Signs of Salvation: Signs of Salvation:
New Life Where Grace and Truth Meet
Introduction: Fix Yours Eyes Upon Jesus
Two Gardens and Two Trees
The Garden of Eden and the New Jerusalem
The Tree of Knowledge and The Tree of Life
Salvation in this World and the Next
The unconditional covenant with Abraham
The covenant of law with Moses
The everlasting covenant with David
The covenant broken
The day of judgment
"I will remember their sins no more"
"I will put my law within them"
"They will all know me"
Salvation in this world and the next
The Sign of the Listening Community
The mystery of inclusion
The countersign of mutual submission
The throne of God and of the Lamb
The Sign of the Bountiful Community
The mystery of prosperity
The countersign of Jubilee
The marriage feast of the Lamb
The Sign of the Peaceable Community
The mystery of God as warrior
The countersign of Immanuel
The Sign of the Community of Grace and Truth
The mystery of binding and loosing
The countersign of discipline
Robes washed in the blood of the Lamb
Baptism into the New Life
Baptism in Fire
The Gift of New Life
Appendix 1: Discussion Questions
Appendix 2: Questions Concerning the Saved Life
Index of scripture citations
Copyright ©Ben Richmond 2005
Published by Friends United Press, Richmond, Indiana
Front cover art: “Tree of Life” by Jeanette Kuvin Oren, Hand-painted silks, appliqué and quilting; 72 x 48 inches. Copyright Jeanette Kuvin Oren 2000. Used by permission.