1. Jerusalem Throughout History
2. Salem and Jerusalem
3. Capture of Jerusalem
4. Jerusalem, Spiritual Capital
5. Jerusalem, Eternal Capital
6. Jerusalem's Destruction and Dispersion
7. Jerusalem, Trodden Down During the Times of The Gentiles
8. Jerusalem, Cup of Trembling
9. Jerusalem, Garden of Eden
10. Jerusalem, Campaign of Armageddon
11. Jerusalem, Kingdom Headquarters
12. New Jerusalem
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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Reference List
1. Audio/video lectures
by Dr. DeYoung and other historians and theologians. Posted on website
2. J. Vermon McGee
Grade:
Assignments 7 percent each
Final Project 16 percent
Deliverables
Weekly assignment equal a total of 84
percent of your grade…7 points per assignment
Final project equals 16 percent of your grade.
Find every mention of Jerusalem in scripture.
WEEK ONE:
Jerusalem Throughout History 764 OT and NT from Joshua 10:1 to
Rev 21:10
A chart divided into Jerusalem Past present
and future. Put each of the 764 references under appropriate
heading.with brief explanation of why verse is un column it is.
Joshua 10:1 Past Begins conquering the land
Zach 12:2 Jerusalem Present. Description of Jerusalem in
time of tribulation
Rev 21:10 Future. New Jerusalem
Reading: Geneses 1 and 2
Supplemental Reading:
Listen to: Creation, the Flood, and Prophecy CD #1
Study Questions:
1. Study questions in guide
What scriptural proofs for the 24 hour of creation
Notice the chronology of creation that is contradictory of man's
thinking
Explain the differences between chapter 1 and 2 in the descriptions of God's act of Creation
2. Four page paper on: What scripture supports the literal
creation as recorded in Genesis
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WEEK TWO:
Salem and Jerusalem
Read Genesis 14:17-24, Psalm 76, Psalm 110
Supplemental Reading: Hebrews 5:6; 6:20; 7:17 and 21
How does Melchizedek play into
understanding Salem/Jerusalem?
Write a 2-page paper on How we determine Genesis 14:18 is truly Jerusalem (using passages from this weeks reading.)
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WEEK THREE:
Capture of the Jerusalem
Read II Samuel 5
Write a 4-page paper on How David and his men captured the Jebuisite stronghold of Jerusalem and make it the
political capital of the Jewish people.
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WEEK FOUR:
Jerusalem, Spiritual Capital
Read: II Samuel 6
Deliverables: Detail how King David made Jerusalem the spiritual
capital of the Jewish people and when this took place in history and
how that is significant. Include the geo-political events
surrounding at that time in history.
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WEEK FIVE:
Jerusalem, eternal Capital - II Samuel 7
Read II Samuel 7
Deliverables:
Explain how the Davidic Covenant establish Jerusalem as the eternal
capital of the Jewish people. How does Jeremiah 33:17-26
interact with His covenant Promise?
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WEEK SIX:
Jerusalem's Destruction and Dispersion
Read II Chronicles 36 and Luke 21
Deliverables: Write a brief history on the first destruction of the city of Jerusalem and
dispersion of the Jewish people (II Chronicles 36), and the last (Luke 21).
Include the geo-political contemporary events.
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WEEK SEVEN:
Jerusalem, Trodden Down During the Times of The Gentiles
Explain Luke 21:24 and its fulfillment using
Daniel 2; 7; a definition of the times of the Gentiles the revived
Roman empire and the purpose of the tribulation as it relates to Luke
21:24.
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WEEK EIGHT:
Jerusalem, Cup of Trembling
Read Zechariah 1 and 12
Realizing that Zechariah 12:2 this is apostolic phrase, explain the
significance of this prophecy as it relates to Jerusalem. Additional ref to Zechariah 1:12-16.
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WEEK NINE:
Jerusalem, Garden of Eden
Research: Garden of Eden as it relates to Jerusalem.
Source: Orthodox Jewish writings/commentary; include research from
templeinstitute.org
Demonstrate/prove that the Garden of Eden is Jerusalem. Notice
the definition of ‘the holy mountain of God” Daniel 9:16
and 20
Do a study on that phrase, “holy mountain of God,” in the
Old Testament as it relates to the Garden of Eden. I.E. Ezekiel
28:14, 16.
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WEEK TEN:
Jerusalem, Campaign of Armageddon
Using Zechariah 14:1-5 and Revelation 16:13-16 and 19:11-20 to explain
the phrase “campaign of Armageddon” instead of
“battle or Armageddon” as it relates to Jerusalem.
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WEEK ELEVEN:
Jerusalem, Kingdom Headquarters
Read Psalm 132, Genesis 1, and II Samuel 7
Using the following verses defend the statement "Jerusalem is the
headquarters of the kingdom that is to come".
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WEEK TWELVE:
New Jerusalem
Read Revelation 21-22, Ezekiel 37
Discuss the new Jerusalem and its location.
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FINAL PROJECT
(16 percent)
Write a paper covering how Jerusalem's past and
prophetic significance plays into the present in the city of Jerusalem.
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