1. Three Strands of Human Family
2. Gentiles
3. The Origins and Personalities of God's Chosen People
4. The Christians - The Church
5. From Two Come One - Ephesians 2 - 3
6. The "Fullness of the Gentiles" - Romans 11:25
7. Esau & Jacob
8. Origins of the Arab World
9. Ishmael's Islamic Invasion
10. Esau and the Palestinians
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Learning Objectives
Know how God's plan has played out through
history and into eternity.
Understand how historical events impact future events.
Identify the three main events of the future.
Primary Resources
1. King James Bible
2. Interlinear Greek New Testament
3. Interlinear Hebrew Old Testament
4. Strong's Concordance
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Websites
These are websites that you may find useful
in your study for this course.
Project Gutenberg: Free electronic books
(ebooks) Full text.
http://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Main_Page
bookcrossing.com
http://www.bookcrossing.com/
The Online Books Page
http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/
HighWire Press: Free online full-text
articles.
http://highwire.stanford.edu/lists/freeart.dtl
Baen Free Library: Baen Books make
available a number of their publications in electronic format.
http://www.baen.com/library/
Free Books: Many books in the public domain
may be freely accessed here.
http://www.e-book.com.au/freebooks.htm
Bartleby.com: Great Books Online.
http://www.bartleby.com/
Mr.FreeFree: Free Libraries Online.
http://www.mrfreefree.com/reference/free_libraries_online.html
BibleGateway.com
http://www.biblegateway.com/
Online Bible in over 50 versions.
Strong's Concordance with Hebrew and Greek
Lexicon
http://www.eliyah.com/lexicon.html
Crosswalk
http://bible.crosswalk.com/
Commentaries, concordances, dictionaries, encyclopedias, lexicons.
Bible Atlas
http://www.painsley.org.uk/re/Atlas/
Biblical Maps
http://www.blueletterbible.org/images_maps.html
About.com: Ancient Classical History
http://ancienthistory.about.com/od/biblicalmaps/ig/Biblical-History-Maps/Historical-Maps-of-Israel.htm
Berean Bible Society: Cornelius R. Stam
http://www.bereanbiblesociety.org/history.html
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Grade: 100%
Weekly Paper - 7% each = 50%
Final Project = 25%
Final Examination = 25%
Deliverables
The Weekly Paper is due at the end of each
week.
The Final Project is due at the beginning of the fourteenth week.
The Final Examination is due at the end of the fifteenth week.
WEEK ONE:
Three Strands of the Human Family
Reading: I Corinthians 10; Genesis 10:1-5; Genesis 12; and Acts 2
Lectures online: Listen Download
Study Questions:
1. As distinguished in the assigned readings, what are the
three groups that make up the human family?
2. Looking at the Biblical timeline, when did each of these
family groups come into existence?
3. What events immediately preceded and/or ushered in each
of these family groups?
Two-page paper on: How does understanding the characteristics and
distinctiveness of the three family groups help you to understand and
rightly interpret prophetic Scripture?
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WEEK TWO:
Gentiles
Reading: Genesis 1-11, Daniel 1, Ezekiel 1 and 2, 3, Luke 21
Lectures online: Listen Download
Study questions
1. Which family group was created first and when did its exclusivity
end?
2. Men like Seth, Enoch, and Noah were great men of God but would you
consider them Christians? Explain.
3. After the introduction of the Jews, what role do the Gentiles now
play? When will their role come to an end?
Deliverable
Two page paper on: Define and explain the term "the Times of the
Gentiles" as used in Scripture, Luke 21:24.
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WEEK THREE:
The Origins and Personalities of God's Chosen People
Reading: Genesis 12, 13, 15; Deuteronomy 32, 7; Genesis 32; and II Kings 16:1-6
Lectures online: Listen Download
Study Questions
1. Explain how the first Jew was a Gentile.
2. Discuss how God developed a special relationship with Abraham and
his descendents in the "line of promise."
3. Why did God bring into existence a new people? How does their
existence fit into His eternal plan?
4. Are there ways that this special people and their relationship with
God could be negated?
Deliverable
Two page paper on: How do the "chosen people" of God demonstrate the
grace of God?
Reading: Genesis
12-15, 17, 22, 25, 27, 37, 46, Exodus 1, 2, 3 Numbers 1:47-54. Deuteronomy 34, Joshua 1, Judges 13, I Samuel 1, 9, II Samuel 2, 5, I Kings 1, 2
Lectures online (Dr. McGee):
Deliverable
Paper: For the 12 Jewish personalities,
tell of their choosing, mission, relationship to God, and how God's
grace is demonstrated in each case. (6 to 10 pages)
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WEEK FOUR:
The Christians - The Church
Reading: Reading: Matthew 16, Acts 2, 10, 15, Ephesians 2, I Thessalonians 4:13-18
Lectures online: Listen Download
Study Questions
1. Gentiles and Jews have been the two groups existing up to this
point. We now have Christians. How are these two groups brought
together into this third group called Christians?
2. Define the distinctions and similarities between Christians and the
Church.
3. Why would the people of Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, and Acts 1 not be
included in the new creation called the Church?
4. What is the time period of the Church Age? That is, the
Church Age goes from what point to what point?
Deliverable
Two page paper on: Explain the uniqueness of the Church in its
relationship to Christ.
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WEEK FIVE:
From Two Comes One
Reading: Ephesians 2, 3; Romans 11; II Peter 3; Galatians 2, 3
Lectures online: Listen Download
Study Questions
1. Ephesians 2:11-22 says "from two comes one." What
did Paul mean by this?
2. In light of the truth of Ephesians 2, are God's promises to Jews and
Gentiles different than those given to the Church?
3. How are these truths (from two comes one) manifested in the study of
prophecy?
4. Do these truths give us insight into the messianic Jewish movement?
Deliverable
Two page paper on: Differentiate between
the three members of the human family noting similarities and
differences.
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WEEK SIX:
The Fullness of the Gentiles
Reading: Romans 11, Acts 10,15, II Peter 3
Lectures online: Listen Download
Study Questions
1. When does the "fullness of the Gentiles"
come?
2. What is happening to the Jews during this period?
3. What is keeping Jesus from calling us up, the Rapture of Church,
right now?
4. What way could Christians hasten the coming of the Lord?
Deliverable
Two page paper on: How does the "fullness of the Gentiles" influence
endtime prophecy?
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WEEK SEVEN:
Esau and Jacob
Reading: Genesis 25, 27, 36, 37, Jeremiah 49:7-22, Ezekiel 35, Obadiah 1, Malachi 1, Romans 9:10-14
Lectures online: Listen Download
Study Questions
1. How is God's promise to Rebecca concerning her two sons being played
out in history?
2. What part does "sovereign selection" play in the lives of Jacob and
Esau?
3. What is the ultimate destiny of the descendants of Esau?
4. Is it possible to identify the two peoples spoken of in Genesis 25:23?
Deliverable
Two page paper on: Trace Esau and Jacob from Genesis 25 to Obadiah 18
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WEEK EIGHT:
Origins of the Arab World
Reading: Genesis 10, 16, 17, 25
Lectures online: Listen Download
Study Questions
1. Why is it incorrect to think of Ishmael as the "Father" of the Arab
World?
2. How does Genesis 10 give us further proof that Ishmael was
not the Father of the Arab World?
3. From extra-Biblical writings, define present day thinking of what
nations make up the Arab World.
4. How does a nation qualify as an Arab nation?
Deliverable
Two page paper on: Why is it important to understand the origins of the
Arab world were not the descendents of Ishmael?
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WEEK NINE:
Ishmael's Islamic Invasion
Reading: Genesis 16, 17, 25
Lectures online: Ishmael's Islamic Invasion (5 hour lecture)
1. Satan's Dominion Strategy
5. Islam: The Final Solution
Deliverable
Five page paper: Summarize what you have listened to from the lecture.
Reading: Daniel 11:40-45; Ezekiel 38, Psalm 83:1-8, Joel 2:1-3, Ezekiel 39:1-6
Lectures online: Listen Download
Study Questions
1. Muslim and Islam are not mentioned in the Bible.
2. How can we recognize the role of Islam in the Last Days? From
extra-Biblical writings, describe the eschatology of Islam.
3. Again from extra-Biblical writings, how do current events reveal the
role of Islam in the End Times?
4. How does the Ezekiel 39 prophecy depict the demise of the
Islamic world?
Deliverable
Two page paper on: Describe Islam's role in the End Times and what
brings about their abrupt end.
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WEEK TEN:
Esau and the Palestinians
Reading: Genesis 25, 27, 36, Ex 17, I Samuel 15, Esther 1-3, Ezra 3-5, Malachi 1, Obadiah
Lectures online: Listen to the 5 hour series on Esau and the
Palestinians.
1. The Tale of Two Brothers
2. The Impregnable City - Petra
3. Edomites in Old Testament Times
4. From Malachi to Matthew
Deliverable
Five Page Paper: Summarize the history from Esau to the Palestinians
and
their ultimate destiny.
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FINAL PROJECT
(25 percent)
Eight to Ten Page Paper: There are three members of
the human family, Gentiles, Jews, Christians. Understanding the
distinctions of these three groups helps one to understand to whom God
is communicating during any specific age. Why is this important?
Contrast and illustrate God's different prophetic programs for each of
these three groups.
FINAL EXAMINATION (25
percent) (Student may be exempt by maintaining an "A" average on deliverables and final project.)
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