lost; the other is a wage for service that can be gained or forfeited, yet never touches the gift. Rightly divide the two and the trembling conscience and the careless heart are answered at once.
Why Did God Create Man, Knowing He Would Sin — and Would It Have Been Better Not to Create at All?
Posted by Edward Cross on June 23, 2026
Why would God create man, knowing he would fall — and would it not have been kinder never to create at all? Answered on the only ground where it can be answered, the revelation given to Paul: God made the world to display the exceeding riches of His grace, and grace must have something to redeem.
The Blood of Christ and the Preaching of the Cross: Why Paul Could Not Preach a Bloodless or Generic Death
Posted by Edward Cross on June 11, 2026
The blood of Christ is the heart of the gospel Paul preached. This study traces what the blood accomplishes — propitiation, redemption, justification, reconciliation — and shows why Christ could not save by dying just any way. The shed blood and the cross were necessary, foretold in the Scriptures, and proven accepted by the resurrection.
They Shall Never Perish: Kingdom Salvation, Eternal Life, and the Resurrection of Israel's Remnant
Posted by Edward Cross on June 8, 2026
Christ promised His sheep eternal life and that they would never perish — and He meant it. But that promise belongs to the prophetic program for Israel and operates within a precise resurrection sequence. This article traces who enters the kingdom and in what condition, what the strong delusion is, and why Paul's mystery program stands apart.
Kingdom Salvation: The Conditions, the Covenant, and the Coming King
Posted by Edward Cross on June 6, 2026
Kingdom salvation is a full program — repentance, baptism, endurance to the end — grounded in the New Covenant made with Israel and heading toward national fulfillment when the King returns. This article covers the conditions, the Remnant epistles, Matthew 24, Hebrews 6, and why both programs must stay in their own place.
Is Confessing Christ with Your Mouth Necessary?
Posted by Edward Cross on June 4, 2026
Romans 10:9 is embedded in Paul's explanation of Israel's stumbling, not a universal salvation formula. This article examines what kingdom confession meant, why heart-faith alone saves the Body of Christ, and why the sinner's prayer is not what Paul had in mind.
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