NSBT: Adopted into God's Family Works John’s reuse of Daniel’s language

John’s reuse of Daniel’s language

Calvin the Pastor

Embrace Your Calling to Suffer in the World (4:1–6)

and the poetic and metaphorical aspects of the prophecy

She offers no trite answers or quick cures

NSBT: Adopted into God's Family Works John’s reuse of Daniel’s languageThe relationship between God and his people is understood in various ways by the biblical writers, and it is arguably the apostle Paul who uses the richest vocabulary. Unique to Paul's writings is the term huiothesia, the process or act of being "adopted as son(s)." It occurs five times in three of his letters, where it functions as a key theological metaphor. In this New Studies in Biblical Theology volume, Trevor Burke argues that huiothesia has