New Testament view on Jesus' life

LIBERTY UNIVERSITY BAPTIST THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY Ezekiel and the New Temple Essay Submitted to Dr. Joel Ajayi, in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the completion of the course OBST 520 ? D06 Old Testament Orientation II by Oliver M. Brown April 10, 2016 ii Introduction The prophecy of the Temple in Ezekiel 40-48 is said to be one of the most difficult portion of scripture. Many commentators have proposed varying views and approaches. It has even been reported that the Jews do

Introduction The first four books of the New Testament (the gospels) tell about the most significant events in all of history. Moreover, the gospels share the good news about the life, the sacrificial death, and the resurrection of Jesus of Nazareth. In fact, the word gospel derives from the Anglo-Saxon word God spell which means story about God or good story. So therefore the gospel is the good news about the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. The purpose of this paper is to bring to light four of

Jesus in the Quran and the Bible The three most influential books in human history, the holy books of the three main Abrahamic religions, share a common though checkered history. With a string of familiar figures and incidents, each book builds upon its predecessor, sometimes retaining the exact nature of the story and sometimes giving it a new version. Each book seems to have been influenced by its specific purpose and the circumstances of the time it was revealed, with the stories meeting the

to discover them.” So, I would like to propose that Christians should read the Old Testament to discover the story and character of God that is concealed within the pages of the Old Testament stories. By taking a little time to understand the context of the stories in the Old Testament readers can see the faithfulness, loving nature, and kindness of God. Most times people are dissuaded from reading the Old Testament books because they assume God is mean and harsh within those pages, but that simply

Christians open their Bibles there are two Testaments of God-inspired Scripture. These Testaments document various periods of human history of God’s activity in the lives of human beings. Looking at Scripture from a central theme of salvation, for example, gives a picture from the two Testaments of how God not only saved people, but how He has ordained human history to focus on one specific point: the life of Jesus Christ. Why an “Old” Testament and a “New” one?

The New Testament includes four Gospels that encompass a variety of narrative accounts relating to Jesus Christ. The Gospel of Matthew; is sequentially placed as the first book within the New Testament. Furthermore, it is a canonical account of the life of Jesus, and is recognized as one of the synoptic Gospels. These accounts are divided into twenty eight chapters that appear in the form of a parable, proverb, law, or miracle story found within modern day poetry, letters, or literary tracts. Moreover

a sect, it has never been denied that Gnosticism is older than Christianity and the relation and importance between the two groups have never been acknowledged (Gnostic Discoveries). Since the discovery of texts found at Nag Hammadi which presents Jesus as a Gnostic teacher, the connection between the two groups has grown exponentially, and Paul Carus the author of The Monist even believes that Christianity is a branch of Gnosticism. Marvin Meyer a professor of Bible and Christian studies, has found

about. It explains how Jesus used some of the apostles to teach through the Holy Spirit after ascending into Heaven. The writer of the Book of Acts is the apostle Luke, who gives us insight into the different things the disciples, mainly Peter and Paul, had went through during this time. Luke describes these instances but rarely indicates how Christians today should respond. What would Christianity look like today if only the Book of Acts was written in the New Testament? The Early Church started

Bible all sharing a common view or significant stories except one. The Gospel of John is the most unique and distinct out the four. In difference, none of the parables are documented in John, and only seven of the miracles are highlighted. Alternately, John’s Gospel conveys the meaning of Jesus by giving the readers an extended insight and an extend understanding of him. In John it tells us that Jesus himself is the Jewish Messiah that was prophesized in the Old Testament, who was appointed to earth

Strobel lived the life of selfishness and only worried to please himself. When his wife began to go to church he wasn’t very pleased until after he saw the positive and attractive change in her. This is the start of his curiosity and investigation about Christianity. To relate with his wife he decided to study about this and attend church services with her. Strobel interviewed thirteen leading scholars who defended their views concerning the historical reliability of the New Testament.