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Next Week. The OT is inspired by God and it is useful!.

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  1. Next Week

  2. The OT is inspired by God and it is useful! All Scripture is inspired by Godand is useful to teach us what is true and to make us realize what is wrong in our lives. It corrects us when we are wrong and teaches us to do what is right. God uses it to prepare and equip his people to do every good work. 2 Timothy 3:16–17, NLT

  3. The OT is inspired by God and it is useful! All Scripture is inspired by God and is useful to teach us what is true and to make us realize what is wrong in our lives. It corrects us when we are wrong and teaches us to do what is right. God uses it to prepare and equip his people to do every good work. 2 Timothy 3:16–17, NLT

  4. The OT is inspired by God and it is useful! All Scripture is inspired by God and is useful to teach us what is true and to make us realize what is wrong in our lives. It corrects us when we are wrong and teaches us to do what is right. God uses it to prepare and equip his people to do every good work. 2 Timothy 3:16–17, NLT

  5. The OT is a true story

  6. The OT is a story being told on 3 levels. • “Top level” story: the universal plan of God.

  7. The “Top Level” Story Creation

  8. The “Top level” Story Creation The Fall

  9. The “Top level” Story Creation The Fall The Rescue

  10. The “Top level” Story Creation The Fall The Rescue Restoration

  11. The OT is a story being told on 3 levels. • “Top level” story: the universal plan of God. • “Middle level” story: Israel.

  12. The “middle level” story: Israel • The start of the nation through Abraham. • The growth of the nation though his descendants. • The salvation of the nation by being delivered from Egypt. • The establishment of the nation in the Promised Land.

  13. The “middle level” story: Israel • The drifting of the nation away from God. • The destruction of Israel and its exile to foreign countries. • Then the re-gathering of Israel out of exile.

  14. The OT is a story being told on 3 levels. • “Top level” story: the universal plan of God. • “Middle level” story: Israel. • “Bottom level: story: a collection of individual stories.

  15. The OT must be viewed through the lens of the Old Covenant.

  16. The OT must be viewed through the lens of the Old Covenant Testament = Covenant = Contract

  17. Remember to observe the Sabbath day by keeping it holy. You have six days each week for your ordinary work, but the seventh day is a Sabbath day of rest dedicated to the Lord your God. On that day no one in your household may do any work. Exodus 20:8–10, NLT

  18. The “law” comes in three parts. • Civil law: the laws to govern Issrael as a nation.

  19. The “law” comes in three parts. • Civil law: the laws to govern Issrael as a nation. • Ceremonial law: the laws to govern worship and the operation of the temple.

  20. The “law” comes in three parts. • Civil law: the laws to govern Issrael as a nation. • Ceremonial law: the laws to govern worship and the operation of the temple. • Moral law: the laws that govern the moral conduct of the people.

  21. “God’s office is at the end of our rope.” –John Zahl

  22. The OT is written in five types of literature. • The Law

  23. The OT is written in five types of literature. • The Law • History

  24. The OT is written in five types of literature. • The Law • History • Wisdom

  25. The OT is written in five types of literature. • The Law • History • Wisdom • Psalms

  26. The OT is written in five types of literature. • The Law • History • Wisdom • Psalms • Prophets

  27. Prophets Less than 2% of the OT prophecy is messianic. Less than 5% specifically describes the New Testament age. Less than 1% concerns events yet to come. The prophets indeed announce the future. But it was the usually the immediate future of Israel, Judah and other nations…rather than our future.

  28. "I am God, and there is no one like Me, declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times the things that are not yet done.“ Isaiah 46:9-10

  29. Next Week

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