Eschatology Assessment &Conversations with Jesus

Bible 10 – April 1, 2014

Incarnational Theology1. Incarnational theology is a theological affirmation of Jesus Christ as the

human expression of the second person of the Trinity. – CARM.org2. Incarnational theology can also refer to the belief that Christians are to

function as Jesus Christ to humanity and represent the incarnated Word of God to all people. – CARM.org

Jesus moved into our neighborhood and spoke our language… we are called to move into the neighborhood of the lost and speak their language.

John 3:• Silently Read John 3:1-21• What images or object lessons did Jesus use with Nicodemus?

Death Prediction Recurring Theme

Homework:- Threaded discussion post and comments due by Thursday at 9pm.- Read John 4:1-42 and answer the following questions:- What lesson does Jesus communicate to the Woman at the well? How is that message incarnational?- Considering the woman’s situation and race, how would Jewish society see and treat her? How does Jesus treat her in comparison to society in general?

Conversations with JesusBible 10 – April , 2014

Why are we doing Friday’s Activity?•4 relationships of Shalom.• You and God• You and other humans• You and yourself• You and creation

God

New Birth and Nicodemus?• What do we know about Nicodemus’

profession?• What would his duties include?• Did birth mean something different back

then?• Why would Jesus talk to him about new

birth?• Gentile Conversion - Birth imagery • Occupational daily reminders

What does it mean to be born again?• In small groups develop a definition and submit via Socrative.• Room #682594

Take out homework from last night- What lesson does Jesus communicate to the Woman at the well? How is that message incarnational?- Considering the woman’s situation and race, how would Jewish society see and treat her? How does Jesus treat her in comparison to society in general?

The Woman at the Well: John 4• Religious Outcast• Samaritan

• Moral Outcast• Multiple Spouses

• Gender Outcast• Woman

• Jesus’ Metaphor• Living Water… why?

• Jesus calls her out…

Jesus calls her out…vv17-18What is her response to being called out?vv19-20? “You’ve called me out on my most intimate deep wounds and sins. Help me drink of the living water, and find healing and restoration of Shalom in those areas.”

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ov“Morning? I didn't say I should go in the morning.... But perhaps it may be the morning. Would you believe it, I dined here to-day only to avoid dining with the old man, I loathe him so. I should have left long ago, so far as he is concerned. But why are you so worried about my going away? We've plenty of time before I go, an eternity!”“If you are going away to-morrow, what do you mean by an eternity?”“But what does it matter to us?” laughed Ivan. “We've time enough for our talk, for what brought us here. Why do you look so surprised? Answer: why have we met here? To talk of my love for Katerina Ivanovna, of the old man and Dmitri? of foreign travel? of the fatal position of Russia? Of the Emperor Napoleon? Is that it?”“No.”“Then you know what for. It's different for other people; but we in our green youth have to settle the eternal questions first of all. That's what we care about. Young Russia is talking about nothing but the eternal questions now. Just when the old folks are all taken up with practical questions. Why have you been looking at me in expectation for the last three months? To ask me, ‘What do you believe, or don't you believe at all?’ That's what your eyes have been meaning for these three months, haven't they?”

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ov“Perhaps so,” smiled Alyosha. “You are not laughing at me, now, Ivan?”“Me laughing! I don't want to wound my little brother who has been watching me with such expectation for three months. Alyosha, look straight at me! Of course I am just such a little boy as you are, only not a novice. And what have Russian boys been doing up till now, some of them, I mean? In this stinking tavern, for instance, here, they meet and sit down in a corner. They've never met in their lives before and, when they go out of the tavern, they won't meet again for forty years. And what do they talk about in that momentary halt in the tavern? Of the eternal questions, of the existence of God and immortality. And those who do not believe in God talk of socialism or anarchism, of the transformation of all humanity on a new pattern, so that it all comes to the same, they're the same questions turned inside out. And masses, masses of the most original Russian boys do nothing but talk of the eternal questions! Isn't it so?”

What would Jesus call you out on?• If Jesus were to meet you at your locker and call you out like he did to

the woman at the well, would you want to talk theology, or would you be willing to discuss those areas of brokenness?• Take some time to reflect silently about those areas in your life.• After a time of silence, either journal or discuss in a small group/pairs

those issues. How might God want to bring healing and restoration of shalom into those situations? Encourage, exhort, and pray for one another. If you’re journaling on your own… talk to God about this aspect of your life. (your journal won’t be collected)

Conversations with JesusBible 10 – April 7, 2014Bring Devices Tomorrow!This assignment is a big deal…

Luke 18:18-30• What commandments does Jesus cite?• What commandments does Jesus omit?• Luke and the rich. (CONTEXT)

What is rich?• Let's put the world's average salary - in PPP dollars - of $1,480 a month, or

almost $18,000 (less than CA min wage) a year, in context:• It is less than half the average salary of the UK and the United States, where

average monthly earnings are just over $3,000 a month, or around $37,000 a year• It is twice the average salary of Bulgaria, and the same as the average salary in

Poland• The country at the bottom of the average earnings league is Tajikistan, where the

average wage is about $2,700 a year - while the country out on top is Luxembourg with average earnings of around $48,000 a year• You might think that $1,480 a month, or $18,000 a year, is quite high. It comes to

$75 a day for a 20-day working month - but it's well known that more than a third of the world's population lives on less than $2 a day.

From: http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-17512040

Are you rich?• Statistically speaking, are we rich?• Why does Jesus say it is so hard for

rich people to enter?

Homework:- Bring smart devices to class tomorrow to work on papers. I will be walking you through formatting so you will want to have a device.- Finish Final Draft of Paper by Thursday.- Study for Thursday’s Scripture Quiz – Matthew 23

Exegesis Paper WorkdayBible 10 – April 8, 2014

Quick Notes For All• Keener, Craig S. The IVP Bible Background Commentary: New Testament. Downers Grove, IL:

Intervarsity, 1993. Print.• Sections to be included

1. Outline2. Historical [Cultural] Background3. Textual Background4. Extraction5. Interpretation6. Application7. Annotated Works Cited Page

• In-Text Citations• Print w/ Author (Seals 4), Print w/o Author (“Exegetical Analysis of Job” 4)• Bible (NIV Mat 4:11)• Web (Biblestudytools.com), or (bsw.org)• Multiple citations (Seals 3; bsw.org; NIV Mat 3:16)

• Spacing Issues• Word Count• Verses on the outline

Conversations with JesusBible 10 – April 9, 2014Papers Due Tomorrow!

I’m old… so don’t expect late answers

MLA Formatting Checklist• Paper is typed on a computer and is printed on standard white 8.5 x 11-inch paper.• Double space entire paper.• Only one space after periods or other punctuation marks.• 12 pt. Times New Roman Font• Margins of document set to 1 inch on all sides.• First line of paragraphs indented one half-inch from the left margin. (use the Tab key)• Header includes last name and numbers all pages consecutively in the upper right-

hand corner, one-half inch from the top and flush with the right margin. (ex. Seals 3)• Italics used throughout the essay for titles of longer works and, when necessary, to

provide emphasis.

MLA: On the First Page• No title page for the paper.• Heading (this is different than a header) in the upper left-hand corner of the first page with

double spaced text: • First and Last Name• Instructors Name• Course and Period• Date in the following format: DD MONTH Year (ex. 03 September 2013)

• Double space and center the title. Do not underline, italicize, or place your title in quotation marks; write the title in Title Case (standard capitalization), not in all capital letters.

• Use quotation marks and/or italics in your title only if referring to other works.• Double space between the title and first line of the text.

Incarnational Theology1. Incarnational theology is a theological affirmation of Jesus Christ as the

human expression of the second person of the Trinity. – CARM.org2. Incarnational theology can also refer to the belief that Christians are to

function as Jesus Christ to humanity and represent the incarnated Word of God to all people. – CARM.org

Jesus moved into our neighborhood and spoke our language… we are called to move into the neighborhood of the lost and speak their language.

Open to John 14• Textual Context• Jesus is about to die

• Historical/Cultural• Weddings, Marriages, and Houses• “Prince of this World” Angra Mainyu Ha-Satan The Devil

• Agricultural Context• Major Crops: Wheat, Barley, Olives, and Grapes (the main vine)• Pruning • Fruitfulness

Silently Read John 14-15Answer the following questions:1. What words or themes recur in these two chapters?2. What do you think is the central message Jesus is trying to

communicate in Chapter 14?3. What do you think is the central message Jesus is trying to

communicate in Chapter 15?

In Partners Compare Answers… John 14-15Answer the following questions:1. What words or themes recur in these two chapters?2. What do you think is the central message Jesus is trying to

communicate in Chapter 14?3. What do you think is the central message Jesus is trying to

communicate in Chapter 15?

Discussion Questions• What is Jesus’ commandment?• What does that mean?

• According to Jesus, what is the role of the “Advocate,” the Holy Spirit?• Pray in my name?• What does it mean to stay connected to the vine?• What is the fruit we must bear?• What does it mean that we are “friends” instead of servants?

Homework• Finish Exegesis Papers!• Study Matthew 23!

Happy Exegesis Paper Day!

Silently read Matthew 23

Matthew 23 Scripture Quiz1. Whose seat do the Pharisees sit in?2. The Pharisees do their works to be seen by whom?3. According to Jesus we have “one Father.” Who is that Father?4. Who will be humbled?5. What percentage of spices (mint, dill, cumin) do the Pharisees give?6. What are two of the names [insults] that Jesus calls the Pharisees?7. Metaphorically, do the Pharisees clean the inside of the cup or the

outside of the cup?8. Jesus compares the Pharisees to whitewashed ________, filled with

the bones of the dead.9. What city “kill[s] the prophets and stone[s] those sent to [them]”?

Discussion Questions• What is Jesus’ commandment?• What does that mean?

• According to Jesus, what is the role of the “Advocate,” the Holy Spirit?• Pray in my name?• What does it mean to stay connected to the vine?• What is the fruit we must bear?• What does it mean that we are “friends” instead of servants?

Conversations with JesusBible 10 – April 14, 2014

Symbols of the Seder Plate:Chagigah: Roasted eggThis stands for the Temple sacrifice in ancient Jerusalem, which was offered on all holidays. It is roasted to turn it brown, just as the offerings were burned with fire upon the altar. At the Seder it is a reminder of the destruction of the Temple.Charoset: A mixture of nuts, apples, cinnamonThis stands for the mortar with which the ancient Israelites were forced to make bricks in building cities and pyramids for Pharaoh. It is sweet to remind us that the bitterest toil is sweetened by the promise of redemption.Chazereth/Maror: Horseradish root or the bitter herbsThis stands for the bitter life ancient Israelites suffered when they were slaves in Egypt.Karpas: ParsleyThis was part of a salad used at all ancient banquets as we do today at a formal meals. It is the symbol of the coming of spring and life itself.Matzah: Unleavened breadThis is dough made without yeast that bakes into thin, flat bread. Biblical tradition says that the ancient Israelites had to leave Egypt so quickly that they did not have time to let the bread rise, so they made the dough without yeast or leaven.Zeroah: Roasted shank bone/paschal lambThis stands for “Karban Pesach,” the Paschal lamb which ancient Israelites ate during the existence of the Temple.

Any Allergies or Picky People?

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Discussion Questions: John 14• What is Jesus’ commandment?• What does that mean?

• According to Jesus, what is the role of the “Advocate,” the Holy Spirit?• Pray in my name?• What does it mean to stay connected to the vine?• What is the fruit we must bear?• What does it mean that we are “friends” instead of servants?

Matthew 23• What are Jesus’ Complaints against

the Pharisees?• Moses seat? • Hypocrites: Acting term• Rabbi/Father• Shut the door to kingdom of heaven• Converts are sons of hell• Oath inconsistency• Tithes over virtues• Inside vs Outside• Murder Prophets

• Why is THIS the message Jesus brings to them?

Homework• Study for mini-assessment tomorrow.• Incarnational• Woman at the well• Nicodemus• Rich young ruler• Jesus disciples• Pharisees

• Threaded Discussion 15 by tonight at 9pm for Extra Credit.• Seder Volunteers start figuring out where to get supplies.