Finding Christ in all the Scriptures

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Finding Christin all the Scriptures

• Luke 2425-27, 32, 44-49

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How foolish you are and how slow of heart to
believe all that the prophets have spoken! Did
not the Christ have to suffer these things and
then enter his glory! And beginning with Moses
and all the Prophets, he explained to them what
was said in all the Scriptures concerning
himself. Were not our hearts burning within
us while he talked with us on the road and opened
the Scriptures to us?
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This is what I told you while I was still with
you Everything must be fulfilled that is
written about me in the Law of Moses, the
Prophets and the Psalms. Then he opened their
minds so they could understand the Scriptures.
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The Scriptures ? Moses Prophets Psalms

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The Scriptures The Bible Old Testament New
Testament
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Bible Old Testament written on skins New
Testament on papyrus or parchment Bublos (Greek)
papyrus bulrush Became papyrus, roll of
papyrus, book. Horizontal/Vertical strips
pressed together. Sheets 10 x 8 - a days wages
per sheet! Before books there were rolls. The
book form was called a Codex. Codices comprised
vellum or parchment. Vellumcalf skin (Vitulina
Charta) made in Pergamum (Pergamene
Chartaparchment)
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• Canon of Scripture
• kaneh (Semitic) reed
• Used to draw straight lines a ruler
• A rule to live by
• A list (ruler has gradations)
• So the Canon of Scripture became the list
• of the Churchs authoritative texts
• (New Testament established by 367 AD )

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Old Testament
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Old Testament 17 History Genesis to Esther 5
Poetry Job to Song of Solomon 17 Prophecy Isaiah
to Malachi 39 books
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This is what I told you while I was still with
you Everything must be fulfilled that is
written about me in the Law of Moses, the
Prophets and the Psalms. Then he opened their
minds so they could understand the Scriptures.
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Tanakh
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Tanakh Torah Law Neviim Prophets Ktuvim
Writings Classification c.180 BC Jesus Ben
Sirachs grandson refers to all three in 132
BC.
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Tanakh Torah 5 books of the Law Neviim 8
books of the Prophets Ktuvim 11 books of the
Writings
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Torah Law Genesis Bresheet In
beginning Exodus Shmot Names Leviticus Vayikr
a He called Numbers Bmidbar In the
desert Deuteronomy Dvarim Words Books of
Moses
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Neviim Prophets Former Prophets Neviim
Rishonim Joshua Yhoshua Judges Shoftim Sa
muel (III) Shmuel Alef / Bet Kings
(III) Mlakhim Alef / Bet 4 books
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Neviim Prophets Latter Prophets Neviim
Acharonim Isaiah Yeshayahu Jeremiah Yirmeya
hu Ezekiel Yechezkel The Twelve Shneim -
Asar 4 books
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The Twelve Minor Prophets Hosea Hoshea Joe
l Yoel Amos Amos Obadiah Ovadyah Jona
h Yonah Micah Mikkah Nahum Nachum Habakku
k Havakuk Zephaniah Tzfanyah Haggai Hagai
Zechariah Zkkaryah Malachi Malakhi
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Ktuvim Writings Psalms Tehillim Proverbs
Mishlei Job Iyov
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Ktuvim Writings The Five Megillot
(Scrolls) read at 5 festivals SOS Shir-HaShir
im Ruth Rut Lamentations Eikhah Ecclesiastes
Kohelet Esther Ester
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Ktuvim Writings The Five Megillot
(Scrolls) read at 5 festivals SOS Passover Ru
th Pentecost Lamentations Destr. of
Temple Ecclesiastes Tabernacles
Esther Purim Only books of Writings to be
read in Synagogue
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Ktuvim Writings Daniel Daniel Ezra-Nehe
miah Ezra-Nechemyah Chronicles Divrei-HaYamim
Alef / Bet 11 books
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Tanakh Torah Law (5) Neviim Prophets
(8) Ktuvim Writings (11) 24 books
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Tanakh
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• Torah
• Law, Teaching, Instruction
• Jews held that Torah created before the world.
• God looked into Torah to create world.
• When KOG came Torah would remain.
• Delivered verbatim to Moses
• Jews believed God studied Torah daily.
• Neviim Ktuvim just commentary on Torah.
• Centre of synagogue worship read one verse
• at a time and translated for congregation.
• Only Scripture accepted by Sadducees.
• Taught to boys aged 6-10 learnt by heart.

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• Neviim
• Tradition has Joshua write Joshua
• Samuel wrote Judges and Samuel
• Jeremiah wrote Kings Jeremiah
• Completed sixth/fifth centuries BC
• Isaiah various theories
• Probably collected by Ezra c 400 BC
• Certainly accepted as Scripture by 200 BC

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• Ktuvim
• God had ceased to speak through prophets
• We do not see our signs there is no longer
• any prophet Psalm 749
• So Rabbis said if writer known to have lived
• outside of prophetic period, book not included.
• e.g. Ecclesiasticus Jesus Ben Sirach 180 BC
• If writer unknown, book could be attributed to
• an accepted writer
• Ruth Samuel Lamentations Jeremiah
• SOS, Proverbs Ecclesiastes Solomon
• Psalms David Daniel Daniel

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• Ktuvim
• Council of Jamnia (near Jaffa) AD 90,
• Jewish Rabbis met to decide on Tanakh.
• By 100 AD, Josephus affirms that Jewish
• Scriptures fixed and settled.
• So Jesus refers to the Law and the Prophets
• as Scripture (Sermon on the Mount/Emmaus)
• and refers to the Psalms as Scripture in Luke 24,
  
• but not to The Writings.

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Reading Scripture for the Jew, there are four
gradations of meaning Peshat literal Remaz
suggested Derush derived (careful thought) Sod
interpreted (allegorical) To go through P-R-D-S
is to be in
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• Apocrypha
• 4 Ezra (2 Esdras) first century AD
• Legendary account of Ezra Law
• Taken to field with five men
• Given liquid fire to drink
• Dictated for 40 days/nights
• 94 books written
• 24 became Scripture
• 70 became the secret/hidden books

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Apocrypha 1 2 Esdras Tobit Judith Esther
(additions) Wisdom of Solomon Ecclesiasticus Baruc
h Letter of Jeremiah Prayer of Azariah Song of
the Three Young Men Susanna Bel and the
Dragon Prayer of Manasseh First Second Books of
Maccabees
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Tanakh Septuagint (Greek) Apocrypha appears in
Greek Text. Ecclesiastical not Canonical 70
Translators Alexandria Egypt. Reign of Ptolemy
II (285-246 BC) Basis for Jeromes Latin
Vulgate Masoretic (Hebrew) Masoretes (600 AD
ff) added vowels to Hebrew Consonantal text.

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Other Jewish Writings The Mishnah Law Code
of Judaism formulated 2nd century AD Writings of
Rabbinic Judaism Six divisions, 63 tractates, 531
chapters Agriculture (Zeraim) Appointed Times
(Moed) Women (Nasim) Damages (Neziqin) Holy
Things (Qodasim) Purities (Toharot)
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The Talmuds (Palestinian Babylonian) Systemati
c commentaries on the Mishnah Teachings of Jewish
sages through to C6th AD The Targums Jewish
Aramaic Translation with interpretation (Second
Temple Period)
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How foolish you are and how slow of heart to
believe all that the prophets have spoken! Did
not the Christ have to suffer these things and
then enter his glory! And beginning with Moses
and all the Prophets, he explained to them what
was said in all the Scriptures concerning
himself. Were not our hearts burning within
us while he talked with us on the road and opened
the Scriptures to us?
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This is what I told you while I was still with
you Everything must be fulfilled that is
written about me in the Law of Moses, the
Prophets and the Psalms. Then he opened their
minds so they could understand the Scriptures.
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Study Time
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Torah Neviim Ktuvim
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Christ in all the Scriptures
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Messiah (Mashiach) The man, the Jew, descendant
of Judah, Son of God bearing Gods own name His
birth, his ministry, his character, his role, his
task, his sufferings. Reactions towards
him. His death, his burial, his
resurrection, his ascension.
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Feedback
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Then
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He sprang out of the earth, all of a piece,
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a rare and unusual birth
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with the breath of God
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tingling in his mouth
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and then he died.
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Perhaps someone, somewhere, cried.
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HE sprang out of the womb and hastened to
the tomb.
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Some there were who cried, when he
died.
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But then when all seemed lost he cheated death
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defeated it destroyed it with his
all-inspiring breath.
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Then came Spring.
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Alan R Garner Easter 2008
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Nooma Dust
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Finding Christin all the Scriptures

• Luke 2425-27, 32, 44-49