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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 OT reveals the nature and character of God and man; neither of which has changed.
The OT is foundationally important to understanding the NT. It is often quotes and referenced in the NT
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To grow that much deeper with God. The OT reveals so much about the character and nature of God.
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The Old Testament tells us about the character of God and who God is. It sets the stage for Jesus and the entire New Testament.
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It helps gives us the full picture of God’s great plan for redemption through Jesus. The entire Old Testament points to Jesus coming.
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The old testament provides the foundation for the entire Bible, it also teaches us about Jesus Christ and Predicts his coming, puts his ministry into focus, preview his sacrifice for sin and tells of his judgment of the world and he’s coming kingdom. It also provides the foundation for the faith in Christ
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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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A lack of knowledge of the Old Testament would leave us as Christians with a far murkier picture of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, as the Old Testament reveals him through much (if not all) of its passages through means of history, poetry and prophecy. Likewise, according to the lecture the Old Testament provides the foundation on which the New Testament is the superstructure – without the foundation of the Old the significance and truth of the New is not as apparent. And lastly, from my personal experience and spiritual upbringing in the church, the Old Testament is always relevant as a way of understanding where we come from, it sets the basis of how we as God’s people should live in contrast to the rest of the world and it reveals our need for a savior to help us live in that way that is holy and acceptable to God.
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Because the New Testament is written on the premise of the Old Testament, and the Old Testament is written on the premise that the New Testament will be written after it.
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We wouldn’t be able to get a glimpse into why the need a Messiah. It gives us a look at how sin messed up things for mankind and the need for Christ’s blood to be an atonement for our sin and to reconcile us to the trinity. It is also needed so that we can understand how important it is to build our faith in God through the knowledge of His Word. The Old Testament explains History, poetry, and prophecy that we can build a firm foundation and add to it by then going on to the New Testament.
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The Old testament opens the door for us to understand who Christ truly is. Also by reading and understanding the Old Testament it allows us to know who God really is and his character and why he sent Christ to die for us. It gives the foundation for the laws that Christ himself came to fulfill
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A lack of knowledge would weaken our understanding of the New Testament because we don’t know the back story of the Old Testament. In the New Testament, there are frequent references made from the Old Testament, that without reading it, it wouldn’t make since to us.
