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New Testament Acts

New Testament Acts. Empower Amy F. Davis Abdallah Ph.D. Pentecost. This was already a Jewish festival, called Pentecost because it was 50 days after the beginning of Passover Pentecost was “Feast of the Giving of the Law” This celebrated when God gave the Law to Moses on Mount Sinai

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New Testament Acts

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  1. New Testament Acts Empower Amy F. Davis Abdallah Ph.D.

  2. Pentecost • This was already a Jewish festival, called Pentecost because it was 50 days after the beginning of Passover • Pentecost was “Feast of the Giving of the Law” • This celebrated when God gave the Law to Moses on Mount Sinai • Passover happened on the 14th day of the first month • The Israelites arrived to Mount Sinai in the third month (approximately 50 days later)

  3. Pentecost:Parallels to Historical Events

  4. Pentecost:Parallels to Historical Events

  5. Pentecost:Parallels to Historical Events

  6. Pentecost:Parallels to Historical Events

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  14. Pentecost:Parallels to Historical Events

  15. Connection to the Theme • The major NT theme is God desires to bring all things intounity in Christ. How do the following passages suggest this? (You read these as pre-reading for the class) • Acts 4:23-37 • Acts 10-11

  16. Timeline of Saul (later called Paul)

  17. Timeline of Saul (later called Paul)

  18. Timeline of Saul (later called Paul)

  19. Timeline of Saul (later called Paul)

  20. Timeline of Paul

  21. Timeline of Paul

  22. Timeline of Paul

  23. Timeline of Paul

  24. Connection to the Theme • The major NT theme is God desires to bring all things intounity in Christ. How do the following passages suggest this? (You read these as pre-reading for the class) • Ephesians 1:3-14 • Ephesians 2:11-22 • Ephesians 4:1-16

  25. Timeline of Paul

  26. Timeline of Paul

  27. Paul & Women • Paul worked with many women (Romans 16—Phoebe, Priscilla, Junia, etc.) • Paul did not make a distinction about gender when he listed spiritual gifts (Romans 12, 1 Cor 12-14, Ephesians 4) • Paul writes about women praying and prophesying in front of people (1 Cor 11) • Paul writes against ethnic, social class, and gender distinctions in Christ (Galatians 3)

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