Basic Biblical Knowledge Lesson 2
Distinguishing the Eras
- Main Reference
Lk 12:56
Hypocrites! You know how to interpret the appearance of the earth and the sky. How is it that you don’t know how to interpret this present time?
The appearance of the earth and the sky 👉 know how to interpret
This present time 👉 don't know how to interpret
- Explanation
1. The era of Genesis
Gn 2:7
Then the LORD God formed a man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being
Gn 6:8
But Noah found favor in the eyes of the LORD
Gn 15:13-16
13 Then the LORD said to him, “Know for certain that for four hundred years your descendants will be strangers in a country not their own and that they will be enslaved and mistreated there
14 But I will punish the nation they serve as slaves, and afterward they will come out with great possessions
15 You, however, will go to your ancestors in peace and be buried at a good old age
16 In the fourth generation your descendants will come back here, for the sin of the Amorites has not yet reached its full measure.”
Gn 21:3
Abraham gave the name Isaac to the son Sarah bore him.
Gn 46:7
Jacob brought with him to Egypt his sons and grandsons and his daughters and granddaughters—all his offspring.
2. The era of Exodus and the law
Jud 2:16
Then the LORD raised up judges, who saved them out of the hands of these raiders
3. The era of the judges
1 Sam 12:12
“But when you saw that Nahash king of the Ammonites was moving against you, you said to me, ‘No, we want a king to rule over us’—even though the LORD your God was your king.
4. The era of the kings
5. The era of the prophets
Mt 5:3
“Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Mt 6:10
your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.
Mt 6:33
But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.
Mt 7:21
“Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven.
6. The era of the gospel of heaven
Acts 1:8
But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.”
7. The era of the epistles (letters)
Rv 21:1-2
1 Then I saw “a new heaven and a new earth,”[a] for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and there was no longer any sea.
2 I saw the Holy City, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride beautifully dressed for her husband.
Rv 5:1
Then I saw in the right hand of him who sat on the throne a scroll with writing on both sides and sealed with seven seals.
Rv 5:7
He went and took the scroll from the right hand of him who sat on the throne.
8. The era of re-creation and revelation
Rv 22:16
“I, Jesus, have sent my angel to give you this testimony for the churches. I am the Root and the Offspring of David, and the bright Morning Star.”
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