Why Does Jude Say Jesus Killed Disobedient Israelites? (podcast)
Greg defends Jesus’s non-violence against Jude 1:5, which suggests that Jesus killed disobedient Israelites.
Episode 588
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Tags: Cross Vision, Crucifixion of the Warrior God, Cruciform Theology, OT Violence
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