Matthew, Strategic Role, & Significance Flashcards
Occupation
Tax Collector
The Maji were looking for a what?
KING
Matthew was also called…
LEVI
According to Jews, Publicans are the same as…
Sinners.
Matthew’s main audience
The Jews
The Jews considered Tax Collectors to be worst than who?
Gentiles
What is the theme of Matthew?
Jesus is King
The Book of Matthew compares Jesus to who?
Moses
Importance of the book
To link the message of Jesus to the Old Testament
Turn these stones to bread
Abuse power for self-gratification
Jump off the temple and the angels will carry you
Be careless with life, believing God will bail you out
Bow down and worship the enemy
Focus on earthly acquisitions
A true prince uses what?
Wisdom. Does not force the hand of God
Nobody puts old wine into new wineskins. What is this referring to?
Jesus had to Re-educate his people because the Old System can’t hold Christ’s message
What are the special circumstances during this time?
The tax revolt is starting to escalate. Leading up to the Jewish wars.
The Jewish leadership of Jesus time was deceiving the people. What Responsibility to the Jewish leader ship have to the people?
Spiritual condition of the people
The book of Matthew is a bridge between the Old Testament and the New Testament. Jesus has portrayed as what?
King
The theme of kingdom runs through what?
The entire Bible
Adam and Eve were created to?
Rule
Promise of a coming?
King
Jesus returns as what in the book of revelations?
King
The kings of Israel were meant to represent who?
Guard
This word is used more in this Gospel then all of the other gospels
Kingdom
Jesus is called the son of David. heir to what?
The throne
What is Jesus genealogy?
Royalty
His crime was that he was what?
The king of the Jews
They did not want his kingdom, what type of kingdom did they want?
They wanted a military kingdom
Pilate asked him if he was a king and he said what?
His kingdom is not of this world
