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Minor Prophets, Part 3: Persian Period and Restoration

  1. Lesson One
    Obadiah
    17 Activities
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    2 Assessments
  2. Lesson Two
    Haggai
    17 Activities
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    2 Assessments
  3. Lesson Three
    Zechariah
    20 Activities
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    2 Assessments
  4. Lesson Four
    Malachi
    18 Activities
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    2 Assessments
  5. Lesson Five
    OT Wrap-Up (Psalm 119)
    15 Activities
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    5 Assessments
  6. Course Wrap-Up
    Course Completion
    1 Activity
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    1 Assessment

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Grab your Workbook Journal!

[Record your answers in the workbook provided at the beginning of this course.]

As we close our study of the Old Testament, we might borrow a question from the title of a book by Dr. John Goldingay, Do We Need the New Testament? The answer to this question is of course “Yes.” However, in asking this question we’re able to admit the stand-alone power of the Old Testament and the way it prepares us for another testimony, or “Testament.” 

The Old Testament is, in one sense, a finished canon. For the Jewish faithful, it is “The Bible.” For Christians there’s more to the story. The God of the Old Testament enters history in a new way and becomes human, even suffering death on a cross. 

Answer the questions below about the Bible’s two Testaments and why we need both. These questions are meant to merely prompt your thinking, so be brief as you sketch out the primary reasons. 

  1. Why do we need the New Testament? Why is the Old Testament on its own not enough?
  1. Let’s reverse the last question and answer the same about the Old Testament. Why do we need it, and why is the New Testament not enough?