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Philippians N T Wright for Everyone Bible Study Guides
Practical application of Pentecostal theology in politics, economy and social issues
What, if any, is the biblical basis to interpret prophecy as future when wording seems to reflect past history instead of future fulfillment?
A possible example of prophecy referring to past events can be Joel’s four waves of locusts, unless Joel lived even before the deportation of Israel, which is not entirely consistent with the rest of his book.
There is also the need for re…
Paul Hughes
I have been studying Phil. 2 lately, and have 2 bones to pick with Wright on his exegesis of 2:6. The first is his interpretation of HARPAGMON as passive “prize” instead of active “robbery,” The second is his reason for equating “form of God” with “to be equal with God,” which he does on the unwarranted basis that Paul used an anaphoric grammatical relationship (which in such case is assumed but invisible) to equate them.