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We finish up Lesson 33 by discussing the significance of Christ’s virgin birth. Why did Christ need to be born in this manner? We’ll see that the answer lies in how Christ as a human had to be born without sin. We also explore why there are differences in the two genealogies of Christ as recorded in the gospels of Matthew and Luke, and we look back into the Old Testament to understand the significance of the two titles of Christ: Son of God and Son of Man. Access the notes at: https://interlocked.online/s/33-Birth-of-Christ.pdf
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We finish up Lesson 32 with the discussion: Is it true that people do not have any natural knowledge of God and are therefore ignorant about Him? Then at 1:02:02, Lesson 33 begins. We start by observing in Scripture how the Jews were expecting Yahweh Himself to reign as king over the earth and how they also expected God to send a perfect human leader to reign. The question was: how would this two events happen together? Yahweh surprised the Jews by combining God the King and the ideal human leader into one person: Jesus, the God-man. Access the notes at: https://interlocked.online/s/33-Birth-of-Christ.pdf
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What was the state of the world when Jesus arrived on the earth? What was happening with the Jews at that time? In this lesson, we look at what the Roman Empire was like before examine why the Scriptures say Jesus first went to the Jewish people. How did the leaders and religious leaders react to Him? How did the people react to Him? And how did His first disciples react to Him? We will examine what the Scriptures say. Access the notes at: https://interlocked.online/s/32-Who-Do-You-Say-That-I-Am.pdf
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Now that we’ve done the survey of key Old Testament events and drawn out the significant truths from them, we arrange them in a biblical framework. This forms the foundation of our worldview. We can now practise using the biblical framework to analyse and think through life situations that confront us. The class will work through several situations, helping each other gain God’s perspective on each situation. Access the notes at: https://interlocked.online/s/31-Faith-in-Action-III.pdf
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We finish up our examination of the Hebrew Scriptures regarding what the Jews were expecting about the coming Kingdom. Though Yahweh wasn’t actively speaking to them through more prophets at this point in history, He had left them with Scripture that contained information about the future so they could have long-range hope and endure their tough situation. The Jews during this period provide a model for how we are to live. We conclude the session by examining how we should be reading Scripture. How does God communicate? How does He treat His words? How are we to read His Word? Then there are instructions on how to do the first exercise of Lesson 31: Faith in Action III. Access the notes for Lesson 30 at: https://interlocked.online/s/30-The-Jewish-Expectation-Part-2.pdf and Lesson 31 at: https://interlocked.online/s/31-Faith-in-Action-III.pdf
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We had examined the Hebrew Scriptures regarding the covenants with Israel and the Messiah, to see what the Jews were expecting from God at the close of the Old Testament. Now we take a look at what the Scriptures say about how God will use the future tribulation period of the Jewish people to bring them to national faith in Him. And we will also examine what the prophets said about the conditions of the coming Kingdom. What is the planet like—the environment, the plants and the animals? And what are the people of the Kingdom like? Access the notes at: https://interlocked.online/s/30-The-Jewish-Expectation-Part-2.pdf
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We continue examining the Hebrew Scriptures to see what the Jews were expecting from God at the close of the Old Testament. We examine Yahweh’s promises to the Jewish people about the New Covenant, which He announced and promised but did not yet sign at the close of the Old Testament. We look closely at the package of promises: the Jews regathered into the land God had given them, changed hearts nationally, their sins forgiven nationally and they would become God’s loving and loyal people. And through them would come the worldwide blessing. We also look at God’s promises regarding the Messiah, who will be the key figure of the New Covenant. Access the notes at: https://interlocked.online/s/29-The-Jewish-Expectation-Part-1.pdf
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We conclude Lesson 28 at 1:05:00, which includes a discussion on how we got the Bible. Then we move on to Lesson 29: The Jewish Expectation Part 1. At the end of the Old Testament, the Jews had experienced about 1,500 years of history with Yahweh. They had gone through times of great prosperity and peace as well as times of tremendous suffering and war. But what was on their minds? In the next two lessons, we examine the Old Testament Scriptures to find out what the Jews understood about God and what they were expecting Him to do based on the covenants He had made with Israel and the prophecies He had left with them. This will help us understand their mindset and worldview before we begin examining the New Testament. Access the notes at: https://interlocked.online/s/29-The-Jewish-Expectation-Part-1.pdf
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We continue with Lesson 28 and see how the Jewish people returned from exile. Yahweh was not done with them. He still had a programme for them and had covenantal promises to fulfil for them. We survey the events of returning, rebuilding the Temple, as well as rebuilding the walls and gates of Jerusalem and the restarting of life under Mosaic Law. This was the time when the Jews gathered all the Scripture they had and we examine the process of how God kept His Word accurate so that people in every generation would have access to His history and truth. Access the notes at: https://interlocked.online/s/28-Partial-Return-of-Judah.pdf
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We conclude Lesson 27 at 36:50 by examining how believing parents can prepare their children for living and thriving in non-biblical culture. Then we move on to Lesson 28 where we begin to examine the end of the exile. We start by looking at Daniel 9, how Daniel was reading from the prophet Jeremiah and he realised that Yahweh had said the exile would last 70 years. Those years were almost up but Daniel didn’t see national repentance from the Jews and he didn’t understand how the vision of Nebuchadnezzar’s statue fit with Jeremiah’s prophecy. So he prayed for God’s mercy and Yahweh responded by sending the angel Gabriel to tell him that it wouldn’t just be 70 years, but 70 sets of seven years! Access the notes at: https://interlocked.online/s/28-Partial-Return-of-Judah.pdf
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In this lesson, we take a look at the lives of Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael and Azariah. These Jewish teens were exiled to Babylon as part of Yahweh’s judgment on Judah. Though they had to undergo a Babylonian education and training programme and were inducted into service in the Babylonian government, these young men remained steadfast in their faith and loyalty to Yahweh. How did they thrive in a very anti-God, pagan environment? How they lived provides important lessons and principles that we can emulate. Access the notes at: https://interlocked.online/s/27-Living-as-Believers-in-a-Pagan-Culture.pdf
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We conclude Lesson 26 by looking at a different type of writing that Yahweh was giving the Jews during the period of the exile: apocalyptic writings. Through these special writings, God revealed a summary of the future, describing world affairs that will happen. We’ll examine the features of real, biblical apocalyptic writings and how these writings are different from what the prophets usually wrote about. These apocalyptic writings were to give the people long-range hope and the understanding that God was still at work in the world even though He was lifting His hand of restrain on the Gentile nations of the world. Access the notes at: https://interlocked.online/s/26-Sent-into-Exile.pdf
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We conclude Lesson 25 at 36:26. Then we continue with Lesson 26: Sent into Exile. Despite God’s faithful love and care for His people, both Israel and Judah rebelled and became paganised. So Yahweh started the fifth and final stage of discipline that He promised under the Sinaitic Covenant: exile. Also at this time, God handed political power of the world over to the Gentiles. He first exiled the northern kingdom of Israel to Assyria and then the southern kingdom of Judah to Babylon. Yahweh also gave the Babylonian king, Nebuchadnezzar, a vision of a statue of a man that represented five pagan kingdoms because God wanted to make it clear that He was still directing history, now through Gentile kingdoms. Access the notes at: https://interlocked.online/s/26-Sent-into-Exile.pdf
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Because King Solomon, the last king of the unified kingdom, rebelled against Yahweh, God tore the kingdom into two: the northern kingdom of Israel and the southern kingdom of Judah. Both kingdoms were supposed to worship Yahweh as God. But instead, they had more bad than good kings in their history, leading both Israel and Judah to become paganised. Whether it was the common man or kings and leaders, the Bible records that most were rebellious towards God. So both kingdoms went into decline. During this period, God did not leave the people alone. God used prophets to speak to them to encourage change. But what was the job that God gave them? The prophets had three main roles: they were God’s historians; they were God’s prosecuting attorneys; and they were God’s Scripture writers. Access the notes at: https://interlocked.online/s/25-Decline-of-the-Kingdom.pdf
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We conclude Lesson 24, looking at how King Ahab changed the god of Israel from Yahweh to Baal. This was when God sent the prophets Elijah and Elisha to demonstrate to the people who the true Creator-God really is. We then take a look at a summary of the kings of Israel and Judah and draw several important sanctification lessons for ourselves. Access the notes at: https://interlocked.online/s/24-The-Kingdom-Divided.pdf
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We conclude Lesson 23 50:15 and go onto Lesson 24: The Kingdom Divided. During the time of the judges, as Israel settled into the Promised Land, the Bible records that as a nation, the people rebelled against God. Then during the period of the kings, the Bible shows that Israel’s leaders too, were overall rebellious towards Him. Because King Solomon, the last king of the unified kingdom, rebelled against Yahweh, God tore the kingdom into two: the northern kingdom of Israel and the southern kingdom of Judah. Both kingdoms were supposed to worship Yahweh as God. But instead, they had more bad than good kings in their history, leading both Israel and Judah to become paganised. Whether it was the common man or kings and leaders, the Bible records that most were rebellious towards God. Access the notes at: https://interlocked.online/s/24-The-Kingdom-Divided.pdf
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Saul, the first human king of Israel, rejected God’s rules and lived selfishly based on his own ambitions. David, the second king, was upheld by God as a model king because he followed God with his whole heart, and was teachable and repentant when he sinned. God made Solomon, the third king, the wisest man on earth. His reign was the golden era for Israel. However, Solomon did not obey God fully. Against God’s law for kings, Solomon had 1,000 women and many of them were pagans. It was through trying to please his pagan wives that Solomon led Israel into spiritual rot. He introduced Israel to the worship of idols side by side with the worship of Yahweh! Access the notes at: https://interlocked.online/s/23-King-Solomon.pdf
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After the period of the conquest, the Israelites settled in the Promised Land, but they stopped following God. The book of Judges ended by saying that everyone “did whatever seemed right in their own eyes”. God’s own people, the Israelites, were living in sin, just like the surrounding nations. They rejected God as their King, asking instead for a human king. God allowed them to have one, but not before the prophet Samuel warned them that human kings would make their lives miserable. But they didn’t listen. The first king, Saul, was not a good king. His own ambition was more important than obeying God. So God rejected him and chose David as the second king. God made an unconditional covenant with David that he would always have descendants on the throne. However, God warned that He would discipline them if they sinned. Discipline’s goal was to turn their hearts back to Him. Access the notes at: https://interlocked.online/s/22-King-David.pdf
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After Israel’s conquest period, the final judge to lead Israel was the prophet Samuel. At that time, the people demanded to have a human king, just like the nations around them. They no longer wanted God as their divine King. Yahweh agreed to this evil request, but under His terms. The human king must be chosen by Him and come under His authority. The king was not to be the ultimate authority. God chose Saul as the first king but his heart was disobedient. He treated himself as the ultimate authority, the very thing God warned kings against. His reign ended in disaster. God rejected him as king and he died a tragic death. Access the notes at: https://interlocked.online/s/21-Kings-for-Israel.pdf
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This lesson is the second Faith in Action exercise where the class does a review of the truths learnt so far. The review helps to build out the biblical framework that will help them understand and analyse life. When the troubles of life overwhelm us, or when a complex issue confuses us, our first response should be to ask: “Where in God’s Word can I look to for the biblical perspective on this question?” As the class tackles a series of tough questions using the biblical framework of truth, they find good answers that settle their hearts, thus giving themselves the stability and confidence to live as faithful disciples. Access the notes at: https://interlocked.online/s/20-Faith-in-Action-II.pdf
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