week 4 pp - River Pointe Church

River Pointe Church
Spring, 2016
Outline of Old Testament
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Primeval History
The Patriarchal period
Enslavement in Egypt
The Exodus & Wilderness wanderings
Conquest & Settlement of Promised Land
The Period of the Judges
The Period of the Monarchy
}  The United Monarchy
}  The Divided Monarchy
}  The fall of Samaria
}  The fall of Jerusalem
}  The Exilic Period
}  The Post Exilic Period
}  Assyrian Empire>Babylonian Empire>Persian Empire
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“Silent years”
Persians
conquered
by Greek empire
Divisions
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Greek “lingua franca”
Greek rulers of Palestine
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AlexanderOld
the Testament
Great
Hebrew
Alexander the Great
Ptolemy I (Ptolemaic Dynasty)
Seleucus I (Seleucid Dynasty)
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“Hellenization”
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Antiochus IV Epiphanes
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Temple desecration – 167 BC
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Mattathias
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Feast of “Hanukkah” (Lights)- 164 BC
Roman Empire
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Pompey- 63 BC (conquered Palestine)
Titus- 70 AD ( destroyed Herod’s temple)
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1st – Solomon’s Temple
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2nd – Zerubbabel’s Temple
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3rd – Herod’s Temple
1st Century Palestine
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Literature of the Jews
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Old Testament Scripture
The Apocrypha
The Septuagint
The Pseudepigrapha
The Aramaic Targums
The Dead Sea Scrolls
The Rabbinic Writings
Midrash
Philo
Josephus
Administrative Districts West of the Jordan River
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Galilee
Samaria
Judea
1st Century Palestine
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Jewish Sects or Parties
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Sadducees
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Pharisees
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The Essenes were a strict sect. They considered themselves to be the true
Israel, and they intended to keep themselves pure and obey the law. This
sect is not mentioned in the Bible.
Zealots
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Believed to have developed from the Hasidim ( the “pious” ones) who joined
with Mattathias and his sons when they led the Maccabean revolt against
Antiochus IV Epiphanes. Believed in the resurrection & afterlife and in the
existence of angels and spirits. Emphasized the oral tradition along with the
Scripture. The synagogues were under their control and leadership.
Essenes
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Were made up of the aristocratic priesthood. All Sadducees were priests but
not all priests were Sadducees. They continued the priestly line of Aaron, so
the high priest, the most important political personality in the Jewish nation
was a Sadducee. They held the majority influence in the Sanhedrin (the
Council of the Seventy) which was the ruling body among the Jews. Did not
believe in the resurrection and afterlife, nor in the existence of angels &
spirits. Rejected the oral tradition which the Pharisees accepted and
advocated.
A radical movement in Judaism characterized by their revolutionary zeal.
Advocated armed rebellion and non-payment of taxes to Rome.
Herodians
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Jews loyal to the family of Herod. Supported Roman rule.
1st Century Palestine
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Major Philosophies
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Platonism
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Epicureanism
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Pleasure was the purpose and goal of a person. Allowed for the existence of
gods, but believed they made no difference in the lives of people. The body
and soul of a human being was made of atoms that disintegrated at death so
afterlife was an impossibility. “If the dead rise not, let us eat and drink, for
tomorrow we die” (1Cor. 15:32)
Stoicism
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Proposed two worlds- the world of change or becoming which cannot be
trusted, and the world of forms or ideas with perfect and changeless
prototypes or patterns. Soul resides in the body, but no unity of personhood.
Humanity’s goal was to live in cooperation with divine reason (logos) which
pervaded the whole material world. A person whose divine spark or soul was
in right relationship with the divine reason could live above the circumstances
of life in a steady, stable existence.
Gnosticism
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The Gnostics put great emphasis on “knowledge”. All matter was inherently
evil and could only have been created by an evil deity different from the good
God. Special knowledge & secret rituals were needed to awaken the divine
and enable the elect to overcome the evil deity that created them. Rejected
the humanity of Jesus, arguing that a good God couldn’t have come into the
world in human flesh, which is evil. Lay claim to a body of revelation that
went beyond the witness & teachings of the apostles and traditional
teachings of the Church.
The Revolution
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Israel looking back
God’s rule from time of creation
}  God’s intervention
}  Old Testament Prophets
}  Restoration of Israel to greatness
}  Coming of new king like Old testament King David
}  God healing the sicknesses, enmities and hatred of the world
“Will not be televised”
}  Mark 1:15
}  Repent- “rethink thinking”
}  Kingdom of God
}  Created much confusion
}  Fulfillment of Old Testament
Departing from tradition
}  Touching and cleansing the unclean (Mark 1:40-45)
}  Pronouncing a man’s sins forgiven (Mark 2: 1-12)
}  Ministering to the irreligious outcasts of society (Mark 2:13-17)
}  Not keeping the Sabbath (Matt. 12:1-8; 9-14)
}  Feasting and not fasting (Matt. 11:19)
}  Sermon on the Mount – “Letter v. Spirit”(Matt. 5-7)
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Beatitudes; Murder; Adultery; Revenge; Enemies;
“As one who had authority”
The Parables
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Definition
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Purpose
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Primary focus is the coming of the Kingdom of God & resulting discipleship required
“To allegorize or not to allegorize”
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To engage & instruct
To hold up one reality as a mirror to another, the Kingdom of God
To confront people with the character of God’s Kingdom, and to invite participation in
it and live in accordance with it.
Teaching
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Proverb; Riddle; Comparison; Contrast; Simple story; Complex story; Extended Simile
Julicher
Guidelines for interpretation
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Analyze the sequence, structure, and wording, including parallels in other gospels
Note cultural or historical features that provide insight
Listen to the parables in the context of the ministry of Jesus
Look for help in context, but know that context of many of the parables not preserved
Note how parable & its redactional shaping fit into plan & purpose of the Gospel in which it
appears
Determine the function of the story as a whole in the teaching of Jesus and for the Evangelists
Determine theological significance of the story
Pay special attention to the end of the parable
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Adam
The heavenly city
The moon- “our mortality”
The devil & his angels who strip the man of his mortality & persuade him to sin
Priesthood and ministry of OT
Christ
The restraint of sin
The comfort of hope and encouragement to work
The incarnation
The church
Post resurrection of Christ
Apostle Paul
The promise of this life and that which is to come
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Categories
◦  Kingdom (as present)
◦  Grace
◦  Judgment (as future)
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Discipleship
◦  The right use of wealth
◦  Prayer
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The Revolution is here
◦  The bridegroom’s guests (Mark 2:18-22)
◦  The unshrunk cloth and the new wine
◦  The children playing (Matt. 11:16-19)
◦  The Christian scribe (Matt. 13:52)
◦  The divided kingdom & house; the strong man bound (Matt. 12:22-29)
River Pointe Church
Spring, 2016