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Introductory Powerpoint - God's WordTRANSCRIPT
God’s Word
Christian Scripture
Old Testament Scripture
A Short Review
The “Holy Land”
• Home to three major world religions:• Islam• Judaism• Christianity
• In order to know the type of people living in the Holy Land, we need to recognize some of its geography
Shape
• Rectangular• 145 miles, North to South• 25 miles wide in North• 87 miles wide in South (near Dead Sea)
• Served as a crossroads for Egypt, Syrian, and Persian expansions
• Later: political conquests of Greece & Rome(N.T. Era)
Ancient IsraelWestern portion: rainEast. portion: no rain
Dead Sea:Below Sea Level - and therefore holds a great amount of salt within its waters.
Map of Palestine
Timelinec. 1850 BC: Abraham
journeys from Ur to Canaan
c. 1700 BC: Jacob settles in Egypt (Joseph)
c. 1280 BC: Moses leads the Israelites out of Egypt
1250-1200: Joshua leads conquest of Promised Land
1200-1020: Israel = a 12 tribe “confederacy” - Period of the Judges
c. 1020: David annointed king; unites Israel and makes Jerusalem capital
961-922: Solomon; builds Temple
922: Kingdom splits: North & South
721: Israel conquered by Assyria
701: Assyria: attacks Judah & captures Jerusalem, but then retreats
621: King Josiah, reforms Judah’s religion
587:Babylonian King: Nebuchadnezzar destroys Jerusalem & Temple - Jews to Babylon
587-538: Jewish remnant returns to Jerusalem
520-515: 2nd Templec. Ezra & Nehemiah
rebuild Jerusalem; reform religion
c. 333 Alexander: Captures Jerusalem
323-197: Egyptians rule over Palestine
197-142: Seleucids rule Palestine; Jews persecuted
63: Falls to Rome
Hebrew
The New Testament
ἀρχὴ τοῦ εὐαγγελίου Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ υἱοῦ θεοῦ
Mark 1:1
The beginning of the good news of Jesus Christ, the Son of God.