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W ELCOME TO N EW T ESTAMENT S URVEY

W ELCOME TO N EW T ESTAMENT S URVEY. AMAZING GRACE Amazing grace! How sweet the sound that saved a wretch like me! I once was lost, but now am found; was blind, but now I see. 'Twas grace that taught my heart to fear, and grace my fears relieved; how precious did

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W ELCOME TO N EW T ESTAMENT S URVEY

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  1. WELCOME TO NEW TESTAMENT SURVEY

  2. AMAZING GRACE Amazing grace! How sweet the sound that saved a wretch like me! I once was lost, but now am found; was blind, but now I see.

  3. 'Twas grace that taught my heart to fear, and grace my fears relieved; how precious did that grace appear the hour I first believed.

  4. Through many dangers, toils, and snares, I have already come; 'tis grace hath brought me safe thus far, and grace will lead me home.

  5. When we've been there ten thousand years, bright shining as the sun, we've no less days to sing God's praise than when we first begun.

  6. CUME: A Contextualized Seminary Education

  7. 1970

  8. We live in A Postmodern World

  9. Postmodernism Reality cannot be known nor described objectively

  10. Postmodernism There is no Big Story

  11. Metanarrative a Big Story by which to understand all ‘little stories’

  12. Today: Is there a “Story of God?”

  13. War and Peace Leo Tolstoy

  14. Tracing the Bible Metanarrative See the article “Biblical Metanarrative” at: postmodernpreaching.net

  15. Genesis: The Story Begins The creation story provides the foundation for the entire biblical worldview.

  16. Genesis 1:1-2 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. Now the earth was formless and empty and darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters.

  17. Genesis 1:1-2 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. Now the earth was formless and empty and darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters.

  18. ‘formless and empty’ Chaos = formlessness and emptiness (Hebrew: tohu wa bohu) Creation = forming, then filling

  19. God conquers Chaos Forming of Realms DAY 1 THE REALM OF THE LIGHT DAY 2 REALM OF THE WATERS & AIR DAY 3 REALM OF THE LAND Filling of Realms DAY 4 ‘LIGHTS’ DAY 5 WATER & AIR CREATURES DAY 6 LAND CREATURES DAY 7 CREATION COMPLETE, CHAOS BANISHED

  20. The Four Main Worldview Questions: Who are we? Where are we? What is wrong? What’s the solution? N. T. Wright and others

  21. Genesis 1 and 2 “Who are We?” “Where are We?”

  22. Genesis 3 • “What is the Problem?” • SIN • The Seventh Day Ends • Creation Begins to ‘Reverse’ • Chaos Begins to Return

  23. Genesis 3:15 “What is the Solution?”

  24. Genesis 3:15 • ‘I will put enmity between • you and the woman and between your offspring and hers; he will crush your head, and you will strike his heel.’

  25. Genesis 3:15 • ‘I will put enmity between • you and the woman and between your offspring and hers; he will crush your head, and you will strike his heel.’

  26. Genesis 3:15 • ‘your offspring and hers’ • Natural sense: ‘Family’ lines • Galatians 3:16 - An individual • (cf. Gal 4:4) • The Proto-evangelium

  27. Genesis 3:15 • All the rest of the Bible • describes how the solution • is brought about.

  28. Genesis 4 - 5 • One family bears • the promise of Genesis 3:15, • the other does not. Two Families, One Promise Cain-Seth

  29. Genesis 4 - 5 • Stylistic differences • in the family trees • suggest which bears the promise. Two Families, One Promise Cain-Seth

  30. Stylistic Clue # 1 Similar, yet Different Names Cain’s Family CAIN ENOCH IRAD MEHUJAEL METHUSHAEL Seth’s Family KENAN ENOCH / ENOSH JARED MAHALALEL METHUSELAH

  31. Similar, • yet different names. • Similar, • yet different families.

  32. Stylistic Clue #2 The Seventh Generation 1. 2. CAIN 3. ENOCH 4. IRAD 5. MEHUJAEL 6. METHUSHAEL 7. LAMECH • ADAM & EVE • SETH • 3. ENOSH • 4. KENAN • 5. MAHALALEL • 6. JARED • 7. ENOCH

  33. LAMECH: Pride, violence and revenge ENOCH: ‘Enoch walked with God’ The Contrast Couldn’t Be Greater

  34. Stylistic Clue #3 The Great Ages The great ages are mentioned only for Seth’s family.

  35. Genesis 6 - 10 THE FLOOD Does it remind you of anything? Genesis 1:2 The return of the flood marks the reversal of creation.

  36. After the Flood CAIN > CANAAN Cursing of Canaan SETH > NOAH > SHEM Blessing of Shem

  37. Genesis 11 BABEL Human arrogance BALAL = CONFUSION (HEBREW) SHEM’S FAMILY (Promise) Shem > Abraham Notice: The Great Ages Again

  38. Genesis 12:2-3 • ABRAHAM: The Promise Bearer • ‘I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you, and make your name great, so that you will be a blessing. I will bless those who bless you, and the one who curses you I will curse; and in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed.’

  39. Genesis 12:2-3 • ABRAHAM: The Promise Bearer • ‘I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you, and make your name great, so that you will be a blessing. I will bless those who bless you, and the one who curses you I will curse; and in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed.’

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