New Testament Exam 1 (Ford)

They don't make sense without each other. The Old Testament sets up categories to make sense of the New. The OT needs the new because that is where the signs come to pass.

Why the New Testament needs the Old and vice versa?

It points back to Chronicles, showing this is a continuation of the Biblical story. It shows that Jesus is the fulfillment of the Davidic Covenant.

The meaning of the genealogy in Matthew 1?

God's search for a faithful covenant partner.

The summary of the Old Testament?

A Catalog of books that tells us what we are to believe and how we are to behave.

The meaning of canon (3 pieces)

The books where already divine, it just took men to recognize them.

Recognizing the canon vs determining the canon

Unity, diversity, and authority.

The implications of canon (3 pieces)

Ancient Bioi

The genre of the gospels

The gospels record historical events and communicate theology through the flow of the plot, not the flow of thought (Showing, not telling)

The meaning of gospels being history and theology

The law reveals the sinful nature of man. This passage shows, not tells.

Meaning of Matthew 19 and the rich young man

Flow of plot

How we interpret the gospels (plot not thought)

A rebuke of the Pharisees hard hearts.

The meaning of the prodigal son

The Gospels are autonomous - they don't come out and say the author

The authorship of the gospels

Discourse

The literary distinctive of Matthew

Jesus is the Messiah, the fulfillment of the Old Testament Prophecies.

The main theme of Matthew

Typeology

The nature of fulfillment in Matthew and the virgin birth

To answer the question, "What is true righteousness?"

The purpose of the Sermon on the Mount

Wholeness - true righteousness is on the outside and inside

The nature of righteousness on the Sermon on the Mount

They are hypocrites

The problem of the Pharisees

Showing the heart behind the law and then brings a new heart through his death and resurrection.

How Jesus fulfills the Law

-Context

-temple

-second coming

The events of the Olivet Discourse

-time stamps

-context

-apocalyptic imagery

The arguments for a complex reading of the Olivet Discourse

Cosmic language used to describe destruction of kingdoms

The nature of apocalyptic language

Peter

The source (let the reader understand) of Mark's Gospel

-literary real estate

-mark end (check spelling) sandwiches

The literary features of Mark's gospel

Jesus is the Son of God, who died as a ransom for many.

The main theme of Mark

John the Baptist (voice in the wilderness)

How Mark communicates Jesus' divinity

Parallels the disciple's journey of spiritual blindness

The meaning of the miracle in Mark 8

blood of the covenant (brings freedom and forgiveness), the tearing of the veil, moral issues

How Mark communicates the theological purpose of Christ's death

Internal= Complexity of the Greek, we passage in Acts

External= papious and marcium

The authorship of Luke (evidence)

Parables and the Journey to Jerusalem

Literary features of Luke

Jesus is the Savior of the World

The main theme of Luke

-focus on the disenfranchise

-focus on the Holy Spirit

-meaning of the OT

The sub themes of Luke

"If you know you know, if you don't you won't". Obscures the message from unbelievers.

The purpose of parables

-stories which are not history but theology

-parables speak to the context

-Stories with one main point

The principles of parables

Love of riches is indicative of a heart that is so hard that they won't believe no matter what is done

The point of the Rich Man and Lazarus

-discourse

-prologue

-7 signs

-high priestly prayer

The literary features of John

Jesus is the Divine Son incarnate, so by believing in Him you will have eternal life.

The main theme of John

He is divine, but He is not God the father

The meaning of the Son of God

-harking back to OT creation story

-paint Jesus as the supreme revelation of who God is

-subvert the Greek world view of the word

The purpose of John's use of the Word.

-condition of salvation

-brought about by the Holy Spirit

-preserved by God

-it must persevere

The nature of belief