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Understanding Bible Basics • • The Bible is 66 different books Written by 40 different people Written over a period of about 2, 000 years Consist of 2 volumes called the Old Testament and the New Testament • Although spread out in 66 different books, the Bible is a single message • Written in 3 languages: Hebrew, Aramaic & Greek • You CANNOT truly learn the depths of the Bible without accepting Jesus Christ and help from the Holy Spirit (John 14: 25, 1 Corinthians 2: 11 -14) The Berean Approach 2 www. thebereanapproach. com
The Purpose of This Lesson To help us understand accomplish what is written in: • Romans 12: 2 • “And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God. ” • 2 Corinthians 3: 18 • “But we all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as by the Spirit of the Lord. ” The Berean Approach 3 www. thebereanapproach. com
“transformed by the renewing of your mind…? ” • Transformed to what? • Why? • There are different explanations for the “what”… • …and different explanations for the “why” The Berean Approach 4 www. thebereanapproach. com
Reasons Why People Accept A Religion • Grandfathered in • Converted • Self Discovery You are Catholic because Parents are Catholic because Most Common The Berean Approach Their Parents were Catholic 5 www. thebereanapproach. com
Reasons Why People Accept A Religion Typical Approaches to Learning the Religion The Berean Approach • What • Who • When • Where • Why What is missing? ? ? ? W O H 6 www. thebereanapproach. com
Reasons Why People Accept A Religion The correct approaches to learning the religion The Berean Approach • • • How to study it What is it about Who is it about When are the events Where are the events Why are such things 7 www. thebereanapproach. com
Reasons Why Judeo-Christian Religion? Why Believe the. People Accept A Religion The correct approaches to learning the religion The Berean Approach • • • How to study it What is it about Who is it about When are the events Where are the events Why are such things 8 www. thebereanapproach. com
Why Believe the Judeo-Christian Religion? • How did it get started? • What is it about? • Why should we believe it? The Berean Approach • How do you know that it’s right? 9 www. thebereanapproach. com
• Ancient Writings The Berean Approach • Historic account of a nomadic people called Hebrews • The Hebrews were established by a Supernatural Being who claimed to be the One and only God • The Hebrews had direct communication and interaction with this Supernatural Being • Hebrews recorded there experience with this Supernatural Being in documents they call……. . 10 www. thebereanapproach. com
What is the • A Collection of 39 ancient scrolls about YHWY Elohim • Oldest scroll is Job – approx. 3800 years old • Latest scroll is Malachi – approx. 2430 years old • Tradition holds that YHWY Elohim dictated each letter of the Tanakh to it’s writers. The Berean Approach 11 www. thebereanapproach. com
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Genesis 1: 1 -5 1 In the beginning God [Elohim] created the heavens and the earth. 2 The earth was without form, and void; and darkness was on the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters. 3 Then God said, “Let there be light”; and there was light. 4 And God saw the light, that it was good; and God divided the light from the darkness. 5 God called the light Day, and the darkness He called Night. So the evening and the morning were the first day. The Berean Approach 12 www. thebereanapproach. com
• Notice the following… • According to this ancient writing, YHWY Elohim created: • TIME • SPACE • MATTER How does YHWY Elohim authenticate such claims? www. thebereanapproach. com 13 The Berean Approach
• …. by providing history before it happens • The ancient Hebrew writings recorded historical events BEFORE they occurred • This is what’s known as The Berean Approach 14 www. thebereanapproach. com
Written approx. 980 BC “Behold, the former things have come to pass, and new things I declare; before they spring forth I tell you of them. ” The Berean Approach 15 www. thebereanapproach. com
Written approx. 980 BC The Berean Approach 9 “Remember the former things of old, for I am God, and there is no other; I am God, and there is none like Me, 10 declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times things that are not yet done, saying, ‘My counsel shall stand, and I will do all My pleasure” 16 www. thebereanapproach. com
The origin of…. The Berean Approach 17 www. thebereanapproach. com
Genesis 11: 31 -32 And Terah took his son Abram and his grandson Lot, the son of Haran, and his daughter-in-law Sarai, his son Abram’s wife, and they went out with them from Ur of the Chaldeans to go to the land of Canaan; and they came to Haran and dwelt there. 32 So the days of Terah were two hundred and five years, and Terah died in Haran. What is the Ur of the Chaldeans? See Habakkuk 1: 8 -11 Written approx. 1410 BC The Berean Approach 31 18 www. thebereanapproach. com
• Habakkuk 1: 5 -11 • 5 “ Look among the nations and watch— be utterly astounded! For I will work a work in your days which you would not believe, though it were told you. 6 For indeed I am raising up the Chaldeans, a bitter and hasty nation which marches through the breadth of the earth, to possess dwelling places that are not theirs. 7 They are terrible and dreadful; their judgment and their dignity proceed from themselves. 8 Their horses also are swifter than leopards, and more fierce than evening wolves. Their chargers charge ahead; their cavalry comes from afar; they fly as the eagle that hastens to eat. • 9 “ They all come for violence; their faces are set like the east wind. They gather captives like sand. 10 They scoff at kings, and princes are scorned by them. They deride every stronghold, for they heap up earthen mounds and seize it. 11 Then his mind changes, and he transgresses; he commits offense, ascribing this power to his god. ” Who, or what, is the god of the Chaldeans? The Berean Approach 19 www. thebereanapproach. com
• Bitter and Hasty Nation • Terrible and Dreadful • Come for Violence • No respect for authority • Commits Offenses • Claim their authority comes from their god The Berean Approach 20 www. thebereanapproach. com
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• Bitter and Hasty Nation • Terrible and Dreadful • Come for Violence • No respect for authority • Commits Offenses • Claim their authority comes from their god The Berean Approach • The chief god of Ur and Harran was named Sin or Nanna – the god of the moon 22 www. thebereanapproach. com
• 4400 year old depiction of worship to Sin – the Ur Chaldean moon god The Berean Approach 23 www. thebereanapproach. com
• Bitter and Hasty Nation • Terrible and Dreadful • Come for Violence • No respect for authority • Commits Offenses • Claim their authority comes from their god The Berean Approach • The chief god of Ur and Harran was named Sin or Nanna – the god of the moon • The moon god is called Hubal in Arabic ( - ﻫﺒﻞ was worshipped in Arabia at the Kaaba in Mecca • Hubal was the Arabian chief god • The Arabian translation for “the chief god”…. 24 www. thebereanapproach. com
• 4, 000 yr old depiction of Sin/Harran – the Chaldean moon good The Berean Approach 25 www. thebereanapproach. com
• The worship of Sin/Habul was a precursor to what would later become known as…. The Berean Approach 26 www. thebereanapproach. com
“…I am God, and there is none like Me, declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times things that are not yet done…” The Berean Approach 27 www. thebereanapproach. com
Written approx. 1410 BC The start of the Hebrew/Jewish people The Berean Approach 1 Now the LORD had said to Abram: “Get out of your country, from your family and from your father’s house, to a land that I will show you. 2 I will make you a great nation; I will bless you and make your name great; and you shall be a blessing. 3 I will bless those who bless you, and I will curse him who curses you; and in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed. ” 4 So Abram departed as the LORD had spoken to him, and Lot went with him. And Abram was seventyfive years old when he departed from Haran. 28 www. thebereanapproach. com
Written approx. 1410 BC The Berean Approach 15 Then the Angel of the LORD called to Abraham a second time out of heaven, 16 and said: “By Myself I have sworn, says the LORD, because you have done this thing, and have not withheld your son, your only son— 17 blessing I will bless you, and multiplying I will multiply your descendants as the stars of the heaven and as the sand which is on the seashore; and your descendants shall possess the gate of their enemies. 18 In your seed all the nations of the earth shall be blessed, because you have obeyed My voice. ” 19 So Abraham returned to his young men, and they rose and went together to Beersheba; and Abraham dwelt at Beersheba. 29 www. thebereanapproach. com
When Abram was ninety-nine years Written approx. 1410 BC old, the LORD appeared to Abram and said to him, “I am Almighty God; walk before Me and be blameless. 2 And I will make My covenant between Me and you, and will multiply you exceedingly. ” 3 Then Abram fell on his face, and God talked with him, saying: 4 “As for Me, behold, My covenant is with you, and you shall be a father of many nations. 5 No longer shall your name be called Abram, but your name shall be Abraham; for I have made you a father of many nations. 1 The Berean Approach 30 www. thebereanapproach. com
I will make you exceedingly fruitful; Written approx. 1410 BC and I will make nations of you, and kings shall come from you. 7 And I will establish My covenant between Me and your descendants after you in their generations, for an everlasting covenant, to be God to you and your descendants after you. 8 Also I give to you and your descendants after you the land in which you are a stranger, all the land of Canaan, as an Today this land everlasting possession; and I will be is called Israel their God. ” 6 The Berean Approach 31 www. thebereanapproach. com
• 200 years after Abraham enters Canaan, famine will force he and his family to leave Canaan to go to Egypt • 400 years later they will leave Egypt as a nation • 40 years after leaving Egypt – The Hebrews arrive back in Canaan • 400 years later, Saul is anointed Israel’s first king • 40 years later David is anointed king of Israel • 40 years later Solomon is anointed king of Israel • 40 years later the kingdom splits in two • 200 years later the Northern kingdom falls to the Assyrians • 140 years later the Southern kingdom falls to the Babylonians The Berean Approach 32 www. thebereanapproach. com
“ Know therefore and understand, Written approx. 600 BC that from the going forth of the command to restore and build Jerusalem until Messiah the Prince, there shall be seven weeks [of years] and sixty-two weeks [of years]; the street shall be built again, and Fulfilled in 70 AD the wall, even in troublesome times. 26 And after the sixty-two weeks [of years] Messiah shall be cut off, but not for Himself; and the people of the prince who is to come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary. The end of it shall be with a flood, and till the end of the war desolations are determined. 25 The Berean Approach 33 www. thebereanapproach. com
• 70 AD - Jews defeated by Romans, Diaspora begins, 100, 000 Jewish slaves exported, Jews are spread throughout Africa, Asia, and Europe • 673 AD - Jews expelled from Spain • 1180 AD - Jews expelled from France • 1290 AD- Jews expelled from England • 1348 AD- Jews expelled from Germany • 1497 AD- Jews expelled from Portugal • 1687 AD- Jews no longer welcome in Norway The Berean Approach 34 www. thebereanapproach. com
Written approx. 571 BC This prophecy was fulfilled in May 1948 The Berean Approach “Then say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord GOD: “Surely I will take the children of Israel from among the nations, wherever they have gone, and will gather them from every side and bring them into their own land; 22 and I will make them one nation in the land, on the mountains of Israel; and one king shall be king over them all; they shall no longer be two nations, nor shall they ever be divided into two kingdoms again. 23 They shall not defile themselves anymore with their idols, nor with their detestable things, nor with any of their transgressions; but I will deliver them from all their dwelling places in which they have sinned, and will cleanse them. Then they shall be My people, and I will be their God. 21 35 www. thebereanapproach. com
Headlines from Canada Newspaper dated May 14, 1948 The Berean Approach 36 www. thebereanapproach. com
Headlines from the Palestine Post The Berean Approach 37 www. thebereanapproach. com
Written approx. 750 BC I will bring back the captives of My people Israel; they shall build the waste cities and inhabit them; they shall plant vineyards and drink wine from them; they shall also make gardens and eat fruit from them. 15 I will plant them in their land, and no longer shall they be pulled up from the land I have given them, ” says the LORD your God. 14 The Jews returned to their ancient land in 1948, however, they were not welcome by the surrounding nations. The Berean Approach 38 www. thebereanapproach. com
Israel's War of Independence (1947 - 1949) The war consisted of 39 separate operations, fought from the borders of Lebanon to the Sinai Peninsula and Eilat. The Sinai Campaign (Operation Kadesh - 1956) was fought to put an end to the terrorist incursions into Israel and to remove the Egyptian blockade of Eilat. The Berean Approach 39 www. thebereanapproach. com
The Israeli War for Survival The War of June 5, 1967? • Israel The Berean Approach vs. • • 40 Egypt Syria Jordan Lebanon www. thebereanapproach. com
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The Israeli War of June 5, 1967? Actual quotes from Middle Eastern Newspapers May 17 th 1967 “All Egypt is now prepared to plunge into total war which will put an end to Israel” Cairo Radio May 18 th 1967 “The Zionist barrack in Palestine is about to collapse and be destroyed. Every one of the hundred million Arabs has been living for the past nineteen years on one hope – to live to see the day Israel is liquidated…There is no life, no peace nor hope for the gangs of Zionism to remain in the occupied land. ” “As of today, there no longer exists an international emergency force to protect Israel…. The sole method we shall apply against Israel is a total war which will result in the extermination of Zionist existence”. - Cairo Radio’s Voice of the Arabs broadcast The Berean Approach 42 www. thebereanapproach. com
The Israeli War of June 5, 1967? May 30 th 1967 "The armies of Egypt, Jordan, Syria and Lebanon are poised on the borders of Israel. . . to face the challenge, while standing behind us are the armies of Iraq, Algeria, Kuwait, Sudan and the whole Arab nation. This act will astound the world. Today they will know that the Arabs are arranged for battle, the critical hour has arrived. We have reached the stage of serious action and not of more declarations. " - Gamal Abdel Nasser speech May 31 st 1967 “The existence of Israel is an error which must be rectified. Our goal is clear - to wipe Israel off the map” - President Aref of Iraq The Berean Approach 43 www. thebereanapproach. com
Actual 1967 comics depicting what was going to happen to Israel Egypt’s President Nasser kicking Israel into the Sea Jewish skulls piled in the ruins of Tel Aviv Israel submits to the tanks of Egypt, Syria, Jordan and Lebanon The Berean Approach 44 www. thebereanapproach. com
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“I will plant them [Israel] in their land, and no longer shall they be pulled up from the land I have given them, ” says the LORD your God. ” Amos 9: 15 The Berean Approach 45 www. thebereanapproach. com
• The war began on June 5, 1967 • It ended in total defeat of the Arab nations on June 10, 1967 • The war lasted. . 6 days “Israel smashes the Arabs in 6 day war” (actual headline) “I will plant them in their land, and no longer shall they be pulled up from the land I have given them, ” says the LORD your God. ” Amos 9: 15 The Berean Approach 46 www. thebereanapproach. com
“…I am God, and there is none like Me, declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times things that are not yet done…” The Berean Approach 47 www. thebereanapproach. com
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