Week 5

1. Week 5

2. Relaxed format • Keep your questions until afterwards • Write your questions down to remember them Welcome back

3. Review of Week Four • Critics of the Bible • The Purpose of God (Num 14:21) • Overview of books of the Bible • Study tools • Bible Versions

4. Review of Week Four Study Tools Concordance: locate a verse using a key word Lexicon: definition of words in Hebrew or Greek • Example of John 21 – love

5. Review of Week Four – Books of the Bible • Zephaniah • Jeremiah • Lamentations • Habakkuk • Joel • Daniel • Ezekiel • Obadiah • Ezra • Nehemiah • Esther • Haggai • Zechariah • Malachi

7. Mystery? Page 89

8. Mystery “He sent them to preach the kingdom of God and to heal the sick.” Luke 9:2

9. Mystery “Let these words sink down into your ears, for the Son of Man is about to be betrayed into the hands of men. But they did not understand this saying, and it was hidden from them so that they did not perceive it; and they were afraid to ask Him about this saying.” Luke 9:44,45

10. Mystery “His disciplesdid not understandthese things at first; but when Jesus was glorified, then they remembered that these things were written about Him and that they had done these things to Him.”John 12:16 NKJV

11. Mystery “Then Paul dwelt two whole years in his own rented house, and received all who came to him, preaching the kingdom of God and teaching the things which concern the Lord Jesus Christ with all confidence, no one forbidding him.”Acts 28:30-31

12. Mystery “by which, when you read, you may understand my knowledge in the mysteryof Christ, which in other ages was not made known to the sons of men, as it has now been revealed by the Spirit to His holy apostles and prophets:”Eph 3:4-5

13. Mystery “Now to Him who is able to establish you according to my gospel and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery kept secret since the world began but now has been made manifest, and by the prophetic Scriptures has been made known to all nations, according to the commandment of the everlasting God, for obedience to the faith.”Rom 16:25-26

14. Mystery “…the mystery which has been hidden from ages and from generations, but now has been revealed to His saints.” Col 1:26

15. Mystery Summary • Aspects of the Kingdom of God involving Jesus were a mystery to the world until the Apostles’ day. • The Apostles received an understanding of the mystery Christ.

16. Mystery Summary • God has revealed his plan slowly through the ages. • The revelation is complete.

17. Bible Terminology III Page 91

18. Bible Terminology Patriarch Antichrist Israel Psalm Mediator Abram Blasphemy Messiah Abraham Temptation Passover Exhort Meek Saviour Church

19. Bible Terminology Antichrist • 1 John 2:18-22 • 1 John 4:3 • 2 John verse 7

20. Bible Terminology Church • Eph 5:23 • 1577 ekklesia (ek-klay-see'-ah); from a compound of 1537 and a derivative of 2564; a calling out, i.e. (concretely) a popular meeting, especially a religious congregation • People, not a building

21. Bible Terminology Patriarch Antichrist Exhort Psalm Mediator Church Blasphemy Messiah Passover Temptation Abram Saviour Meek Abraham Israel

22. Period Between the Testaments Page 93

24. The Gospels Page 93

27. Fourfold view of Christ • 3 synoptic gospels – Matthew, Mark & Luke • John’s gospel • Ezekiel’s vision - Ezek 1:5-6, 10, 28 • Four faces: lion , man, ox, eagle • Four banners of Israel – Numbers 2:18 • Judah, Reuben, Ephraim, Dan

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29. The Jews & the Law of Moses Page 107

30. The Jews and the Law of Moses Who are the Jews? • The People - Descendants of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob • Jacob = Israel Gen 32:24-32 – Echo in Hosea 12:3,4 • The Nation - a People established by God

31. The Jews and the Law of Moses The law of Moses established…. • An order of worship • Levites • Tabernacle • A means of government • Theocracy (God is King)

32. The Jews and the Law of Moses The Tabernacle

35. The Jews and the Law of Moses • Israel’s future –Isa 2:2-4 • Has God cast away His people?Romans 11:1 • The hope of mankind is “the hope of Israel” Acts 28:20 • Prophecies of Israel’s future – and ours!

36. The Jews and the Law of Moses What happened to the Jewish People? • Wilderness Wanderings • Period of the Judges • Glory & Decline of Israel – Kings to the time of Christ • Temple destroyed in 70 AD

37. The Jews and the Law of Moses What happened to the Jewish People? • Has God cast away His people? Rom 11:1-2 • The Hope of Israel Acts 28:20-23 • The Gospel of the Kingdom Acts 28:30, 31

38. The Jews and the Law of Moses • Scatter you among all peoples Dt 28:64-67 • Blessing and the curse Dt 30:1-5 • Jacob shall return Jer 30:10,11 • New covenant with the house of Israel Jer 31:31-34

39. Summary & Questions

40. Review of Week Five • Mystery • Terminology – Antichrist, Church • The Gospels, Acts, the Letters of Paul • The Jews and the Law of Moses

41. Conclusion • Thank you for being here this week • Do continue to read your Bible • Review the notes from this session • We look forward to your company next week - God willing