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    THE NEW TESTAMENT The New Testament is a record of historical events‚ the ‘good news’ events of the saving life of the Lord Jesus Christ—His life‚ death‚ resurrection‚ ascension‚ and the continuation of His work in the world. Origin and Meaning of the Term “New Testament” Our Bible is divided into two sections : * Old Testament * New Testament The Greek word for “testament‚” diaqhkh (Latin‚ testamentum)‚ means “will‚ testament‚ or covenant.” New Testament or Covenant (anticipated in

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    Introduction to New Testament Paper 2 One of the most disagreed upon ideas in marriages‚ in churches‚ and in politics today is money. Money has started wars‚ ended marriages‚ brought people into public office‚ paid my tuition‚ and much more. The global acceptance of currency is quite possibly one of the largest agents of change in the world today. This is however not new; at the time of Jesus the same things could be said. The bible has no shortage of passages dealing with the subject

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    BIBL104 June 19‚ 2010 Summary of the books of the Old Testament Exodus The book of Exodus consists of the two different genres‚ narrative and law‚ and is considered to be known as one of the books in the “Book of the Law”. It was written to record the events of Israel’s deliverance from slavery in Egypt. The overarching theme for Exodus is about God fulfilling the promises he made to the patriarchs making their descendants a great nation. God carried out his promises despite much opposition

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    Name: Inez Robbins Student ID: L23823521 Course: Bible 104 Survey of Biblical Literature Date: July 30‚ 2012 Summary of the Books of the Old Testament Books Leviticus The book of Leviticus is largely a book of laws. Some key themes include God speaking to the people of Israel to define what it means to be the holy people of a holy God. This is accomplished by God speaking through Moses. The instruction given to Moses provides guidelines for the conduct of the individual as well as the nation

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    Old Testament Kings A prophet is an orator or an orifice for God. A prophet communicates a direct message that God gives to him to the people that God has sent him to. Some prophets had written messages while some were just spoken. A king is a leader of a kingdom‚ who governs a kingdom’s people. The old testament of the holy bible majorly speaks of the kingdom of Israel and its history‚ kingship and prophesies. It speaks of different prophets a different periods in the books of 1st and 2nd Samuel

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    OLD TESTAMENT LEADERSHIP

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    Running head: OLD TESTAMENT LEADERSHIP 1 Old Testament Leadership Miguel A. Gallegos Hope International University Prof. S. Allard

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    ADM NO: 12S03ABT003 DEPARTMENT: UNIVERSITY COMMON COURSES COURSE: UCC 105 OLD TESTAMENT LECTURER: Dr. THUO TASK: DESCRIBE THE HISTORY IN THE OLD TESTAMENT DUE DATE: 28th January‚ 2013 Introduction The Old Testament was written over a wide historical period‚ it describes the relationship of God and the people of Israel before the coming of Jesus. To make it easy to explain the history in the Old Testament‚ I have seen it best to look at it under the following periods: 1. Primeval

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    Michele R Erb BIBL 104 July 30‚ 2012 Old Testament Book Genres Deuteronomy The Book of Deuteronomy is in the genre of law. Deuteronomy is divided into three sections or speeches by Moses and tells about what God has done for the Israelites. It first tells how Moses was chosen leader and about the journey to the promise land. Moses talks about the rebellion and a lack of trust of God during the trip and of the 40 years wandering in the desert. The next speech is when Moses retells the people

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    Stacy Norton 03 October‚ 2012 Old Testament Ballard Terrorism and the Old Testament Many terrorist organizations use their religious texts as justification for their acts of terrorism. People even go as far to say that God‚ as depicted in the Old Testament of the Christian Bible‚ encourages those acts as a way to defend their actions. While it is true that the Old Testament has evidence of God sending out his people to defend his word and his chosen people‚ it should not be taken as black

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    Paul. Slavery in the first century‚ though common and taken for granted (Barton‚ Comfort‚ Osborne‚ Taylor‚ and Veerman‚ 2001‚ p. 996)‚ was not practiced similarly to how we in the United States generally perceive slavery. Moreover‚ while the New Testament does not overt-ly condemn slavery‚ Elwell (1984)‚ states that it certainly‚ “reorder[ed] the relationship of slave and master” (p. 1022). The condition and treatment of slaves varied widely in the Greco-Roman world. Slaves received no rights nor

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