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1.(49) Where did the swine go after being cast out?
a)Into other pigs
b)Into unsaved people.
c)Into the bottomless pit
d)We do not know.
2.(53) Great multitudes from all Israel.
a)Did not try to follow Jesus wherever he went.
b)Did not contain Roman soldiers
c)Did not go outside of Israel
d)Did not contain Jesus’ enemies.
3.(56) How do Roman Catholics interpret Jn 6:33-71?
a)Eating the Mass wafer is literally eating and drinking Jesus.
b)The same as Protestants
c)Justification is imputed righteousness
d)They do not take a position.
4.(57) What common debate tactic did Jesus often use?
a)None.
b)Use their own argument against them.
c)Ignore the context
d)Do not give proof texts
5. (60) Why did Jesus call Peter a Rock?
a)Peter was always dependable
b)Peter liked to throw stones
c)He was small compared to the statement he made about Jesus
d)He was to be the first Pope
6.(64) What does the word “hell” mean in Mark 9:33-37?
Trick question.
a)The garbage dump outside Jerusalem.
b)An OT place where children were sacrificed to idols
c)A punishment with no escape
d)All of the above
7. (68) What is taught in the story of
the woman caught in adultery?
a)That Jesus can even forgive sins which were not committed against him personally.
b)That OT laws requiring death can be changed by legitimate judges.
c)That the woman’s accusers were dishonest
d)All of the above.
8. (71) In Jesus story of the good Samaritan:
a)From the OT, the victim was Israel.
b)From the OT, the Samaritan was God.
c)Mixed racial people are to be hated.
d)A and B
9.(75) Why did Jesus often heal on the Sabbath?
a)To point out how the Law had been perverted.
b)To show that He did not need to obey the Law.
c)To aggravate the Jewish leaders
d)To make everybody a Seventh-day Adventist.
10. (79) Why didn’t Jesus allow
Lazarus to stay happy in Paradise?
a)Lazarus was not really dead
b)To impress the crowds
c)God still had important work on Earth for Lazarus
d)Jesus wanted Lazarus to suffer more.
11. (81) Why does God allow divorced
persons in the church today?
a)Grace
b)It is not the unpardonable sin.
c)We are not yet glorified and all sin.
d)All the above.
12. (84) Why do Matthew and Mark disagree
with Luke about Jericho?
a)They are not inspired. Mistaken.
b)All are correct. There were two sections of Jericho.
c)They did not compare notes.
d)Liberals theologians are right.
13. (85) Why didn’t Jesus ask Zacchaeus
to give 100% like the rich young ruler? Write your short answer.
14. (88) Why were there Greek-speaking
synagogues inside Jerusalem?
15.(93) Define “law” as Dr. Kelly has explained several times.
16.(93) When asked about the greatest commandment of the Law, why did Jesus quote Deut 6:5 and Lev 19:18 instead of the Ten Commandments?
17. (94) Which is the correct principle
of interpretation for Matthew 23:23?
a)Addressed to “You, scribes, Pharisees, hypocrites”
b)In the context of “matters of the law” before Calvary
c)In the context of v2-3: the scribes and Pharisees “sit in Moses seat”
d)All of the above.
18.(97-100) How does Preterism explain Mt 24, Mk 13 and Luke 21?
Use a few words or a date.
19.(102) How do Mt 26, Mk 14 and Jn 12 differ?
20.(104) How does Jn 13 teach eternal security?
21.(107) In John 14:1-6 how does God’s promise to the Church differ from God’s promise to Israel?
22.(107) How do Charismatics misuse John 14:26?
23.(108) In John 16:8-9 how has the definition of sin changed in the New Covenant?
24.(109) What should be the proper name of Jesus’ prayer in John 17
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25. (97-100) How is Matthew 24 and Mark
13 different from Luke 21?
Long discussion question. Extra credit
if you do well.
FINAL TEST MATERIAL FOR APR 20, 2010
The final test will be these 33 statements worded as questions.
1.Hoshea’s
wife symbolized the nation’s adultery with false gods.
2.King Josiah was
the only king who removed all the high places inside Judah.
3.The last four
kings of Judah were puppets of Egypt and/or Babylon.
4.Jeremiah was inside
Jerusalem during the Babylonian sieges of 608-607BC,
598-597BC and 586BC.
5.According to Dr.
Kelly, the most important text in Jeremiah is 31:31-37.
6.God’s covenant
with national Israel will last as long as the sun, moon and stars.
7.Liberal theology
teaches that Daniel has no prophecy and was written no later than 164 BC.
8.The Jewish Encyclopedia
admits that the first century rabbis and Talmud accepted Daniel as a prophet who wrote over 500 years before Christ.
9.Jesus believed
that Daniel was a legitimate prophet and quoted Him in Matthew 24:15.
10.At Jesus’ trial the High Priest and
Sanhedrin accepted Daniel as a legitimate prophet and accused Jesus of making Himself the Messiah when Jesus quoted Daniel
7 as applying to Himself.
11.When Daniel 2:44 speaks of “in the days of these (10) kings shall the God
of heaven set up a kingdom,” it is speaking of the second coming of Christ and not the church.
12.The little horn of Daniel 7 is pagan Rome while the little horn of Daniel 8 is Greek Antiochus IV Epiphanes.
13.Both the little horns of Daniel 7 and 8 are
types of the last day little horn called the Antichrist.
14.Liberals cannot explain why the Jews would
accept Daniel into their Bible if they knew it was fraudulent.
15.In Ezekiel the glory of God retreats from
the Most
Holy Place to the Holy Place to the entrance of the Temple to the entrance of Jerusalem and disappears towards the East.
16.According to class discussion, King Josiah
would have been most likely to have hidden the Ark of the Covenant because he was the last faithful king.
17.Ezekiel’s kingdomTemple is much different from Solomon’s Temple in many ways including: (1) Levites and priests own land, (2)
the king enters from the Eastern gate, (3) a river flows out of the Temple through the Dead Sea to the ocean with fruiting trees on its banks.
18.According to Ezekiel 36:22-23 God will eventually
restore national Israel because His own name and reputation are at stake.
19.After Persia defeated Babylon, in 538 BC the Jews were allowed to return
from Babylon.
20.After the Babylon Exile the Jews as a nation
never desired to worship more than one God again.
21.The Post-Exile books of the Bible are: Ezra,
Nehemiah, Esther, Haggai, Zechariah, Zechariah and Malachi.
22.Ezra, Nehemiah and Esther are listed early
in our Bible because they are included with historical books.
23.Haggai is obsessed about rebuilding the Temple in 515 BC.
24.Haggai and Zechariah both prophesied at the
same time.
25.Zechariah discussed the rebuilding of the
Temple and the restoration under governor Zerubbabel.
26.Zechariah’s most important prophecy
concerns Messiah’s return to split the Mount of Olives in 14:4.
27.Esther occurs among those Jews in the Persian Empire who chose not to return to Judea.
28.The key point of Esther is that God rules
among the nations and He anticipates the moves of Satan.
29.Ezra and Nehemiah are in the context of later
returning Jews from Babylon after the Temple had been rebuilt.
30.Ezra and Nehemiah both encountered problems
with the Jews mingling with the Samaritans and pagans around them.
31.Ezra and Nehemiah re-established the rotation
of Temple worship using 24 courses of Levites and
priests as set up by David and Solomon per 1 Chronicles 23-26.
32.Nehemiah 10:35-38 and 13:5 are crucial for
understanding Malachi 3:10.
33.Ninety eight per cent (98%) of the Levites
and priests who needed the tithe for food lived outside Jerusalem in the Levitical cites.
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Other Material You Should Know
1.Hoshea was commanded
by God to marry a prostitute.
2.Hoshea’s
children were probably not his own because of their names.
3.Jeremiah began
his prophecy under the reign of King Josiah.
4.Jeremiah’s
original writings were destroyed by King Zedekiah who called him a false prophet.
5.While cleansing
the Temple a copy of the Law was found and Josiah used
it to begin a revival.
6.King Josiah died
fighting the Egyptians who were passing by to fight Babylon in 609 BC.
7.After Josiah died
Egypt inserted a puppet king who was replaced
3 months later by Babylon.
8.After the fall
of Jerusalem Jeremiah was taken by force to Egypt.
9.The prophets of
Habakkuk, Daniel and Ezskiel wrote at the same time as Jeremiah under Babylonian rule.
10.Daniel was taken
to Babylon after the first siege of 607 BC.
11.Daniel chapters
1, 8-12 are in Hebrew and chapters 2-7 are in Aramaic.
12.Chapters 2-7 are
in Aramaic because they are for Gentile kings to read.
13.The false additions
to Daniel are written in Greek.
14.Daniel served
the kings of both Babylon and Media-Persia.
15.Our textbook devotes
two chapters to dispel the liberal attack on Daniel as a true prophecy.
16.Daniel 2:44 cannot
refer to the church because, in AD 30 the Roman Empire was at its peak rather than being weakly divided not 10 nations.
17.Ezekiel was taken
to Babylon during the second siege of 597 BC.
18.God moved Ezekiel
from place to place to act-out God’s message.
19.God took Ezekiel
in vision to Jerusalem during the sieges to show him pagan worship
inside the Temple.
20.The Post-Exile
books take place under the rule or Persia (538-321 BC) while ruled until Alexander the Great.
21.Haggai condemns
the citizens of Judah for living in fancy paneled houses while the Temple remained in ruins.
22.Zechariah is important
for his prophecy of the “wounds in the hands” of the Messiah in 13:6.
23.Most of the 24
courses of priests did not return to Judah.
24.Nehemiah is the
context of Malachi and chapter 13 may be the context of Malachi 3:8-10.
25.Malachi may be
a pen name for Nehemiah because the name means “my messenger.”
26.The “you”
of Malachi is clearly only the priests in 1:6; 2:1 and 2:13.
27.The tithe-chambers
in the Temple were very small per 1 Kings 6:6 and Neh
13:5.
Mid-Term Test: BIBI, Old Testament
Survey
Dr. Russell Kelly
1.How many Psalms are there?
2.How many divisions of Psalms are there?
3. How many Psalms did David write?
a.allb.73c.
52d.105
4.What do Hebrew terms at beginning signify?
a. melodyb.instrumentsc. cadenced.all
5.What comparison is often made between the Song of Solomon and the New Testament?
6.To whom was Obadiah addressed?
7.Which two prophets concern Assyria?
8.What was Nineveh?
9.When did the Assyrian Empire rule?
10.Why did Jonah not want to go to Nineveh?
11.Is there proof of men surviving being swallowed by whales? Where is the proof?
12.What was the result of Jonah's preaching in Nineveh?
13.How did Nahum's prophecy differ from Jonah's?
14.What historical event happened immediately before Joel's prophecy?
15.What prophetic time is compared to Joel's literal event?
16.Does Joel refer to Assyria, Babylon or "not sure"?
17.How was Calvary and Pentecost a type of fulfillment of Joel's prophecy?
18.What do Hosea, Isaiah, Amos, Micah, Zephaniah and Nahum have in common?
19.How many different people do liberals say wrote Isaiah?
20. How do conservatives explain
the differences of language between the first and last of Isaiah?
21. What does Isaiah have in
common with Deuteronomy?
22.What two persons are seen in the prophecy of Isaiah 14?
23.Who is the suffering servant of Isaiah 53?
24.Why cannot the suffering servant of Isaiah 53 be the nation of Israel?
25.Why do liberals want to date Isaiah around BC 540?
26.Name four prophecies of Messiah from Isaiah 53 which are extremely strong for inspiration: (1)
27.(2)
28.(3)
29.(4)
30.What is the most important prophecy in Micah?
31.How do most prophetic books end?
32.Of what is Zephaniah a prophecy?
33.What does Dr. Kelly call Habakkuk?
34.Why does Dr. Kelly call Habakkuk that?
35.What is the most famous text from Habakkuk?
BIBI, Baptist International
Bible Institute
Class Notes for February 23, 2010
Dr. Russell Earl Kelly,
O. T. Survey, Isaiah
Bible critics charge that
the Bible has been revised so many times that it is not accurate. The following from the "youngest" KJV to the "best" RSV
show very little differences. Conservatives like me and BIBI believe that Isaiah wrote this approximately 720 BC. Liberals
assign it to another "Isaiah" centuries later. Both show an amazing correct prophetic view of Jesus the Messiah.
MESSIANIC PROPHECIES OF
ISAIAH 53
Isa 52:13 Behold,
my servant shall deal prudently, he shall be exalted and extolled, and be very high. KJV
13 Behold, my servant
shall prosper,
he shall be exalted and
lifted up,
and shall be very high.
RSV
1.PROPHECY: Messiah will be exalted very high.
FULFILLMENT: Jesus is revered
by Catholics, Protestants and Muslims.
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Isa 52:14 As many
were astonished at thee; his visage was so marred more than any man, and his form more than the sons of men: KJV
14 As many were astonished
at him -
his appearance was so
marred, beyond human semblance, and his form beyond that of the sons of men -RSV
2.PROPHECY: Messiah will have his body terribly mutilated.
FULFILLMENT: Jesus was
beaten twice with Roman whips.
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Isa 52:15 So shall
he *sprinkle many nations; the kings shall shut their mouths at him: for that which had not been told them shall they
see; and that which they had not heard shall they consider.(*NKJ, NAS, NIV)
15 so shall he startle
many nations;
kings shall shut their
mouths because of him;
for that which has not
been told them they shall see,
and that which they have
not heard they shall understand.
3.PROPHECY: Nations other than Israel will be affected
by Messiah.
FULFILLMENT: Christianity
has spread far beyond Israel to many other nations.
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Isaiah 53:1 Who hath
believed our report? and to whom is the arm of the LORD revealed?
1Who has believed what we have heard?
And to whom has the arm
of the LORD been revealed?RSV
4.PROPHECY: Prophecies about the Messiah will not be believed.
FULFILLMENT: Israel did not believe its own prophets. Christianity spread as its adherents contended with pagan philosophers.
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Isa 53:2 For he shall
grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground: he hath no form nor comeliness; and when we shall
see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him.
2 For he grew up before
him like a young plant,
and like a root out of
dry ground;
he had no form or comeliness
that we should look at him, and no beauty that we should desire him. RSV
5.PROPHECY: Messiah will not be from a royal or rich birth. He will grow up as any
normal person.
FULFILLMENT: Although Isaiah
was written many centuries earlier, Jesus was born of a poor family and lived an ordinary childhood.
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Isa 53:3 He is despised
and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised,
and we esteemed him not.
3 He was despised and
rejected by men;
a man of sorrows, and
acquainted with grief;
and as one from whom men
hide their faces
he was despised, and we
esteemed him not.
6.PROPHECY: Messiah will be rejected by his own people.
FULFILLMENT: Jesus was
rejected by Israel. This text makes no sense if the suffering servant were Israel itself as Jews teach.
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Isa 53:4 Surely he
hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted.
4 Surely he has borne
our griefs and carried our sorrows; yet we esteemed him stricken, smitten by God, and afflicted. RSV
7.PROPHECY: Messiah will innocently suffer for the sins of others. God has allowed Messiah to die as a substitute
for guilty mankind.
FULFILLMENT: Although radical
and criticized by other religions, only Christianity offers justification for God to be just and merciful and forgive sins.
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Isa 53:5But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace
was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.
5 But he was wounded for
our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities; upon him was the chastisement that made us whole, and with his stripes
we are healed. RSV
8.PROPHECY: Messiah will suffer as a substitute for others. This is unheard of in the rest of the Old Testament.
Because of Messiah's sufferings there is healing and reconciliation.
FULFILLMENT: This is the
Christian gospel and it is unique among religions of the world that one can volunteer to suffer for another.
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Isa 53:6 All we like
sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the LORD hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.
6 All we like sheep have
gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the LORD has laid on him the iniquity of us all. RSV
9.PROPHECY: God will place on Messiah the sins of all mankind. This gives God authority
to forgive while maintaining his character of being just and merciful.
FULFILLMENT: This is the
Christian gospel.
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Isa 53:7 He was oppressed,
and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth: he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers
is dumb, so he openeth not his mouth.
7 He was oppressed, and
he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth; like a lamb that is led to the slaughter, and like a sheep that before its
shearers is dumb, so he opened not his mouth.
10.PROPHECY: Messiah will not defend himself when accused.
FULFILLMNET: Jesus fulfilled
this prophecy.
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?Isa 53:8A He was
taken from prison and from judgment:
?8a By *oppression
and judgment he was taken away; … (* NAS, NIV)
?8a WYCLIFFE: As a result
of coercion and unjust action
11. PROPHECY: Messiah shall
be tried unjustly.
FULFILLMENT: Jesus fulfilled
this prophecy.
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Isa 53:8b …
and who shall declare his generation? for he was cut off out of the land of the living: for the transgression
of my people was he stricken.
8b … and as for
his generation, who considered that he was cut off out of the land of the living, stricken for the transgression of
my people? (NAS, NIV)
12. PROPHECY: Messiah shall
be killed for the sins of others. This is an amazing prophecy since Hebrews did not believe in human sacrifice.
FULFILLMENT: Jesus fulfilled
this prophecy.
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Isa 53:9a And he
made his grave with the wicked, and with the rich in his death;
9a And they made his grave
with the wicked and with a rich man in his death, …
13. PROPHECY: Messiah will
be buried among the rich.
FULFILLMENT: Jesus fulfilled
this prophecy.
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Isa 53:9b …
because he had done no violence, …
9b … although he
had done no violence, …
14.PROPHECY: Messiah will be buried with the rich because he was innocent.
FULFILLMENT: Whereas common
criminals were buried in mass graves, Pontius Pilate knew that Jesus was innocent and allowed his body to be taken elsewhere
contrary to Roman custom.
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Isa 53:9c …
neither was any deceit in his mouth.
9c … and there was no deceit in his mouth.
15.PROPHECY: Messiah could not be found with sin during his
trial.
FULFILLMENT: Jesus fulfilled
this prophecy.
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Isa 53:10 Yet it
pleased the LORD to bruise him; he hath put him to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he
shall see his seed,
10 Yet it was the will
of the LORD to bruise him; he has put him to grief; when he makes himself an offering for sin, he shall see his offspring,
16.PROPHECY: This is an amazing text since the Hebrew God forbade human sacrifices. Yet God Himself is making Himself responsible
for Messiah becoming a sin offering.
FULFILLMENT: This is the
Christian gospel which allows to God to stay true to his holy character and forgive while remaining just and merciful.
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Isa 53:10b …
he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of the LORD shall prosper in his hand.
10b … he shall prolong
his days; the will of the LORD shall prosper in his hand;
17.PROPHECY: After dying as a sin offering for the sins of mankind, Messiah will be alive again and be prospered.
FULFILLED: Only Jesus fulfilled
this prophecy.
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Isa 53:11a He shall
see of the travail of his soul, and shall be satisfied:…
11 he shall see the fruit
of the travail of his soul and be satisfied; …
18.PROPHECY: Messiah will know before he dies that his death was worth it.
FULFILLMENT: Jesus knew
that the Father had accepted His substitute sacrificial death.
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Isa 53:11b …
by his knowledge shall my righteous servant justify many; for he shall bear their iniquities.
11b … by his knowledge
shall the righteous one, my servant, make many to be accounted righteous; and he shall bear their iniquities. RSV
19.PROPHECY: Justification will be through knowledge of the Messiah.
FULFILLMENT: This was a
change of Old Covenant theology into New Covenant theology.
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Isa 53:12 Therefore
will I divide him a portion with the great, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong; because he hath poured out his
soul unto death: and he was numbered with the transgressors; and he bare the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors.
12 Therefore I will divide
him a portion with the great, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong; because he poured out his soul to death, and
was numbered with the transgressors; yet he bore the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors. RSV
20. This is a restatement
of the prophecies.
Class Note: O. T. Survey, Dr.
Russell E Kelly
February 16, 2010
1.Isaiah was written while Assyria was emerging as a world power and concluded after it had taken N. Israel captive.
2.Isaiah is the most important book of prophecy for Jews.
3.Isaiah is considered the nearest to the NT gospel.
4.Isaiah reveals insights of righteousness by faith, the life of Messiah and salvation for the Gentiles.
5.Like other prophets, when speaking about the Messiah, the prophet speaks as
if he were Messiah.
6.Isaiah contains 66 chapters -- the same as the Bible has books.
7.The last 27 chapters of Isaiah, like the
27 books of the NT, focus on Messiah.
8. Isaiah's vision of the throne of God in chapter 6 is comparable to that seen by Ezekiel
and John in Revelation 4.
9.Isaiah 7:14 and 9:6 are extremely important texts and should be memorized by all Christians. They are the best
OT descriptions of the virgin birth and deity of Messiah.
10.Isaiah 14 is twofold: the literal context is that of Babylon and the spiritual context is that
of the fall of Lucifer from heaven.
11.Liberals do not accept that only one person wrote Isaiah. They divide it into two or three different writers
over several centuries of time. They claim that the author of the last 27 chapters of Isaiah was very famous.
12.If the writer of Second Isaiah were so famous, how could his identity have been forgotten?
13.Conservatives explain the difference of style between the earlier and later chapters as
a difference of the age of the author. The book was written over many years.
14.Conservatives believe that Jesus was correct when he quoted all sections of Isaiah and
did not distinguish between different writers. Jesus did not err and sin.
NOTES ON JOEL AND MICAH
2-9-2010, BIBI, Dr Russell Kelly
2-9-2010: Class Notes on Joel and Micah
1."Joel" means "Jehovah is God"
2.Joel and Obadiah are difficult to date because:
A.No historical reference is given
B.No internal reference can be dated
3.Literal: a grasshopper plague has eaten everything.
Literal: the grasshoppers darken the sky
4.Typology: The Day of the Lord will punish sinners.
Typology: The Day of the Lord is a dark day
Typology: Signs announce a terrible event
5.Common OT Prophetic Sequence of Events
A.Sin needs to be punished
B.God will punish sin in the Day of the Lord
C.God will punish Israel-Judah in the Day of the Lord
D.Sinners need to repent and obey God
Sinners need to call for a mass time of contrition
6.God's deliverance of sinners and Israel-Judah
A.Is often conditional to repentance
B.Is ultimately guaranteed for His people
(1) Ezekiel 36:22-23
(2) His name and reputation are the guarantee
7.Eventual restitution of Israel and Jerusalem
8.Eventual setting up of Kingdom Reign on Earth
9.The signs of the sun, moon and stars of Joel 2
A.Were literally seen in the grasshopper plague
B.Will be evident when the northern army invades
C.Was fulfilled in the events of Calvary
1) sun was darkened
2) earthquake
3) Holy Spirit a sign of God's kingdom
10. The signs will be repeated
In the time of Revelation
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MICAH
1.Micah follows the same cycles as seen clearly in Joel.
2.Unlike Obadiah and Joel, Micah can be dated because he gives his
name, where he lives and what kings were reigning during his prophecy.
3.Since Micah covers BC750-710 the fall and captivity of N. Israel in BC722 occurred during his prophecy.
4.His prophecy Is addressed to both N. Israel and Judah.
5.Micah 4:5 is a very strange text. Dr. Kelly explains it as the
Gentiles worshipping God as El Elyon, the Most High God instead of as Yahweh, the covenant God of Israel.
6.The prophecy of Micah 5:2 is probably a dual reference to David
and Jesus the Messiah.
7.In its context, the prophecy of Micah 5:2 is a reference to the
millennial kingdom reign of Messiah.
8.As is typical of many prophets, Micah ends with promises of restoration
of national Israel.
NOTES ON PSALMS
Old Testament Survey, 2nd Semester
Teacher: Russell Kelly, PHD
February 26,2010
1.There are 150 Psalms.
2.The Psalms are in 5 books, each
ending with a doxology. This division is probably to coincide with the 5 books of the Pentateuch.
3.The Psalms were written as early as Moses around BC1420 and as
late as Nehemiah and Malachi in BC450.
4.David is only credited with writing 73 Psalms, less than half.
5."Selah" is a musical instruction to "rest." It is not to be read.
6.The Psalms cover almost every topic: creation, history, praise,
rejoicing, grief, fear and prophecy.
7.In Hebrew the Psalms include notes which tell: the rhythm, musical
instruments, no instrument and "sounds like".
8.The word "Psalm" refers to a poem sung to the accompaniment of
a psalter, which is a stringed instrument.
9.About 10 Psalms are Messianic
in nature.
10.Although probably unaware of it, the inspired
author of the Messianic Psalms is speaking and writing as if he were the Messiah.
11.In Psalm 23, the colon (:) divides the lines of the song.
12.Often the Psalms were divided and sung by
different parts of the choir.
13.Romans 3:10-18 quotes many Psalms and calls them "law" in 3:19-20. In this chapter
the word "law" refers to "God's revelation of truth" to national Israel. It is not a reference to the Pentateuch.
14.Everything the Old Testament says about God's Law, the New Covenant says about
Jesus.
15.The Old Testament Word is a shadow of Christ
and His righteousness.
16.What the OT says about the Law, the NT says
about Jesus Christ.
17. Thy Word have I hid in my heart is OT that I might not sin against Thee is OT. Jesus
have I hid in my heart is NT.
18.Thy Word is a light is OT; Jesus is the light is NT.
19.Thy Word is manna is OT; Jesus is God's manna is NT.
20. If you use the Psalms to reinforce Law, then you are using it wrong. If you use Psalms
as a shadow to teach Christ's righteousness you are using it correctly.
Notes
on SONG OF SOLOMON, OBADIAH, JONAH, NAHUM
OT Survey, Dr. Russell Kelly
February 2, 1010
SONG OF SOLOMON:
1.Written by Solomon.
2.Between 970-930BC
3.Solomon is a type of Jesus; the Shulamite girl is a type of the Church,
His bride.
4.This is an intimate love story full of descriptions of body parts compared
to animals. The descriptions would not impress modern women and men.
5.Phrases such as "lily of the valley," "fairest of ten thousand" and
"the rose of Sharon" are from this book.
6.At one point the bride fails to answer the door in time and is loses
sight of the king. This is similar to losing our fellowship with Christ through sin.
7. The text is difficult to follow because it involves a back-and-forth between 3-4 parties. I recommend reading it
in a version which clearly points out who is speaking to whom.
OBADIAH:
1.A "DAY OF THE LORD" condemnation of Edom.
2.It is the most difficult OT book to date.
3.Most authorities are divided between dates between 850BC, 710BC and
585BC because of the confusion from verses 18-20.
4.I prefer post 722BC because of the mention of Samaria. I prefer post 586BC because of
the mention of the "captivity of Jerusalem" in verse 20.
5.Edom was the descendants of Esau who refused to let Israel pass through its land during the Exodus.
6.Edom aligned with N. Israel and Syria against Judah several times.
7.Edom ceased to exist after the Assyrian invasions around 700BC.
8.Herod the Great was a Edomite.
JONAH
1.Written around 860BC.
2.Written to Nineveh while Assyria was arising as a major power.
3.**Believed to be authentic by Jesus who quoted it.
4.Theme: bigotry against non-Hebrews as seen in the last verses. Assyria would not invade Israel until 722BC.
5.The textbook gives four documented stories of people who survived being
swallowed by a whale.
6.Sermon: (1) Jonah went DOWN to Joppa while running from God, (2) Jonah
went DOWN to the ship. (3) Jonah went DOWN into the ship. (4) Jonah went DOWN to the depths of the oceans.
7."Hell" in Jonan, chapter two, is Sheol
which is the same as the NT Greek Hades. This is the best OT description of the
OT realm of the dead. Sheol is as far beneath the surface of the Earth as Heaven is above it. It is not a six-foot-deep hole
in the ground.
8.Sheol-Hades is where Jesus descended into at his death in Ephesians
4 and it is where the parable of Lazarus and the rich man occurred.
9.Deth and Hell-Hades-Sheol will be cast the Hell-Gehenna-the lake of
fire in Revelation 19.
10.A key text is 4:2. Jonah did not want God to forgive the residents
of Nineveh and fled rather than deliver the conditional prophecy.
NAHUM
1.Written soon after 722BC after N. Israel had been taken into Assyrian captivity.
2.Nahum was from the village (kafir) of Nahum (naum).
3.Theme: This is an unconditional prophecy that God would punish Nineveh and the Assyrian Empire.
4.The prophecy was fulfilled in 612BC.
5.Babylon destroyed Nineveh before it attacked Judah.
BIBLE TIMELINE
CREATION, FLOOD; PATRIARCHES TO SOLOMON
EGYPT MOST POWERFUL NATION2500-640 BC
GENESIS Creation; flood; Abraham 2166, Isaac 2066, Jacob 2006, Joseph 1915
Welcome to the Fall semester of Baptist International Bible Institute in Fairburn, Georgia. The course is Old Testament
Survey and the textbook is Gleason Archer's A Survey of Old Testament Introduction.
The following material lwill be essential for the class:
Dr. Russell Kelly, 770-974-4756;
russell-kelly@att.net
1.What are the names of 1 Samuel, 2 Samuel, 1 Kings and 2 Kings in the Roman Catholic Bible?
2.Who were the only kings of united Israel in the Old Testament?
3.Which time period best fits most of Kings and Chronicles?
A.930-586 BC
B.586-400 BC
C.1050-930 BC
D.None of the above
4.Who will be the 24th king of both the House of Judah and the House of Israel?
5.What chronology is very confusing to Dr. Kelly?
A.The time period of King Saul and King David
B.The time period of the Exodus from Egypt
C.The time period of the Exodus to King Saul
D.B and C
6.In what country did Judah, Phares, Esrom, Aram and Aminadab die? Mt 1:3-4
Where did Naason die? Mt 1:4
Where did Salmon die? Mt 1:4
7.How many male descendants of David lived from the fall of Jericho until the birth of David? Name them. Matthew 1:4-5
8.How many women are mentioned in the genealogy of Jesus as found in Matthew, chapter one? Name them. Mt
1:3, 5, 5, 6, 16
9.Why do you think those particular women are found in Matthew's genealogy of Jesus?
10What is true about the kingly lineage of the House of Judah and the House of Israel?
A.The lineage of Judah would always stay within the line of David.
B.The lineage of Israel was often massacred.
C.The House of Israel had more in common with the House of Saul than the House of Judah.
D.All of the above
11Why did God want the kings of Judah to remove the groves on the high places?
12.What happened in 722 BC?2 Kings 17:21-23
13.Who are the Samaritans? 2 Kings 17:24-29
14What do Job and Ecclesiastes have in common?
A. They both correctly record many errors.
B.The writer was inspired to write every word.
C.The truth is mostly found in the final chapters.
D.All of the above.
15.Why do conservative Christians believe that the book of Job was written before the Law?
16.Why do liberal Christians believe that the book of Job was written long after the law was given?
17. What did most people in
Job's day think was the direct cause of suffering? Job 4:7; 8:4-6
18. As one of God's favorite
people, can we assume that Job was correct in most of what he said?
19.What happened when God finally responded to Job? Job 40:4
A.Job was able to unload his many complaints to God.
B.Job was so overwhelmed by the Person and accomplishments of God that his complaints seemed nothing in comparison.
C.Job was justified that his complaints were right.
D.Job ridiculed his four friends for being wrong.
20.What does the phrase "under the sun" mean in Ecclesiastes? It occurs 28 times.
21.According to Dr. Kelly, what is the most important part in Ecclesiastes? See Eccl 12:8-14
22.Where did the Proverbs come from? 1 Kg 4:32, chapters 1-29
23.Were the Proverbs abolished when the Old Covenant ended?
24.Do some of the Proverbs seem to contradict each other? How do you explain this? 26:4
25.Do you think that modern women should aspire to be just like the woman of Proverb 31?
26.About what must teachers of God's Word be careful when quoting Job or Ecclesiastes?
27.On the last day of class, will you be ready to either sing or write the books of the Old Testament in the
order they are found in the Protestant Bible?
28.How many proverbs are quoted by New Testament writers? Prov 26:11; 2 Pet 2:22
Note: Three wrong answers will
be discarded except for #27.
LAW OF GOD = LAW OF MOSES = COMMANDMENTS, STATUTES, JUDGMENTS = WHOLE LAW
1.IN THE OLD
TESTAMENT, THE “WORD” IS THE ENTIRE MOSAIC LAW, THE ENTIRE OLD COVENANT, OR THE ENTIRE REVELATION OF GOD; IT IS
NOT MERELY THE TEN COMMANDMENTS.
(Imrah, Strong’s 565) Deu 33:9 (covenant); 2 Sam 22:31 (perfect);
Ps 12:6 (pure); 119:41 (word promises mercy and salvation); 119:50 (quickened me); 119:82 (comfort); 119:103 (sweeter than
honey); 119:116 (upholds); 119:123 (righteousness); 119:133 (steps/walk in); 119:158 (transgression); 119:172 (righteousness);
138:2 (word above God’s name); Isa 5:24 (law)
2.THE O. T. LAW WAS ALWAYS AN INDIVISIBLE WHOLE WITH 613 COMMANDMENTS. ALL OF
IT WAS MORAL. TRANSGRESSION OF ANY OF IT WAS SIN.
Forty-seven (47) times God’s Word states that His Law is an indivisible
whole. One either obeys ALL or is guilty of transgressing all as a set of instructions (Deu 28-29).
No Hebrew, Jew or inspired Bible writer defined only the Ten Commandments
as the moral law and downgraded the statutes and judgments to become disposable parts of the law.
(1) Ex 19:5 keep my covenant; (2) 23:22 do all that I spoke; (3) 24:3 all words, all judgments, all words, (4) 24:7 do all book
of the covenant;
(5) Lev 19:37 observe all statutes and all judgments; (6) 20:22 all statutes and all judgments; (7)
26:14-15 break covenant if not do all commandments, statutes, judgments
(8) Num 15:39-40 do all commandments;
Deut 1:5 On this side Jordan, in the land of Moab, began Moses to declare this law , saying,
Deut 4:8 And what nation is there so great, that hath statutes and judgments
so righteous as all this law , which I set before you this day?
Deut 4:44-45 And this is the law which Moses set before the children of
Israel:
45 These are the testimonies, and the statutes, and the judgments, which
Moses spake unto the children of Israel,
(9) Deu5:1-2 learn, keep do statutes and judgments of the covenant, (10) 5:29 keep
all commandments always, (11) 5:31 keep all commandments, statutes, judgments; (12) 6:1,2 keep
all commandments, statutes, judgments always (13) 6:24-25 all commandments, statutes; (14) 8:1 all the commandments which
I shall command this day; (15) 11:8 keep all the commandments which I command this day, (16) 11:22 keep all these commandments,
(17) 11:32 do all the statutes and judgments; (18) 12:14 do all that I command, (19) 12:28 all these words which I command;
(20) 13:18 keep all commandments which I command; (21) 15:5 all these commandments which I command;
(22) Deut 17:18-19 And it shall be, when he sitteth upon the throne of
his kingdom, that he shall write him a copy of this law in a book out of that which is before the priests the Levites:
19 And it shall be with him, and he shall read therein all the days of
his life: that he may learn to fear the LORD his God, to keep all the words of this law and these statutes, to do them:
(23) 19:9 keep all these commandments which I command; (24) 26:16-19 commanded to do statutes
and judgments; walk in his ways, keep his statutes, his commandments, his judgments; commanded to do these statutes and judgments;
peculiar people, keep all his commandments; high above all nations, (25) 27:1 keep
all commandments which I command this day; (26) 28:1 all commandments which
I command this day, (27) 28:15 all commandments and statutes which I command, (28) 28:45 curses, keep commandments and statutes,
(29) 28:58 do all words of this
law which are written in the book; (30) 29:29 do all the words of
this law; (31) 30:1,2 blessings
and curse, do all commanded, (32) 30:8 do all commandments which I command thee this day; (33) 31:12 do all the words of this
law; (34) 32:46 all the words which I testify among you this day, which ye shall command your
children to observe to do, all the words of this law;
(35) Josh 1:7-8 do all the Law which Moses commanded; book
of the law; do all that is written there; (36) 22:5 do the commandment and the law; walk in all his ways; keep
his commandments; (37) 23:6 do all that is written in the book of the law of Moses;
(38) 1 Kings 2:3 And keep the charge of the LORD thy God, to walk in his ways, to keep his statutes, and
his commandments, and his judgments, and his testimonies, as it is written in the
law of Moses, that thou mayest prosper in all that thou doest, and whithersoever thou turnest thyself: (39)
6:12 walk in my statutes, my judgments, keep all my commandments; (40) 8:58 to walk in all his ways, and to keep his commandments,
and his statutes, and his judgments, which he commanded; (41) 9:4 do according to all that I have commanded thee, and wilt
keep my statutes and my judgments;
(42) Jer 7:23 walk ye in all the ways that I have commanded; (43) 11:4
all;
(44) 2 Chron 33:8 take heed to do all that I have commanded them, according
to the whole law and the statutes and the ordinances by the hand of Moses.
(45) Matt 5:19 Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments,
and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach them, the
same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven; (46) 22:40 On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.
(47) Gal 5:3 For I testify again to every man that is circumcised, that
he is a debtor to do the whole law.
(xx) James 2:10 royal law; context 9-12
Lev 19:2 ordinance of the Law which God commanded; red heifer
3.THE LAW OF GOD AS THE OLD COVENANT WAS ONLY GIVEN TO NATIONAL ISRAEL.
Ex 19:5 Now therefore, if ye will obey my
voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people: for all the earth is mine:
Ex 19:6 And ye shall be unto me a kingdom
of priests, and an holy nation. These are the words which thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel.
The Law embodied God’s Constitution, His Covenant, only with the
nation Israel!The possession of the Law made Israel “peculiar” from other nations
and separated national Israel from all other nations on earth. God distinctly ordered Israel NOT to share His covenant-law
with other nations. The law made Israel His peculiar nation (Ex 19:5,6; 34;10; Lev 27:34; Deu 4:8; 7:6; 14:2; 26:18-19; 28:1;
Ps 135:4; Isa 5:5-7; Mal 4:4; Mark 12:1; Eph 2:12-16).
The course on Old Testament survey began with a look at the first 200+ pages of the textbook
by Gleason Archer. It demonstrated that liberal theology is far different from conservative theology in its view of the inspiration
(or lack of inspiration) of the Bible. I pointed out that most liberal denominations are members of the National Council of
Christian Churches (NCCC). This communion of churches also includes many moderate-to-conservative churches which choose to
join. Also many of its liberal denominational members have within their own organizations churches which range from extreme
liberal to moderately conservative.
The discussion which follows is my observation of the liberal theology of many (not all)
of the National Council of Churches and its goals without critiquing individual members of that organization.
(1) The NCCC unites its members by having a super-simple statement of faith which could be twisted in many
directions.
(2) Although many of its members do, the NCCC itself does not affirm: a) the Deity of Christ, b) the
Deity of the Holy Spirit, c) the Trinity, d) the Bible as being more inspired than any inspiring secular book, (e) the reality
of miracles, f) the literal reality of heaven and hell and g) it downplays any mention of the blood atonement.
(3) While some of its members do teach some of the above items, many do not.
(4) The Wellhausen/Document/JEDP Theory of the Bible which denies the literal existence any biblical event
prior to the 9th century BC is common to most of the liberal NCCC members. This means that Adam and Eve, Enoch, Abraham, Isaac,
Jacob, Moses, Joshua, Saul, David and Solomon are mythological stores until verified beyond question by archaeology. The Pentateuch
was compiled by at least four different sources after all of the above persons. Jesus was mistaken in quoting Moses.
(5) Openly practicing homosexual leaders and church members are common in NCCC member churches.
(6) NCCC member churches are not dispensational. None believe that Bible prophecy is valid as they deny both
prophecy and miracles.
(7) Most are universalists --God will save everybody, including non-Christians-- from a non-existent hell.
What they will be saved TOWARDS is questionable since most also deny a literal heaven.
(8) They
prefer to dialog with non-Christians rather than attempt to convert them.
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National Council of Churches USA
http://ncccusa.org/
Statement of Faith
"The National Council of Churches is a community of Christian
communions, which, in response to the gospel as revealed in the Scriptures,
confess Jesus Christ, the incarnate Word of God, as Savior and Lord. These communions covenant with one another
to manifest ever more fully the unity of the Church. Relying upon the transforming power of the Holy Spirit,
the communions come together as the Council in common mission,
serving in all creation to the glory of God." --from the Preamble to the NCC Constitution.
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Comments by Russell Kelly
Even this super-simple statement
of faith is very misleading. Without this statement, there would be no consensus except in social welfare work.
(1) The NCCC does not define
the "Gospel" to include the substitutionary blood atonement of Jesus Christ.
(2) Many of the NCCC members
deny miracles and prophecy and would not agree on the resurrection and ascension of Christ as a literal event.
(3) By "incarnate Word" many
of the NCCC members are not referring to the miraculous virgin birth of Jesus. While agreeing that Jesus was especially used
by God, most would deny that He was Deity and died as a sin bearer for all sin.
(4) Many do not teach that
the "Holy Spirit" is equally God and that God is a Trinity. They argue this among themselves.
(5) Their common mission is
not the saving of souls by the gospel. It is "serving in all creation to the glory of God."
(6) Members of the Jesus Seminar
are NCCC members whose work questions the authenticity of the Bible and the historical reality of Jesus.
(7) The presence of many good
solid conservative Bible-believing churches in the NCCC is confusing.
The NCC's
leadership helps to link faith groups throughout the country and worldwide. In addition to working closely with its
member communions, the NCC maintains working relationships with the Roman Catholic Church, Evangelical and Pentecostal
communities and other Christian bodies, and has reached out to numerous partners in ministry, both on the local and regional
level, and in national alliances that help get important objectives accomplished.
The NCC also networks with the many
ecumenical and interfaith organizations established at the local, state and regional level, in the U.S. and abroad. And
it promotes harmonious relations among Christians,
Jews, Muslims, Buddhists, practitioners of traditional Native American religion and many other faith groups in a society that
is increasingly multireligious. The NCC has been particularly focused on building relationships between Christians
and Muslims in the aftermath of the national crisis of September 2001.
