~~Rome RisingDr. Jimmy DeYoung Source Material: DVD Documentary, “RomeRising” Revelation 13:1 1. Satanic Royalty - “Beast out of the sea” … review of Revelation 13a. Little Horn  Daniel 7:8b. Prince that shall come  Daniel 9:26c. Willfull King  Daniel 11:36d. False Christ  Matthew 24:24e. Wicked one–son of perdition-man of sin  2 Thessalonians 2f. Beast out of the sea  Revelation 13:1g. Antichrist  1 John 2 2. Satanic Religion … “having seven heads”a. 7 heads – Revelation 17:3 & 9b. woman & whore  Revelation 17c. Babylon – Mother of Harlots  Revelation 17:5d. Genesis 11:4e. Jeremiah 7 - “queen of heaven”f. Ezekiel 8 - Tammuzg. Anti-christ  Beast  8 times in Revelation 17h. 1 Timothy 4:1i. 2 Timothy 33. Satanic Rulers … “and 10 horns” a. Revelation 17:12b. Daniel 7:7 … 10 hornsc. Daniel 7:23-24d. Daniel 2:31-45 • forgotten dream• interpretation of dreame. “In the days of these kings” Additional source material:Revelation SeriesDaniel SeriesAge of AntichristSatan, Demons and the End Times    Notes:              Twisted Scripture, Twisted Theology (Volume 2)By Brannon HowseIn this brand-new presentation, Brannon presents verses not included in his new book by the same title. Twisted Scripture #43: John 17:21:  How is John 17:21 twisted?  The true context of John 17:1-26: V2:V6:V9:V11:V12-15:V17-19:V20:V21:V22: What is Biblical unity based upon? Christians are commanded not to unite spiritually with unbelievers: 2 John 9-11:Romans 16:17:Ephesians 5:11:2 Corinthians 6:14-17:Revelation 18:4:What does 2 Corinthians 6:17 say is the consequence for uniting in spiritual enterprises with unbelievers?What does 2 Corinthians 6:18 say is the reward of not uniting in spiritual enterprises with unbelieves?Jesus did not come to bring unity between believers and unbelievers according to:Matthew 10:21-22:Matthew 10:34-36:Why must there be factions among believers and unbelievers?1 Corinthians 11:19:Twisted Scripture #44: Revelation 1:5 How is Revelation 1:5 twisted?What is the real context and meaning of Revelation 1:5?What is the Biblical meaning of the word “begotten”?Twisted Scripture #45: Philippians 2:6-7:How is Philippians 2:6-7 twisted?What is the real context and meaning of Philippians 2:6-7?Twisted Scripture #46: Romans 8:19How is Romans 8:19 twisted?What is the real context and meaning of Romans 8:19?Twisted Scripture #47: Mark 10:27:How is Mark 10:27 twisted?What is the real context and meaning of Mark 10:27?Twisted Scripture #48: John 14:12How is John 14:12 twisted?What is the real context and meaning of John 14:12?       Notes:               LEAVING THE CHURCH GROWTH MOVEMENT BEHINDWHY YOUR CHURCH SHOULD BE A DOCTRINE-DRIVEN CHURCHDR. RANDY WHITE | FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH OF KATY, TX | WWW.RANDYWHITEMINISTRIES.ORGWHAT DRIVES THE CHURCH?• Tradition• Personality• Finances• Programs• Buildings• Events• Seekers• PurposeRick Warren, The Purpose Driven Church, pgs 75-80.THE PURPOSE DRIVEN CHURCH IS A PRAGMATISM DRIVEN CHURCH:DO WHAT WORKS…WHATEVER IT TAKES!MATTHEW 13:31-32 | A WARNING ABOUT THE GROWTH OF THE CHURCHTHE PURPOSE DRIVEN CHURCH IS JUST THE EXTENDED PRAGMATISM OF THE CHURCH GROWTH MOVEMENT• CGM--Started by missionary/missiologist Donald McGavran• CGM--Quickly became a set of guiding principles for "healthy" churches• CGM--Is pragmatism to the core. o McGavran's work was nothing more than a sociological study of group dynamics.  i.e.: what kind of people come together under what kind of conditions?o What started within the context of loosely Biblical Christianity is now full-grown into sociological frenzy to build bigger and bigger crowds.o Search largest Easter egg hunt church and church giveaway to see where its gone.• Rick Warren: "Because our churches haven't been taught the needed skills, we are missing the spiritual waves that could bring revival, health, and explosive growth to our churches." (The Purpose Driven Church, pg. 14)2 TIMOTHY 4:1-4 | WHAT THE CHURCH REALLY NEEDSARE THE FIVE PURPOSES OF THE CHURCH REALLY THE FIVE PURPOSES OF THE CHURCH?• Worship - Ministry - Evangelism - Discipleship - Fellowship• What about--o Baptism?o The Lord's Supper?o Prayer?• When the church is defined as a doing organization, then its purpose becomes activity.• When the church is defined as a being organization, then its purpose becomes integrity.EPHESIANS 1:22-23 | THE CHURCH IS THE BODY1 TIMOTHY 3:14-15 | THE CHURCH IS THE HOUSEHOLD OF GODWHAT SHOULD DRIVE THE CHURCH?• If the church is a body and a household, how can the church be these things?o What does a body have to do to be the body?o What does a household have to do to be the household?o Answer: One doesn't do anything to be these things.  These are simply descriptive terms of what one is.• In essence, the church is a mystery that cannot be defined in terms of activity.• If your church is defined by its activity it will someday drift from the Word of God.• Your church should be defined by its doctrine, and its doctrine should be the driving force in any activity of the church.WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT THE ACTIVITY OF THE CHURCH IN APOSTOLIC DAYS-• It observed the Lord's Supper and Baptism• It had clearly defined leadership• It exercised discipline• Its chief activity seems to be the teaching of the Word.WHAT DOES A DOCTRINE-DRIVEN CHURCH LOOK LIKE?• It doesn't meet to accomplish a task, but to be strengthened in its being.• The strengthening comes from a growing and solid understanding of identity.• A growing and solid understanding of identity is the same as a clear grasp of doctrine.SO WHY ARE CHURCHES VOID OF DOCTRINE AND DOCTRINAL UNDERSTANDING?• It doesn't sell!• It doesn't meet our assumptions of outcome-o Life changeo Successo Health, wealth, prosperityo Emotionally moved• Denominationalism is downplayed because doctrine is downgraded.• Can a member of your church answer, "What are the doctrinal distinctives of your church?" THE PRE WWII CHURCH—• Met for preaching services• Had no program ministryo No music programo No youth or children's programo No Sunday School programo No benevolence programo No missions programo No committee structureo No church splits!• Had no church staff, though was often ministered to more families than many modern churches• Was very effective in affecting the culture around itTHE POST WWII CHURCH—• Meets for "Worship"• Hires staff for program's galore• Has no doctrinal distinctives, and likes it that way• Has a membership that cannot explain-let alone defend-basic Christian doctrine.• Is trying everything to grow 10% this year• Would decline dramatically if it began to teach solid doctrinePROVERBS 29:18 | THE REASON FOR OUR UNRESTRAINT      Notes:           MORE THAN CONQUERORSMichael FurchertStanding Firm on FaithIn a Secular WorldOutline & Note SheetMy Grandfather in Nazi Germany:Romans 8:37-39: (NIV) No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.Notes:    Growing Up Behind The Berlin Wall:Philippians 4:13: “I can do all things through Christ who gives me strength.”    Notes:      “When the going gets tough, the tough get going. You cannot sharpen an axe on a piece of butter – it takes a rock. Yet, through trials and challenges God builds enduring faith.”Miracle behind the Berlin Wall:Matthew 17:20 Truly I tell you, if you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you.” Notes:   “God you have many silent ways to make possible what seems impossible to man. Yesterday it was not visible, today not much, but tomorrow it will stand before us in all its glory and we will recognize how you have done what none of us could have achieved”The Peaceful RevolutionPsalms 3:8 ”You have not handed me over into the hands of the enemy, but you have set my feet on spacious ground.”Notes:   “Our government and military was prepared for everything. But not for burning candles, faith and prayer.” Horst Sinderman, Member of the Central Committee of the Socialist Unity Party.“To this very day Communist China blames Christianity for the fall of Communism in Eastern Europe because they have realized that the Christian faith can change and transform societies.”Freedom at Last:Phil 2:10: …that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.Notes:    “There are no barriers to faith but those we allow being there. Communism didn't bring down our faith.  OUR FAITH BROUGHT DOWN THE BERLIN WALL!”Challenge:Matthew 10:32-33 Whoever acknowledges me before others, I will also acknowledge before my Father in heaven. But whoever disowns me before others, I will disown before my Father in heaven.Notes:    HermeneuticsCutting it Straight with God’s WordBy Justin Peters  I. IntroductionA. Hermeneutics DefinedB. Presuppositional Truths1. God’s Character2. God’s WordII. Biblical AdmonitionA. Handle with CareB. Consequences for Failure1. Ruined Faith2. Ungodliness3. Poisoned TeachingIII. Attacks on ScriptureA. Higher CriticalB. CulturalC. Cultic1. Adding or Subtracting2. Closed Canon?D. Hypocritical1. Preaching as Worship2. Audience of OneIV. Sword SelectionA. Two Approaches to Bible translation1. Formal Equivalence2. Dynamic EquivalenceV. Tools in the Toolbox1. Bible Dictionary2. Bible Atlas3. Concordance4. Commentary5. Systematic TheologyVI. Cutting it StraightA. PreparationB. Observation1. Go to the Source2. Questions to Ask:a. Author?b. Recipients?c. Date?d. Provenance?e. Purpose?f. Context?C. Interpretation1. What does it mean to…Him?2. Two Hermeneutical Methodsa. Allegoricalb. LiteralVII. Bible Study MethodsA. InductiveB. DeductiveVIII. Potential PitfallsA. Isolationism1. Example 12. Example 2B. Spiritualizing1. Example 12. Example 2C. Culturalizing1. Example 12. Example 2D. NationalizingE. Redefining1. Example 12. Example 2F. Generalizing1. Example 12. Example 2G. Experientializing 1. Example 12. Example 2IX. What Now?A. AppropriationB. ProclamationX. Conclusion   Notes:                  Science confirms ScriptureDr. Henry M. Morris, IIIChief Executive OfficerInstitute for Creation Research Unlocking the Mysteries of Genesis ICR is just releasing a 12-Episode series that covers the major issues of the age-long debate over Creation and Evolution.  Designed to fit a Sunday School format or Bible Study group including a Viewers Guide  providing extra insights, follow up questions, and links to ICR’s vast archive relevant to each episode.  Available now for pre-order at www.unlockingthemysteriesofgenesis.orgDesign is observable everywhere!The “simple cell”Vast intelligence, purpose and orderHow old is our planet?What difference does it make?Instantaneous creation: Exodus 20:8-11; Psalm33:6-8; Psalm 148:4-5; Psalm 19:-3; 2 Peter 3:5-67 Creation Miracles – Jesus demonstrated for usThe Global Flood!Fountains of the great deepWaters covered the earthLife is not evolving nowThe real fossil recordCatastrophic deposition on a regional scaleWhat about Human origins?Radio-isotope dating and “deep time”Radiometric Clocks – should give the same “ages” for the same rockThe nature of God impacts how we view the creationThe Demands and Results of HolinessThe Demands and Results of OmniscienceThree Laws of all Science      Notes:             Your Origins MatterDr. Henry M. Morris, IIIChief Executive OfficerInstitute for Creation Research You are not an accident!Various belief system statementsThe Language of the UniverseThe Message of the UniverseYou are alive!What is life worth?Ideas have consequencesBiblical definition of LifeYou are not an animal!What difference does it make?What about empirical science and common designYou are Unique! Recombination and becoming youThe Image of GodOnly one of eachWe will be eternally humanThree Important PointsYou can be Twice-BornThe BeginningThe ProblemThe ResultThe RescueRecapitulation  Notes:     Contend for the Faith - Jude 3Worldview Weekend Conference - April 25 -27Evangelist Mike GendronProclaiming the Gospel972 495 0485ProclaimingTheGospel.org I.  The Growing Apostasy - It started 2000 years as the Apostle John reported, “they went out from us because they were never part of us”(1 John 2:19). Apostates departed for a counterfeit Christianity because they were never born again and sealed with the Spirit. A. The greatest threat to the Christian faith is false teaching that arises within the church.  Satan initiates apostasy as an effective weapon to attack the Christian faith.II. Every Christian’s Responsibility - Contend for the faith is a present tense imperative, which means it is an ongoing command for all believers. A. Jude exhorts us to respond with positive determination! We are in a battle against Satan for the souls of men.B. Those entrusted with the truth must engage in battle and fight passionately for it. This rules out apathy, indifference or laziness. C.  We need to have the same attitude as Paul who wrote: “we did not yield in submission [to the opposition] even for a moment, so that the truth of the Gospel might be preserved for you (Gal. 2:3-5).                                    III. The Faith - The body of objective truth from God’s Word that is related to our common salvation, to which nothing can be added, from which nothing may be taken away, in which nothing may be altered. The Gospel must remain pure.A. It is about one person: the eternal Son of God incarnate, His virgin  birth and His perfect life.B. It is about two events: the perfect, sufficient and finished sacrifice of the Lord Jesus Christ and His resurrection from the dead.C. It is about one response unto salvation: repentance and faith  (Mark 1:15). No other response is biblical.IV.  Once for all Delivered to the Saints - The faith was signed, sealed and delivered 2000 years ago and fixed for all time. No other revelation or “word from God” can supersede it or supplement it. A. It was delivered to the saints. not to church leaders so they could interpret it for you.B. There are no more prophets, no more revelations, no more Words from God. We must lovingly rebuke anyone who goes beyond what is written (1 Cor. 4:6).V.  What is at Stake if We Don’t Contend for the Faith? The glory, honor and name of Jesus Christ, the purity of the Gospel (Gal. 1:6-9) and the unity of “the faith” (Eph. 4:13).A. Paul gave us every reason to keep the Gospel pure when he condemned the Judaizers for perverting it.B. Those who embrace the true faith must remain sanctified by the truth and not be united with unbelievers. VI.  Identifying Apostates in the Church - They come in under the radar by entering secretly, then gain status and teach false doctrine. “Paul described such men as “false apostles, deceitful workers, disguising themselves as apostles of Christ” (2 Cor. 11:13). A. Unless marked and exposed they will continue to deceive, confuse  and divide the assembly.B. They refuse to submit to Jesus as Master and sovereign Lord.C. They profess to know God, but deny him by their works. They are detestable, disobedient and unfit for any good work (Titus 1:16).  D. Their perversion in practice is accompanied by a perversion in doctrine. They are enemies of the cross and their god is their belly.  VII. Four Steps into Apostasy - The departure from the faith occurs from a gradual erosion of biblical truth and practice over a period of time.A. First Step1. God’s word is neglected as the supreme authority.2. Religious traditions cause confusion and divided loyalties. 3. Evangelism is corrupted by unbiblical methods. 4. The power and purity of the Gospel is compromised5. People are given what they want instead of what they need.B. Second Step  1. Scripture is twisted for man’s self-serving agendas.2. Biblical ignorance provides fertile soil for false teachers.3. Satan sows his tares with no resistance.4. God is honored with lips but hearts are far from Him.5. Legalism and religious bondage trumps sound doctrine.6. Worship is replaced by entertainmentC.Third Step1. Religious pride blinds people from the light of the Gospel.2. Truth becomes subjective and hearts are hardened.3. Love for God grows cold.4. A form of godliness exists but it’s void of the Gospel’s power.5. Biblical warnings to expose false teachers are ignored,    6. Doctrinal error is embraced and discernment is dying.     7. Sin and immoral lifestyles are tolerated.D. Fourth Step1. The church's lamp stand has been removed2. Doctrines of demons are taught and deception is full-blown.3. Jesus has been pushed outside the church.4. Lying signs and wonders are said to be messages from God.5. Idolatry and prayers to the dead are encouraged.6. Grace is turned into a license to sin. VII. Top Ten Attacks We Must Contend Against1. Roman Catholicism2. Ecumenical Unity3. Evolution4. Mysticism and contemplative prayer5. NAR, prosperity gospels, “healings,” and “a word from God”6. Compromised gospels from seeker friendly, purpose-driven and emerging churches7. Myths of people going to heaven and hell and back8. Heretical books that lead people astray9. Psycho-babel, yoga,12-step programs10. The growing influence of the cults VIII.  How Do We Contend?A. Use the authority of God’s Word as your objective standard for truth and discernmentB. Speak the truth in love as you confront those who are in errorC. Never let a lie of the devil go unabatedD. Make sure your motivation is for the glory of God, the sanctity of His church and the purity of His Gospel. E. Be bold, courageous and passionate in defense of the GospelIX. Closing Exhortations A. Avoid those who oppose sound doctrine (Rom. 16:17).B. Remain sanctified by the truth (John 17:17); and avoid being unequally yoked with unbelievers (2 Cor. 6:14-17).C. Expose false teachers and their evil deeds (Eph. 5:11).D. Fight against apostasy even if it means standing alone.E.  Abide in the Word faithfully and study it systematically to learn and defend the whole counsel of God (John 8:31-32).  Notes:            Ten Shekels and a ShirtJudges 17-18Jesse Johnson Paris Reidhead was a missionary to Sudan/Ethiopia in the 1940’s. He returned hope to the United States to take a position of leadership with the Christian Missionary Alliance. In 1960, at age 41, he preached a midweek sermon to a group of missionary leaders on Judges 17 titled Ten Shekels and a Shirt. His sermon was essentially a warning against the drift toward pragmatism that he saw infiltrating the American church (He preached the same message again 21 years later—largely because he felt frustrated that his warnings were going unheeded).Paris died in 1992, and so he missed what happened to that message—with the advent of the internet, the sermon went on-line, and has since become one of  the most downloaded sermons of all-time.This sermon below contains my own study, but much of it is from Paris. My goal is to take what Reidhead warned about in the 1960’s, and then preached against in the 1980’s, and show how those same trends are prevalent today.  Paris’s warnings two generations ago deserve a prominent spot in the formation of our world view today. If we ignore what he said, we risk selling our own faith for nothing more than ten shekels and a shirt.Lessons from the book of Judges:1. Compromise corrupts, and a little compromise corrupts absolutely2. Danger is internal, judgment is external3. The mirage of moral intuitionHow to be a liberal “believer”:1. Be ignorant of Scripture2. Worship like the world3. Reject the standard“And it will be, like people, like priest.” (Hosea 4:9)THE DEFINING QUESTION as you look at worship: Is God an end or a means?Evangelical Christianity today can often be marked by seeing God as a means—which leads to pragmatism.Pragmatism: If it works, its trueEvolution: If it lasts, its trueHumanism: if it makes man happy, its trueIn American history, the combination of evolutionary thinking and humanism led to cultural lawlessness.The church had two opposite ways of responding to this:1. Liberalism—which would make man happy while alive, and says nothing about death2. Fundamentalism—which offered to make man happy in death (but not in life—ha!)Both are errors—both have happiness as their goal. So contrast humanism/pragmatism with biblical theology: Is the end of all being the happiness of man, or the glory of God?” It's not what you're going to get out of god, it's what's he going to get out of you.    Notes:          When Your Enemy is Your NeighborLuke 12:49-59Jesse Johnson “What we suffer from now is humility in the wrong place. It has moved from the organ of ambition and settled on the organ of conviction. A man was meant to be doubtful about himself and undoubting about the truth.”  --GK Chesterton, Orthodoxy1. The a world of tolerance: TRUTH CLAIMS ARE EXILED2. In a world without truth—THE GOSPEL IS DESIGNED TO DIVIDE3. In a world with division: THE GOSPEL IS VERIFIED AS TRUTHThe more the world opposes God’s people, the more the gospel divides, the more truth is evident.Thus, the wisdom of God is seen in the persecution of the church“You have heard that it was said, 'YOU SHALL LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR and hate your enemy.'  “But I say to you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you…” Matthew 5:43-44Many Americans are used to a culture where the commands to love our enemies and love our neighbors were two separate commands. But with persecution, those two commands become one.4. In a world where truth fuels division: THE GOSPEL ALONE BRINGS PEACEThus, the biggest danger Christians face is viewing the mission field as our enemies   Notes:  Escaping Mysticism’s Stranglehold on EvangelicalismBy Mike Abendroth Session 1 (part 1)  1.     Believe the Scriptures are __________.  (2 Tim. 3:15-17) 2.     Believe the Scriptures are ___________.  (Psa. 19:7 ff.) 3.     Believe that the highest form of ___________ with God is through His _________.  (1 John 4:7-12)  Session 2 (part 2) 4.     Believe that the Bible is more sure than _____________.  (2 Peter 1:16-21) 5.     Believe you can make ___________ without “signs.” a.     W___________b.     W___________c.     W___________d.     W___________e.     W___________ 6.     Believe God wants you to use your ________. 7. Believe that God’s ordained means of _____________ to Christ is through the ____________.  (1 Peter 2:1-3)      Notes:          Lies in the TextbooksUsama Dakdok "If you tell a -------- big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it…the truth is the mortal enemy of the lie…”Joseph Goebbels, Propaganda Minister under Adolf HitlerWhat the Qur’an teaches about LYINGIt is not sinful to deny the faithQur'an16:106Whoever becomes an infidel in Allah after he believed, except one who was _____________ and his heart is ______________________________, but whoever opens his chest to the infidelity, the wrath of Allah will be on them, and they will have great torment.It is not sinful to lie in swearingQur'an 2:225Allah will not hold you responsible for your mere ___________________ in an oath, but he will hold you responsible for that which your hearts gained. (what your heart meant) And Allah is forgiving, forbearing.Mohammed’ teaching about lyingMohammed said:   “It is lawful to _________ in three cases. A man to his ____________ that she will be pleased with him, or at a time of _____________ because war is deception, or to make peace between________________”Lies about JesusModern World History: Patterns of Interaction, McDougal Littell, 2005Pages 14-15, “_________________ to the New Testament, Jesus of Nazareth was born around 6 to 4 B.C.” “____________________ to Jesus’ followers, he rose from the dead....”Response Summary“The phrasing of the quote qualifies the veracity of the Bible because the adverb ‘___________ appears to ______________ the authority of the Bible. In fact the Bible is at least 2000 years older than the Qur’an and ___________________ regarding the coming of Christ were written at least 1500 years before the birth of Christ.”People, Places, and Change, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt / Holt, Reinhart & Winston, 2005Page 384, “During the era of Roman control, a Jewish man named Jesus…taught that faith and love were more___________________ than Judaism’s many __________________.”Response SummaryMatthew 5:17-1917 “Do not think that I came to _______________ the Law or the Prophets. I did not come to destroy but to _________________. 18 For assuredly, I say to you, till heaven and earth pass away, one jot or one tittle will by no means pass from the law till all is fulfilled. 19 Whoever therefore breaks one of the least of these commandments, and teaches men so, shall be called least in the kingdom of heaven; but whoever does and teaches them, he shall be called ___________________ in the kingdom of heaven.World Cultures and Geography: Eastern Hemisphere and Europe, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt / McDougal Littell, 2005Page 230, “Sometime during the years 8 to 4 B.C., a Jewish _________________ named Jesus was born in Bethlehem, a small town in ancient _____________________.”World Cultures: A Global Mosaic, Pearson Prentice Hall, 2004Page 565, “Jesus, the founder of Christianity, was born in __________________ while it was under Roman rule.”The Earth and Its People: A Global History, Houghton Mifflin, 2005Page 134, “[Jesus] was essentially a rabbi, or teacher, and that, offended...by the perfunctory nature of mainstream Jewish religious practices in his time, he prescribed a return to the personal faith and spirituality of an earlier age.”“Jesus was offended by what he perceived as Jewish religious and political leaders’ ________ concern with ________________ and___________________...”Response Summary• ________________________ did not exist when Jesus was born, the land was referred to as ____________________.        See Micah 5:2 and Matthew 2:1.Micah 5:2“But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, Though you are little among the thousands of ___________ Yet out of you shall come forth to Me The One to be Ruler in _________________, Whose goings forth are from of old, From ________________________.”Matthew 2:1Now after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of _________________ in the days of Herod the king, behold, wise men from the East came to Jerusalem,World History, Thompson, Wadsworth; 2004Page 142, “It was in the midst of the confusion and conflict in Judaea that Jesus of Nazareth (c. 6 B.C.E. – 29 C.E.) began his public preaching.  Jesus – a ____________________ Jew – grew up in Galilee, an important center of the militant Zealots.”Page 143, "A _______________ loyal followers of Jesus spread the __________________ that Jesus had overcome death...and then ascended into heaven..."Response Summary•Jesus is referred to as a __________________ Jew, but the name “Palestine” was not even in use until ___________ years after Jesus died.• ____________________ is the ancient and historic land of the Jews, while Palestine was not so named until 150 AD.• The passage is _________________________________ of the Gospels and the rapid spread of Christianity.• There were _____________________________ of followers who witnessed and shared the Gospel of Jesus’ life, crucifixion, resurrection and ascension, not a ___________________.”See Isaiah 53:5, 9; Psalms 16:9-10; 22:16; John 19:16-18; 20:19-20, 26-2; I Corinthians 15:6Isaiah 53:5But He was _________________________ for our transgressions, He was ________________ for our iniquities; The __________________ for our peace was upon Him, And by His ______________ we are healed.Isaiah 53: 9 And they made His grave with the ___________________ But with the _____________ at His death, Because He had done no violence, Nor was any deceit in His mouth.Psalms 22:16 For dogs have surrounded Me; The congregation of the wicked has enclosed Me. They __________________ My hands and My feet;Psalms 16:9-109 Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoices; My flesh also will rest in hope. 10 For You will not leave my soul in Sheol, Nor will You allow Your Holy One to see_______________________.John 19:16-1816 Then he delivered Him to them to be crucified. So they took Jesus and led Him away. 17 And He, bearing His cross, went out to a place called the Place of a Skull, which is called in Hebrew, Golgotha, 18 where they ________________ Him, and two others with Him, one on either side, and Jesus in the ____________________.John 20:19-2019 Then, the same day at evening, being the first day of the week, when the doors were shut where the disciples were assembled, for fear of the Jews, ____________________ came and stood in the midst, and said to them, “Peace be with you.” 20 When He had said this, He showed them His _______________ and His ________________. Then the disciples were glad when they saw the Lord.John 20:26-2826 And after eight days His disciples were again inside, and Thomas with them. _______________ came, the doors being shut, and stood in the midst, and said, “Peace to you!” 27 Then He said to Thomas, “Reach your finger here, and look at My _____________ and reach your hand here, and put it into My ___________________ Do not be unbelieving, but believing.” 28 And Thomas answered and said to Him, “My _______________ and my______________!”I Corinthians 15:6After that He was seen by over five __________________________ brethren at once, of whom the greater part remain to the present, but some have fallen asleep.• Jesus was not merely a ___________________ He declared himself to be the Son of ___________________ and sent by God to free mankind from their sins.See Isaiah 9:6; Mark 1:1; and Luke 1:31-35; 3:22.Isaiah 9:6For unto us a Child is born, Unto ______ a ______________ is given; And the government will be upon His shoulder. And His name will be called Wonderful, Counselor, ________________ , Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.Mark 1:1The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of __________________.Luke 1:31-3331 And behold, you will conceive in your womb and bring forth a __________  , and shall call His name Jesus. 32 He will be great, and will be called the ___________ of the Highest; and the Lord God will give Him the throne of His father David. 33 And He will reign over the house of Jacob ____________________ and of His kingdom there will be no ____________.Luke 1:34-3534 Then Mary said to the angel, “How can this be, since I do not know a man?”35 And the angel answered and said to her, “The _______________________ will come upon you, and the power of the _____________ will overshadow you; therefore, also, that Holy One who is to be born will be called the ______________ of God.Luke 3:22And the Holy Spirit descended in bodily form like a dove upon Him, and a ______________ came from heaven which said, “You are My beloved _____________; in You I am well pleased.”For more information please visit us at www.thestraightway.orgUsama K Dakdok, The Straight Way of Grace Ministry   Notes: