New Testament Survey

Introduction

Family Life in Israel

Being Part of the Family of God

Remains of synagogue in Corazin

Olive Oil Production

1st pressing – synagogue (lamps, anointing)

2nd pressing – household lamps

3rd pressing – cooking

4th pressing – soap, lard

Shepherds still tend their flocks in Israel. A young boy walks in front; the head shepherd follows the flock, watching over them all.

Remains of family dwellings

Bayit – Family Dwelling

Family quarters

Work space

Stable

Guest quarters

Bayit – Family Dwelling

Family quarters- newly wed couple

“I go to prepare a place for you”

Bayit – Family Dwelling

“In my Father’s house are many rooms”

Psalm 2:7

He said to me, “You are my son; today I have become your Father.”

1 John 3:1-2

How great is the love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! And that is what we are! The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know him. Dear friends, now we are children of God, and what we will be has not yet been made known. But we know that when he appears, we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is.

From Dan to Beersheva:A Land of Milk and

Honey

The Geography of Israel

Dan

West to East: 1. Coastal Plain

Caesarea

West to East: 2. Shephelah

Sorek Valley from Bet Shemesh

West to East: 3. Central Mountain Range

En Gedi

West to East: 4. Jordan Rift

Dead Sea from Masada

West to East: 5. Eastern Plateau

“Mount Sodom” at Dead Sea

North to South

• Galilee (wet / green)

• Negev (dry) and Wilderness (Desert)

Mediterranean Sea

Caesarea

Sea of Galilee

Capernaum

Dead Sea

Jordan River

From Moses to Ariel Sharon: Heritage and Hope

The History of Israel

One Nation Under God?

• 1250 – 1200 BC, Exodus, Conquest (Canaanites)

• 1200 – 1050 BC, Judges (Canaanites, Philistines, others)

• 1050 – 931 BC, United Monarchy (Philistines)

• 931 – 586 BC, Divided Monarchy (Assyria, Babylon, each other)

Dominating Empires

• Assyrian (750 – 625 BC; defeated Israel, 722 BC)

• Babylonian (625 – 539 BC; defeated Judah, 586 BC)

• Persian (539 – 331 BC; Cyrus allowed return to Palestine)

• Greek (331 – 166 BC)• Roman (63 BC – 323 AD)

Hasmoneans

• 166 – 63 BC

• Greeks desecrated the temple in 167 BC

• Temple cleansed and rededicated in 164 BC

• Chanukah, Festival of Lights

Theater in Caesarea

Greek Influence

Roman Empire

• 63 BC – 323 AD

• Herod the Great (37 – 4 BC)

• Herod Antipas (4 BC – 39 AD)

• Herod Agrippa I, II (39 – 66 AD)

Antonia Fortress, Jerusalem

Roman Power

Pax Romana

Aqueduct at Caesarea

Model of Herodian Temple

Jewish Revolt

• Synagogue desecrated in Caesarea, 66 AD

• Riot spread to Jerusalem

• Thousands of Jews killed

• Temple destroyed, 70 AD

Temple Destroyed

70 AD

Herodian era street recently uncovered showing rubble and damage from stones pushed off the temple mount in the destruction of the temple

Roman Camp, Masada

Boulders as defense

Masada

Bar Kochba Revolt

• 132 – 135 AD

• Messianic pretender

• Devastation of Jerusalem

Succession of Power

• 323 – 638, Byzantine (Constantinople)• 638 – 1099, Islam• 1099 – 1187, Crusaders• 1187 – 1250, Islam• 1250 – 1517, Mamluk (Egypt)• 1517 – 1917, Ottoman (Turks)• 1917 – 1948, British protectorate• 1948 – today, State of Israel

Dome of the Rock, Temple Mount, Jerusalem