“Although we acknowledge that certain points of similarity between the covenant of works and the Mosaic covenant can be found in previous writers, none of them argue a works-merit formula for Israel as a “corporate Adam”, as Kline and his disciples propose. Instead, in our view, the evidence shows that Meredith Kline is the architect of the contemporary Republication Paradigm described above.”
Elam, Van Kooten, Berquist
Merit and Moses; A Critique of the Klinean Doctrine of Republication — pg. 37
The importance of this quote lies in the demonstration that the kind of Klinean Republication that is so commonly pushed today is as completely innovative and novel as … well, …. as completely innovative and novel as the whole R2K project for which it serves as the theological foundation. We could be polite and say that this Escondido Theology is both “good and original,” but we’d have to press on to qualify by noting that what is good about Escondido Republication is not original and what is original about it is not good.
One has to understand that this innovative doctrine (this theology with absolutely ZERO historical legs) could well completely eviscerate what little remains of the Reformed Churches witness in the West if it is not stopped.
