Development During The Intertestment Time

• A remnant of messianic hope

Jewish Diaspora

• Not all the Jews returned

• So there were Jews scattered all around Asia Minor

• Synagogues started appearing as place of worship for displaced Jews who couldn't go to Jerusalem to worship

  • The Torah was read there

• "God Fearers" started to appears as gentiles hears about the one true God, the creator of the universe and coming redeemer of Israel from the Jews

  • didn't become culturally Jewish

• "Proselytes" appear as gentiles convert and become culturally Jewish to worship the God of Jacob

• The Jewish Diaspora allowed for gentiles believers to exists that is ready for the coming of the Messiah

Messianic Hope

• A Conquering King

• A Suffering Servant King

• Two messiahs?

  • But actually 2 laps of the same messiah
  1. Suffering Servant
  2. Conquering King

Hellenism

• Rome's wide spread conquering
• Roman Roads
  • allowed for Paul's missionary travels
• Development of common language between people groups (Greek)

Matthew: Jesus and His Kingship

• very Jewish, more citation to OT than any other Gospel
• Identifying Jesus as the Jewish King

The Gospels

The King Has Come

• The silence has been broken ([[Matthew 1]]-[[Matthew 2|2]]; Luke 1:31-33)

• All the covenants find their fulfillment in Christ, but not all covenants have been fulfilled

• Messiah’s Ministry

  • Matthew and Mark (King who came to serve)
  • Luke and John (A man who is God)

• Messiah’s Earthly Message:

  • A Call to the Kingdom of God
  • “Reign of God over all creation—and especially His people.”
  • One joins this Kingdom through repentance of sin and trust in Jesus

• Messiah’s Earthly Sacrifice and Messiah’s Resurrection

Luke

• Humanity of Jesus
• a lot of medical terms used
• Contains Jesus' childhood

Mark

• Immediately (41 times)
• Servanthood of Jesus, "I did not come to be served to serve"
• To Show that Jesus came to go to the cross

John

• Deity of Jesus
• dwelled "tabernacled" pitched his tent with us

Acts

All the Kings Men

• [[Acts]] is [[Luke]] Part 2
  • Theopolis is probably a god fearer
  • Thesis statement Acts 1:8
  • God used the diaspora to spread the Gopsel
    • Paul always starts byu going into the Synagogues
      • Accept
      • Talk more
      • Kill you (Rejection)
• Acts 2
• Acts 15
• Acts 17

• The king will be leaving... but he will be coming back
• Acts 1:1-11
• Charge: "You got some work to do"