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Introduction
That the Bible should be our chief source book in this Bible study course goes without saying. Nevertheless, inasmuch as the Bibles that are currently in use differ from one another in contents and in the number and arrangement of the books they contain, a word of clarification is in order.
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Chapter 1: Scenes of Life
In the Psalms, the author often contemplates the contrast between men who believe in God and those who apparently do not. He examines the apparent prosperity of the wicked and often questions why they prosper in the world created by a righteous all knowing God. Psalm 73 is a good example of this contemplation. Please read this Psalm in its entirety. Here we see two pictures of man as presented below in two scenes. The author of the Psalm is apparently the one who believes in God.
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Chapter 2: Sin and God's Grace
This lesson begins in the book of beginnings, the book called Genesis. Although it might prove beneficial for the student to read the whole book of Genesis before undertaking this lesson, the student should definitely read the first two chapters at this time.
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Chapter 3: The Tabernacle Offerings
In our last lesson, we saw that God responded to Moses’ request to be shown God’s way, by His revealing more about His being a God who was “merciful and gracious, longsuffering and abundant in goodness and truth; forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin” (Exodus 34:6,7). This seems in stark contrast to the God who earlier in Scriptures recorded history destroyed the world with a flood because of iniquity and sin being prevalent throughout the world; and who had more recently, in conversation with Moses, voiced a desire to destroy the chosen Hebrew nation because of the golden calf incident where God also revealed that He was a jealous God. Perhaps Moses request to know God’s Way was centered in these realities so he questioned just how an acceptable relationship between sinful man and his creator, a holy, jealous God, could be maintained. God, after hearing the pleas of Moses, relented in destroying the nation and, as revealed in the book of Exodus, He established the Tabernacle of the Congregation, with its ritual services, special emphasis on mediatorship, and its sin and trespass offerings, as a place for His people to meet with Him. In the ritual ceremonies of the tabernacle, something of the attributes of God set forth in Exodus 34:6, 7 are seen in fuller expression.
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Chapter 4: The Messiah Prophesied
In approximately 30AD, two Jewish men were traveling afoot from Jerusalem to the town of Emmanus about seven miles away. They had been discussing the events that had been taking place in Jerusalem the last few days and they were dejected, sadness was written on their faces. They had been closely associated with a young Jewish man, a prophet, who seemed to answer their every expectation regarding the long awaited Messiah. Believing that he was indeed the promised One who would redeem Israel, they had joined the inner circle of His followers. But certain religious and political leaders of the day, chief Priests and ruler, and others had charged their hoped for Messiah with blasphemy and insurgency and this led to His being adjudged guilty and to His death by crucifixion. “Why could not this One have been the promised Messiah?”
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Chapter 5: The Messiah Identified
In our last lesson, we reviewed several Old Testament verses that speak of Messiah as being from of old from everlasting, and speak of Him using names and appellatives indicative of divinity. However, in these same Scripture passages the prophets speak of Messiah being born into the human race. Thus, we have pictured for us a person who is both God and man. Of course, this idea creates tension to our minds as we ponder how can this be; nevertheless, it is there! Turn again to the below indicated passages in your Bible and note that The Mighty God, (Elgebor) of Isaiah 9:6 is born as a child; The Lord Our Righteousness (Adonoi Tzdkenu) of Jeremiah 23:6 is raised up unto David; and the Immanuel of Isaiah 7:14is born of a virgin.
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Chapter 6: The Messiah and The New Testament
The concept for a New Testament lies in the Old Testament prophecies found in the Hebrew text of Jeremiah 31:31-33. “Behold the days come, saith the Lord, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah, Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers...which my covenant they brake... But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel... I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts...” Here the term “NEW COVENANT” is a translation of the Hebrew “ -brith chadasha”. It is synonymous to the term “NEW TESTAMENT.”
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