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Lesson #1 of multiple (this kicks off a projected six-year comprehensive study of the entire New Testament)
Title: The Making of a Messiah
Scripture: Matthew 1:1-2; 23
Facilitated by Jim Martin
Our study begins with a look into what's known as the Silent or Intertestamental Period, the 400 years between the writings of Malachi and Matthew in world events. It is a time of significant historical and cultural shifts that shaped the context for the New Testament and the emergence of early Christianity.
From Ray Stedman: "When you open the New Testament to the book of Matthew, you discover an entirely different atmosphere - almost a different world. Rome is now the dominant power of the earth. The Roman legions have spread throughout the length and breadth of the civilized world. The center of power has shifted from the East to the West, to Rome. Palestine is still a puppet state, but this king is the descendant of Esau instead of Jacob: Herod the Great. The high priests who now sit in the seat of religious authority are hired priests to whom the office is sold as political patronage.
The temple is still the center of Jewish worship, although the building has been partially destroyed and rebuilt about a half-dozen times since the close of the Old Testament. But now the synagogues that have sprung up in every Jewish city seem to be the center of Jewish life even more than the temple.”
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