Progressive Covenantalism Quotes

“Fourth, I conclude, then, that the appeal to creation in Exodus 20:8–11 functions as an analogy. 335 The writer sees an analogy between God’s resting on the seventh day and Israel’s rest every Sabbath. Seeing the reference to creation as analogous fits with the fact that the NT never appeals to creation relative to the Sabbath. The Sabbath rest points back to creation rest and is consummated in our rest in Christ.”
― Stephen J. Wellum, Progressive Covenantalism: Charting a Course between Dispensational and Covenantal Theologies

“The Sabbath was a new command, unknown before Exodus 16, and hence the penalties at the outset were not as strict. The newness of the Sabbath ordinance in Exodus 16 constitutes another piece of evidence supporting the notion that the Sabbath was not given at creation and that it is not intended to last forever. Many Sabbatarians contend that”
― Stephen J. Wellum, Progressive Covenantalism: Charting a Course between Dispensational and Covenantal Theologies

“Some are surprised to learn that the Sabbath is not mentioned in the creation narrative ( Gen 1:1–2:3), 313 but silence regarding the Sabbath in Genesis 2:1–3 explains why nothing is said about the patriarchs ( Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob) keeping Sabbath. Nor is there any evidence that Israel kept the Sabbath before they were liberated from Egypt.”
― Stephen J. Wellum, Progressive Covenantalism: Charting a Course between Dispensational and Covenantal Theologies

“Typology is the study of how OT historical persons, events, institutions, and settings function to foreshadow, anticipate, prefigure, and predict the greater realities in the new covenant age. The”
― Stephen J. Wellum, Progressive Covenantalism: Charting a Course between Dispensational and Covenantal Theologies