Main Divisions of Scripture

still in Old Testament

Sermon on the Mount
Matth 5 to 7

Faulty assumptions

Old testament
started in Genesis

New Testament begins
in Matthew 1

Covenant made to Israel

II Cor 3:12 'Seeing then that
we have such hope, we use great
plainness of speech: and not as Moses
, which put a veil over his face, that the
children of Israel...'

Exodus 20 - God reveal
the covenant to Israel

Matt 26:27-28 ' And He took the cup, and gave
thanks and gave it to them, saying, 'Drink ye all of it. For this
is my blood of the New Testament' #

still in Old Testament

called a Kingdom because Kingdom
when the Lord will actually rule and reign on earth in the Millennium

5:5- blessed are the meek:
For they shall inherit the earth

Gentils-> Phil 3: 20 -> Our citizenship is in Heaven

God promised Abraham a land

6:10 ' thy Kingdom come. thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven'

heavenly government,
but it will place on the earth

differs

Forgiveness

Matth 6: 14 " For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your Heavenly Father will also forgive you. But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive their threspasses'

Eph 4:32 " And be ye kind one to another, tender-hearted, forgiving one another , even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you'

Jeremiah 31:31 " Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah"

Dispensation of Grace began with
Apostle Peter in Acts 2

Jewish feast

Acts 2:1 " And when the day of Pentecost was fully come"

Observed seven feast throughout the year

the Feast of Unleavened Bread, the Feast of First Fruits, Penetecost, etc

Acts 2:5 " And there were dwelling at Jerusalem, Jews, devout men, out of every nations under Heaven

Acts 2:9- 10 " Parthians, and Medes, and Elamites, and the dwellers of Mesopotamia, and in Judea....."

Acts 2: 22 " Ye men of Israel"

Gentiles mention in Acts 10

Kingdom being offered to Israel after Pentecost

Acts 3:19 " Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord", 20 "He shall send Jesus Christ, which before was preached unto you"

First real offer of the kingdom

I Peter 1:11 ' The prophets searching what , or
what manner of time the Spirit of Christ, and the
glory that should follow"

Matt 16:5 " There be some standing here
which shall not taste of death, till they see the Son
of Man coming in His kingdom"

Matt 17: Tell the vision to no man, until
the Son of Man be risen again from dead"

Fig tree - Luke 13:6

Luke 13:8 " But He answering said unto them,
Lord, let it alone this year also, till I shall dig about it, dung
it: And if it bear fruits, well: and if not, then after that thou
shall cut it down

One more year--> stoning of Steven

Foundation Affirmation

Dispensation of Grace was a mystery

Ephesians 3:1 " For this cause I Paul, the prisoner of Jesus
Christ for you Gentiles, if ye have heard of the dispensation of
Grace of God which is given me to you-ward"

Mystery

Keep a secret

shut your mouth

V5- Not reveal in other ages

V8 " Unsearchable "-> v9 " hid in God"

Rapture is part of the mystery

Prophecy vs Mystery

Acts 3:21 " Whom the Heaven must receive until the times of restitution of all things, which God has spoken by the mouth of all His holy PROPHETS since the world began

Roman 16:25 " Now to Him that is of power to stablish you according to my gospel, and the preaching of Jesus Chris, according to the revelation of the Mystery, which was kept secret since the world began

First revealed to Paul

I Tim 1 : If ye have heard of the dispensation of the Grace of God which is given me to youward, how that by revelation He made known unto me the Mystery

I Tim 1:16 " Howbeit for this cause I obtained mercy, that in me FIRST Jesus Christ might show forth all longsuffering, for a pattern to them which should hereafter believe on Him to life everlasting

Instruction for the Body of Christ
are found in Paul's Epistles

no other prophets refers
to the Body of Christ

Ephesians 5;32 calls the Church's union with Christ a great mystery

II Tim 1:11 " Whereunto I am appointed a preacher, and an apostle, and a teacher of the Gentiles

Treat the OT and NT

principles throughout the Word of God that are profitable

Salvation

Prophetic

Mystery

Matt 19:16 " And behold, one came and said unto Him, Good Master, what must I do, that I may have eternal life? And He said unto him, Why callest thou Me Good? There is none good but one, that is, God: but if thou wil;l enter into life, keep commandments

Acts 2;37-38 " "men and brethren, what shall we do? Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins"

click to edit