Testament

The Gospel of Matthew has many interesting stories within it. Matthew is the first book in the transition from the Old Testament into the New Testament. Matthew starts off with the wonderful conception and birth of Jesus in Bethlehem. He writes, “Joseph son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary home as your wife, because what is conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit.” Matthew 1:20. He praises Joseph for not leaving Mary; he did as the angel of the Lord commanded and took Mary home as his…

Vera Brittain, in her memoir, Testament of Youth, analyzes and describes her experiences being a young lady during the First World War. Her memoir consists of clips of letters, from her brother (Edward) and her fiancé (Roland), and clips of her journal in order to better understand her thoughts and feelings concerning both the war and her personal life. Brittain’s purpose is to try to unravel all the feelings she has, while trying to understand them, because, at the time, it was difficult for…

The Old Testament is old, right? And the order of it is pretty dang important, so that’s what I 'm talking about. And it goes like this. So first as you would think, we are going to start with the key events of Genesis and so on, So first off God created all the things, on the first day God created The heavens and the earth and light and darkness. On the second day God created the sky. On the third day God created dry land, the sea, and also vegetation, so like plants and seeds and stuff. On the…

The book is a great tool to really take a grasp of what Biblical theology is because of the fact of the simple reading it has. It really breaks it down step by step on what it’s talking about and gives you examples to relate to the Old Testament. The diction is really well thought out, not too many big words, but enough to get you into the reading. The time line of the book really doesn’t have a meaning, it goes more by topics the writer wanted to introduce first and goes from there. He also…

The four Gospels of the New Testament portray Jesus very humanly. They are biographies of Jesus’ life from Nazareth to Bethlehem. The purpose of the Gospels is to share the news of Jesus, His birth, His life, His teachings, His death, and His resurrection. Within all four Gospels, He is portrayed as many leaders, kings, and saviors, although, after reading all four, He is one with all, He is Christ. Three of the four Gospels are considered to be the synoptic gospels, because in the end they…

Introduction I am looking at the theme of hope in the main events of the Old Testament I am presenting this to the youth of our church with the hope that they understand what it was to have hope back in the Old Testament times Body God created the world so that they Being Adam and Eve could enjoy the world. They would be the possible future of the world. God wanted them to live in peace and to shear the world with them . In the fall they were tempted by the serpent. They sinned and God…

Whilst Martin Luther read the Letters of Paul in the New testament the main message Luther gained from his reading of the text was that Paul preached that to enter all individuals needed to do was just whole heartedly believe in God and having a strong faith is the only essential they needed to enter the gates of heaven. As a result of this Martin Luther began to make changes when he journeyed around preaching to the public that Paul’s ideology was incorrect and that may of the rituals and…

In chapter one of Genesis in the Old Testament, it talks about creation. It took God six days to create something amazing and one day for Him to rest and to look back at His work. God worked very hard to make sure everything was correct. He went day by day, starting with day and night. Each day He had created something different. God had added the sky, made plants grow along with fruit, put stars into the sky to see at night, and lastly He created animals than humans. Each one of the six days,…

The principle of nonretaliation for personal injury permeates the entire New Testament. It provides guidance when life brings us up against those who care nothing for us and are in fact opposed to all that we stand for. Ask that they might enjoy the blessings of God! Love inevitably desires the best for other people regardless of who they may be. The old nature says, “Curse them”; God says, “Ask me to bless them.” God’s will is that his children become a family where the joys of one become the…

Christianity and Judaism was a big deal in Roman and Greek culture during the period of the New Testament. Religion seemed to be the center of many conflicts and separation between civilizations during this time. The birth of Jesus brought in a lot of controversies within Hellenistic cultures and therefore we see many influences of the new covenant in several of the sculptures and art work created by Greco-Roman artists. Going to the Getty Villa, I was able to find many connections between the…