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,
Brittney Chow Professor Kinnison Bible 300 14 September 2017 “Analysis of Chapter 4 of Seven Events That Shaped the New Testament World” By the first century BCE, Rome has become a superpower amongst other empires. Rome has made it’s way to one of the top political, military, and economic powers. In 63 BCE, Rome takes control of Judea.
The Heart of the Old Testament is a book written by Ronald Youngblood. Youngblood wrote this book with a goal of showing people that the Old Testament is not any different from the New Testament, and should not be treated or believed any differently. Throughout the course of the book, Youngblood identifies the nine themes that form the foundation of the Old Testament. The nine themes include monotheism, sovereignty, election, covenant 1 and covenant 2, theocracy, law, sacrifice, faith, and redemption.
Bart D. Ehrman. The New Testament: A Historical Introduction to the Early Christian Writings. New York: Oxford University Press, Fifth edition, 2012 SUMMARY The New Testament: A Historical Introduction to the Early Christian Writings is an 536 page, illustrated, historical guide to early Christianity and many of the early writings of the time—not just those of the New Testament Canon. As the title boasts it is used as an introduction textbook for scholars studying the New Testament.
The heart of the Old Testament second edition is a book written by Ronald Youngblood. Robert Youngblood wrote this book with a goal of showing people that the Old Testament is not any different from the New Testament, and should not be treated as a separate entity. In the book, Youngblood identifies the nine themes that form the pillar of the Old Testament. He then discusses these nine themes of the Old Testaments with supporting scriptures from the New Testament. The nine themes include monotheism, covenant, law, sovereignty, theocracy, sacrifice, election, redemption and faith (Youngblood, 1998).
Jonathan, I agree with your statement we do tend to view the New Testament through the lens of our twenty-first-century culture. Even though we know that it's not the best way to interpret the New Testament we seem to get a better grasp from doing this. I like how you brought up the original authors of the New Testament and how they wrote through the guidance of the Holy Spirit. Yes, it is difficult to fit in someone else's shoes, but the Holy Spirit that existed when scripture was penned can lead, guide and direct our path today just as it did then. I would agree with you that the three methods that the authors bring forth are a great way to view the New Testament.
The sources divided Judaism into sections that give more detailed information in regards to their traditions and beliefs. The opening line of Genesis is the best known line in any sacred text. This explains the idea that there was a beginning; before the beginning there was a god; and the cosmos, although the creation of this by god, is not got itself (Bilhartz, 25). Judaism, Christianity and Islam all consider this the central beliefs of their religion. The first line in Chapter 1 of Genesis reads “In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth” (Bilhartz, 25).
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In the first chapter of Revelation, John is given a vision from God. In Revelation 1:12-13 John writes that within the vision, he saw seven golden candlesticks and the Son of man in the middle of the candlesticks. According to verse twenty, each one of the seven golden candlesticks represent a church in Asia Minor. The names of the seven churches are as follows: Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamos, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, and Laodicea. There is much detail given in Revelation chapters two and three about these seven churches and the way they conduct themselves.
The textbook “The Message of the Old Testament” by author Mark Dever provides many insightful sermons that offer a big picture of the majesty of God and His promises. I chose to read “The Message of Song of Songs,” which delivers several main points regarding the overall message conveyed in the Songs section on wisdom for the married. Throughout the text, the author emphasizes that Songs is a pivotal chapter in the Old Testament, highlighting the enjoyment and building of physical and relational intimacy while also establishing identity and finding meaning in our longing for a companion and how the Bible celebrates this. The author cites several verses of Songs that illustrate these themes to support these claims.
The major themes of the Pentateuch supported the purpose of the Israelites, providing an understanding of their existence (Tullock & McEntire, 2012). First, the Lord was the creator of all things and he entrusted the Israelites to use and sustain them. Second, as man violated God’s commandments, this incited his judgment upon the Israelites. Third, Israel’s association with the Lord was via the patriarchs. Next, the first patriarch Abraham made a covenant with the Lord which required faithful devotion and in return, the Lord would provide them with the land if they kept to their promise.
The Israelites in Egypt had a new king arose there that wanted them not to grow in numbers so he sent people to burden them. But that would only make the multiple more. The Egyptians then decided to make them into their slaves. He then also told the midwives, helpers in birth-giving, to kill all the boys that are born to the Hebrew women, but they did not because they feared God. This made the king then say that all the boys had to be thrown into the Nile river.
The new Testament is the literary product of a dynamic encounter between two strikingly different cultures of antiquity the Jewish and the Greek. The New Testament is collection of twenty seven Christian document, written in Greek and added as a supplement to a Greek edition of the Hebrew Bible known as the Septiaginl (Harris, Page 4). The New Testament is the early Christian community produced many writings during the period when the New Testament books were composed (c.50-140 CE), most were not accepted into the canon, the official list of church approved documents. The process of coanonization continued for several centuries; it was not until 367 ce that a canonical list corresponding exactly to the present New Testament first appeared,
Preface This book is birthed, after a long gestation, out of deep concern for the Body of Christ and for the Gospel that was first delivered to the saints. This writer has always grappled with contemporary Christianity as evinced by major groups of Christian people. From the very early years of his life he has maintained a critical posture (not negative) of anything religious and even though his mental powers were penetrated and subdued and his heart received the doctrine of Oneness Apostolic-Pentecostalism, he still maintained a healthy skepticism of positional views taken by some organizations of his persuasion relative to some of the fundamental issues in the Scriptures.
Throughout all of history, God has worked to interact with individuals and groups in society to reach an end of salvation for the whole world. These stories are what makes up the Old Testament of the Bible. Salvation history seeks to understand God ’s dealing with people throughout history. God began his plan for human salvation with his call to Abraham.
