The New Testament Explained
- The Inter-Testament Period
- Greeks conquered the world, made Greek the common language worldwide.
- The Old Testament was translated into Greek during this time.
- The Jews were scattered all over the place taking the Scriptures with them.
- Known as "The Silent Years" because there's no recorded messages from God during that time.
- About 400 years between Malachi and Matthew.
- The New Testament
- "Testament" comes from the Latin word testamentum, which means "will, testament, or covenant".
- Is established by God, we can either accept or reject it.
- Focuses on salvation through faith in Jesus Christ..
- Content can be organized by its writers, time periods, or literary character.
- Was written from around A.D. 45 to A.D. 100.
- God is the Author, He chose certain men to be His penmen.
- There are NO errors, NO contradictions.
- If you accept this as true, you will receive an eternal inheritance.
- Writers
- The apostle Matthew wrote Matthew
- Mark, John Mark, wrote Mark
- Luke, the physician, wrote Luke and Acts
- The apostle John wrote John, 1 John, 2 John, 3 John, and Revelation
- The apostle James,Jesus' brother, wrote James
- Jude, Jesus' brother, wrote Jude
- The apostle Paul, once a Pharisee (Saul), wrote Romans, 1 Corinthians, 2 Corinthians, Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians, 1 Thessalonians, 2 Thessalonians, 1 Timothy, 2 Timothy, Titus, and Philemon
- The apostle Peter wrote 1 Peter and 2 Peter
- Unknown wrote Hebrews
- Literary Character
- Historical = narrative of the life and ministry of Jesus Christ.
- Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, and Acts
- Doctrinal = message is to instruct the church in correct doctrinal belief and practice.
- Romans, 1 and 2 Corinthians, Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians, 1 and 2 Thessalonians, Hebrews, James, 1 and 2 Peter, 1 John, and Jude
- Personal = written to encourage, instruct, and counsel through personal messages to certain individuals.
- 1 and 2 Timothy, Titus, Philemon, and 2 and 3 John
- Prophetic = things to come.
- Revelation
I hope these notes are quite helpful to you. If you would like to listen to the podcast go on my YouTube channel (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCc0oy2LAEZ2haouKpzv4R4w) or click here (https://www.spreaker.com/show/bible-study-podcast). I'll post another one next week!
~ Madison : )
