Download a handout that can be filled out. Lesson 12Download Text Under Consideration: John 3 Scriptural & Historical Context: Jesus told His disciples “that everything about me in the Law of Moses and the Prophets and the Psalms must be fulfilled” (Luke 24.44). Certainly specific prophecies from the Old Testament were fulfilled in Jesus, but... Continue Reading →

Download a handout that can be filled out. Lesson 11Download Text Under Consideration: Hebrews Scriptural & Historical Context: We have noted that the themes of redemption and creation find their completion in Christ. Significantly, when the Lord redeems and fashions a people it is with the purpose of establishing a relationship with that people. That... Continue Reading →

Download a handout that can be filled out. Lesson 10Download Text Under Consideration: John 1 Scriptural & Historical Context: After His resurrection and before He was exalted to heaven, Jesus took time to explain the significance of all that had transpired: “Then he said to them, ‘These are my words that I spoke to you... Continue Reading →

Download a handout that can be filled out. Lesson 9Download Text Under Consideration: Romans 6 Scriptural & Historical Context: Between 1500 - 1400 years before the birth of Jesus, the Lord redeemed Israel from slavery in Egypt (Exodus 6.6). However, our study of the Old Testament has shown that Israel did not remain free; because... Continue Reading →

Download a handout that can be filled out. Lesson 8Download Text Under Consideration: Jeremiah 29 Scriptural & Historical Context: Jeremiah was one of the Lord’s prophets who were commissioned with speaking to a people who would not repent of their sins. Much of Jeremiah’s prophecies concerned the impending disaster that awaited God’s people, a disaster... Continue Reading →

Download a handout that can be filled out. Lesson 7Download Text Under Consideration: 2 Kings 7; 2 Chronicles 36 Scriptural & Historical Context: In the days of Samuel the people of Israel requested that a king be appointed to lead them (1Samuel 8.5), a rejection of God’s rule over them (1Samuel 8.7). Israel would be... Continue Reading →

Click here for a handout that can be filled out. Lesson 6Download Text Under Consideration: Exodus 32; Numbers 13-14; Judges 2; 1Samuel 8 Scriptural & Historical Context: Recall that when the Lord brought Israel to Mt. Sinai He promised that they would be His “treasured possession among all peoples”, but only if they “obey my... Continue Reading →

Click here for a handout that can be filled out. Lesson 5Download Text Under Consideration: Exodus 20-40 Scriptural & Historical Context: The Lord “remembered His covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob” when He delivered Israel out of their slavery in Egypt. Significantly, the Lord instructed Moses that when he brought Israel out of... Continue Reading →

Click here to download a handout that can be filled out. Lesson 4Download Text Under Consideration: Exodus 1-19 Scriptural & Historical Context: We have moved forward several centuries in our study from the events in lesson 3. Abraham lived around 2000 years before Jesus, and our best estimate is that the events of the Exodus... Continue Reading →

Download a handout that can be filled out. Lesson 3Download Text Under Consideration: Genesis 12-22 Scriptural & Historical Context: In the midst of sin and devastation, God made a promise that a time would come when He would redeem man; the seed of woman would one day bruise the head of Satan (Genesis 3.15). However,... Continue Reading →