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Lesson OneIntroduction to the Old Testament6 Activities1 Assessment
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Lesson TwoOld Testament: Beginnings Through Settlement5 Activities1 Assessment
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Lesson ThreeOld Testament: Kings Through Exile5 Activities1 Assessment
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Lesson FourIntroduction to the New Testament6 Activities1 Assessment
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Lesson FiveNew Testament: The Gospels and Acts5 Activities1 Assessment
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Lesson SixNew Testament: Letters and Revelation5 Activities1 Assessment
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Course Wrap-UpCourse Completion1 Activity1 Assessment
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Discussion Questions
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What are some reasons one should study the Old Testament?
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The Old Testament is of great spiritual and personal value. It tells us about God, answers questions about how life began, tells how evil came into the world. It prophesies of our Redeemer, inspires us to holy living and fills our hearts with gratitude and praise.
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To get full picture, stories, lineage, know how the NT came to be.
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The Old Testament not only tells us about God Himself, but it also sets the foundation for the entire Bible. It tells us our history and serves as a guide showing us God’s expectations for us, in order to have a relationship with Him.
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The Old Testament should be studied because the stories give examples of what happens when we are disobedient or obedient to God’s Word. It gives us examples of proper worship. We see how God deals with people.
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There are many reasons to study the Old Testament. One reason is the Old Testament tells us about GOD, who he is, what he expects from us and how we should live.
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Why would a lack of knowledge of the Old Testament weaken our understanding of the New Testament?
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We have to remember that when the people written about in the New Testament lived, there was no New Testament. There was only the Old Testament. When they went to temple, they read the Old Testament. When they set up new laws, they referred to the Old Testament. When they wanted to learn about God, they went to the Old Testament. This is what all of society was based on, and this is the society that Jesus was born into and was a part of. So the Old Testament provides the foundation for all of the knowledge, history, and prophecy that the people had for their religious and cultural studies.
It also shows a different side of the Trinity. While the New Testament often focuses on Jesus and the Holy Spirit, the Old Testament focuses on God. Knowing about God is essential to knowing Jesus and the Holy Spirit. -
The old testament sets up the problem of sin, shows use God’s grace and mercy, introduces the solution of Christ. The new testament is the fulfillment of the Old. We cannot understand the new unless we understand the old.
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We need to understand the laws, where things began, the prophecies to understand the resl meaning behind what Christ did for us.
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The Old Testament describes how we are unable to redeem ourselves, and how we are in need of a blameless Saviour. By seeing how the Old Testament people fail over and over again, we get to appreciate the arrival of Jesus and the work He would do on the cross for us.
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One reason is the understanding of Jesus. Without reading the repeated foreshadowing and prophesies about the coming Messiah, you can’t fully grasp the concept of how long the Israelites waited for a savior. I helps you understand the Pharisees, the response many people had to Jesus, and the full gospel when you understand the history of God’s people and how much they had prepared for their Messiah.
