The author Ronald Youngblood observed the preface of the Old Treatment in the book, The Heart of the Old Testament by demonstrating the basic outline of the Scriptures is to trace the development of certain key ideas from one end of the Bible to the other. This book serves a great purpose that lays out nine themes that constitute the heart of the Old Testament. The nine themes are monotheism, sovereignty, election, covenant, theocracy, law, sacrifice, faith, and redemption. Dr. Ron Youngblood has achieved his purpose in an admirable layout before us the heart of the Old Testament in a careful and practical manner. Dr. Youngblood links the key theological strands of the Old Testament to the New in a style that is biblically sound, highly readable,
Likewise, in 1 Samuel Saul leads Israel in victory over them Ammonites but says they are not to be killed: “The people said to Samuel, ‘Who is it that said, “Shall Saul reign over us?” Give them to us so that we may put them to death.’ But Saul
In chapter 3 of Speaking of Jesus, Carl Medearis talks about what it means to own Christianity. He says "If we don't truly know what the gospel is, we have to find an explanation for Christianity." Meaning that if we do not know what the gospel is or what it is teaching us, then we try to define it by our own standards, and that is where it gets messy. Medearis talks about how Christianity is more than a religion, but it is a relationship and people tend to not understand that. He explains why people are so defensive and put up their guards towards Christians, because Christians can be so judgemental.
Andres Luke Camarillo REL 1310 December 11, 2014 Extra Credit Book Review: The Gift of the Jews by Thomas Cahill Thomas Cahill’s book The Gift of the Jews provides perceptive insight on the development of the Western world through the heritage and faith of the Jewish people. Cahill presents that the Jews provided the origin of the Christian faith, justice, and even history itself. The Jews introduced both pivotal and world-altering changes to the way humankind views and interprets the world.
In the Rabbinical Literature the Pharisees are known as “sages” (ḥăkāmîm) and scholars have identified three types of information regarding the Pharisees: Laws associated with certain pre-70 CE Pharisees, particularly the schools of Hillel and Shammai. These laws concern ritual purity, tithing, and Sabbath observance, and Hillel and Shammai are believed to be two early 1st century Pharisaic leaders. There are also stories about Pharisaic leaders, in which they are presented as authoritative and dominate figures in Jewish society, religion, and politics. Lastly, some rabbinic texts speak of the separatists (perȗs̆ı̂m), which could be referring to Pharisees. At present, scholars debate the use of rabbinical literature in the study of the
Jephthah Jephthah was a judge who appears in chapter eleven of Judges. He is one of twelve judges in the book of judges. At the time of Jephthah, the Israelites were under the oppression of the ammonites. Israel was under the oppression of the ammonites for nearly 18 years. In chapter 10, we find that in about verses 10-13, God shows Israel the error of their ways by basically saying that hed be there with them, but he would no longer save them.
Chapter 6 of the Gospel according to Luke initially reflects Christ’s teachings concerning the Sabbath, which inevitably elicits sentiments of rage from the Pharisees, further deepening the conflict shared between Jesus and the religious authorities. The aforementioned event began after the Pharisees witnessed Christ attempting to heal the withered hand of a man, but before treating the man’s wound, Christ declared to the peeping Pharisees that it would be far more destructive to let the man succumb to his wounds opposed to disregarding the sabbath for a bit to help a fellow human. Rather than truly digesting the words that were just fed to them, the Pharisees decided to seek ways to punish Christ for disobeying the sabbath. This whole scenario
Chapter 3 There undoubtedly will be some who will question why I am going to turn to the Judeo-Christian scriptures for answers rather than to the Bhagavad Gita or the Quran for instance. I appreciate that kind of questioning. We should always be seeking for the truth.
Olivia LaBonte New Testament Professor Duff May 8, 2023 Final Essay The Parable of the Tax Collector, also known as the Parable of the Pharisee and the Tax Collector, is one of the most well-known parables taught by Jesus in the New Testament. This parable is recorded in Luke's Gospel and Luke 18:9-14. The story recounts two men praying to the temple, a Pharisee and a tax collector. The Pharisee prays with a sense of self-righteousness and thanks God that he is not like others, including the tax collector.
In this paper we will see the three of the five warning of Hebrews. The warnings of Hebrews provide stern warnings and positive encouragement for all Christians to persevere in faith. These warnings are many times misunderstood as warnings of losing salvation or as tests for whether a person is truly saved. These warnings simply explain to the reader that true believers may be challenged in the Christian life and may fall victim to sin as a result.
A great example is in The Book of Mormon, of Alma’s son, Alma the younger: He and his friends, the sons of Mosiah, were very wicked Nephites, seeking to destroy the church of God, by leading the righteous away from the church. But one day, “...as they were going about rebelling against God, behold, the angel of the Lord appeared unto them; and he descended as it were in a cloud; and he spake as it were with a voice of thunder...” (Mos. 27.11) The ground also shook, and they were astonished, that they didn’t hear what he said, but the second time the angel directly talked to Alma the younger and asked him why he was trying to persecute the church of God.
The truth, that the boundary between the good and the evil is clear and well-defined, appears in not only the Old Testament but also the New Testament, which implies that it is one of the creeds of the Christian. For one thing, heathens are not granted and treated well by people of the God, just for they do not worship and serve the God, regardless of their hearts are maybe virtuous. In the chapter XIII of the Old Testament, when people of the Lord were led to the borders of Canaan, they eventually saw the promised land, named Jericho, beyond the Jordan, and found that people, who lived in the promised land all the time, were heathens. As a result, they conquered the land by the war cruelly, in spite of the land was the belongings of heathens
The beginning of the New Testament is like the beginning of a “new world” because the historical, societal and cultural background has changed a lot since the Old Testament. We start to ask questions about what has happened. Some differences include; Pharisees and Scribes are now part of the New Testament, there are new groups and situations, it is never mentioned that Jesus grew up in Nazareth in the Old Testament, and the New Testament is written in Greek instead of Hebrew like the Old Testament. The start of Acts chapter 13 also starts a “new world”. As the gospel goes on the Jewish roots enter the Gentile world.
The first followers of Jesus were his twelve disciples. However, Jesus also made many enemies amongst the Romans. Jesus was crucified unjustly on a Roman cross for the sins of the world. Three days later he raise from the dead and proved that resurrection is God’s salvation offered to the people. By believing in Jesus and his teachings, it will lead to eternal life after death.
Each of these Jewish sects was responsible for stirring up the multitude against Jesus until He was condemned to death on the
