![]() ![]() ![]() Chapter 7 considers God’s provision of vineyards and wine as the Creator for creation, the “hungry,” and his people Israel (Psalm 104 and 107, Hosea 2). Part II examines vineyards and wine as they relate to “creation.” Chapter 6 argues that Noah’s vineyard reflects his role as a new Adam, fulfilling the creation mandate in a new creation. 2–5), providing the redemptive-historical context within which to understand the vineyard motif. 2) and a detailed look at creation, Canaan, and new creation (chs. Part I provides an overview of the theme of creation to new creation (ch. ![]() This dissertation studies the vineyard motif’s contribution to and communication of the theme of creation to new creation in the OT, revealing that vineyards are localized and temporary signs of the completed creation mandate, that is, the consummated creation. The redemptive-historical movement toward the new creation is driven by the creation mandate and is often symbolized by vineyards and wine, which exist at the convergence of the relationships among God, humans, and the earth established by the creation mandate. Redemptive history unfolds these intentions for humanity from creation to new creation. ![]() The creation mandate reveals God’s intentions, which precede the fall into sin, for humanity to gloriously transform creation, pointing to a definitive, eschatological end, when humanity has finished subduing the earth. ![]()
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