Lesson 1 Flashcards
- What is a Defining Moment?
A marker event or circumstance that shifts the paradigm reorients and redirects our thinking or life.
- Many are the reasons why Jesus came, including the defining purposes of the days of his flesh. Name six of them.
- To fulfil prophecy
- To demonstrate authority of Prophet, Priest, King and Deity
- To be a living example
- To demonstrate a life that pleases God
- To atone for sin as the Lamb of God
- To defeat death, the grave and hell
- To found and build the church
- To restore man
- What was the proper name of “the Hammer”?
Maccabaeus
- What are some of the Jesus’ defining Characteristics?
a) Holiness
b) Meekness
c) Zeal
d) Compassion
- Complete this statement. “He is the ___________ of the new testament and the _______ of the old testament”
“He is the fountainhead of the New Testament and fulfilment of the Old Testament.”
- What was the length in years between the Old and New Testament called “The
Silent Years”?
Approximately 400 years (between Malachi and Matthew, between Nehemiah and Zachariah (John the Baptist’s father).
- Around 40 BC the Romans placed ______ in power. He was still in power at the time of Jesus’ birth.
- Around 40 BC the Romans placed Herod in power. He was still in power at the time of Jesus’ birth.
- What was the political condition leading up to the Time of Jesus?
Matthias, a priest of Judea lead a successful revolt against Syria known as the Maccabean Revolt (167-63BC) Maccabaeus, the hammer organised the revolt and established Palestine as an independent state for a brief period. (This was a time of great suffering and great heroism.)
- Name the four empires that dominated during the 400 silent years.
The Persian Empire (c536-330BC)
The Grecian Empire (c332-167BC)
Palestinian Occupation (312 BC)
Syrian Dominion (203BC)
