Transcript OLD TESTAMENT - Washington University Bible Fellowship

OLD TESTAMENT
For prophecy never had its origin in the will of
man, but men spoke from God as they were
carried along by the Holy Spirit 2 Peter 1:21
Prepared by Luke Lim
OLD TESTAMENT
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Old Testament and New Testament
Key Revelations of God in OT
From God to Us
Hebrew Old Testament and Protestant OT
Protestant OT
The Setting of OT
How to Approach OT
I. Old and New Testament
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NT is to complement/complete OT
OT is essential to understand NT
Furnish historical setting of NT
Key Revelations of God are in OT
Spiritual Food for Christians
II. Key Revelation of God in OT
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God is the Sovereign Creator
Man is a Sinner in need of Salvation
God is Holy and He judges sin
God is love and offers salvation to sinful man
A Savior would be born to die for sins of man
Man is saved by faith, not by works
Israel, God’s chosen channel of redemptive
message to the world
• All history will culminate at the throne of God
III-a. From God to US
• Revelation: in written word(others: media,
conscience, nature)
• Inspiration: God-breathing(2Tim 3:16)
authors were carried along by the Holy Spirit(2
Pet 1:21)
• Infallible as to truth
• Final as to authority—apply to all aspects(science,
history, and spiritual truth)
III-b From God to US
• Original Autographs: 1500-400 B.C. by 25-30
different authors on papyrus/animal skins
• Transmission—
– copying and recopying of originals:
– Jews’ Superstitious Veneration of the text
– Masoretic text(5-6th century Jewish Scholars); eliminate
variations and errors
– Dead Sea Scrolls(150 B.C.): identical with Masoretic
Text
III-c From God to US
• Canonization
– Identification as being one of the inspired scripture
– Spiritual perception to recognize, given by the Holy
Spirit
• OT canon grew until its completion(Malachi,
being the last added)
• A complete set of Books by the time of Jesus
• Hebrew OT :24 books
VI. The Setting of OT
• From Creation to Malachi(430 B.C.)
• Geographical Setting
– Three major region
– Six Journeys
– Coastal plain/lowlands/Hill country/Rift
valley/Transjordan hills/Plateau
• Climate
– Latitude—same as southern US
– Westerly wind from Mediterranean Sea
– Warm dry summer/Cool, wet winter
IV. Hebrew OT & Protestant OT
• Twenty four books equivalent of thirty nine
English Bible
• Three major section: Law, Prophets and
Writings(Luke 24:44)
• Former Prophets—Historical books
• Five Rolls—read at the annual Jewish feast:
Passover(Song of Songs 1st),Ruth(Feast of week 3rd),
Lamentation(anniversary of Jerusalem destruction 5th),
Ecclesiastes(Tabernacles 7th), Easter(Purim 12th)
• Chronicles appears last(Luke 11:51)
V Protestant OT
• Four fold arrangement(Greek Septuagint 280150BC)
• First 17 Books in Chronological order
• Subdivision into three—
– Confederacy among the tribes---Joshua, Judges, Ruth
– Rise and fall of Monarchy---Samuel –Chronicles
– Captivity and Return---Ezra, Nehemiah, Esther
• Fives book of Poetry---directed to inner life
• All prophets ministered in 900-400BC
VII. How to Approach OT
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God always acts in conformity with his nature
All history is in God’s sovereign control
Israel, God’s divinely called and favored nation
Israel, God’s channel of communication to the rest
of the world
• Redemption, the key subject
• Constant pointing to the Coming Savior—Jesus
• Miracles-God’s way to reveal himself