Learning Objectives

Upon successful completion you should be able to:

• Better understand first-century Jewish eschatological expectations amid different Jewish groups

• Relate the birth of the Messiah to the arrival of the kingdom of God and the fulfillment of Old Testament passages

• Explain key thematic words and theological ideas in the prologue of John’s Gospel

• Relate Jesus’ titles of “Immanuel” and “Messiah” to Jesus’ life and kingdom mission

Course Outline

Introduction

• Introducing the Course

Unit 1: Messianic Expectations

• The Unfolding Story of the Intertestamental Period (from BI201)

• Expectations within First-Century Judaism (from BI271)

• Time of Jesus: Religious and Cultural Background (from NT311)

• The Royal Messiah (from BI271)

Unit 2: The Birth of the Messiah (from BI201)

• The Kingdom of God (from NT315)

• “The Beginning of the Gospel of Jesus the Messiah” (from NT314)

• Fulfillment Formula 1 (from NT314)

• Fulfillment Formula 2 (from NT314)

• Fulfillment Formula 3 (from NT314)

• Fulfillment Formulas 4 and 5 (from NT314)

• Background of Luke 2 (from BI103)

• Wisdom’s Way into the World (from NT221)

• Prologue: Theological Ideas (from NT323)

Unit 3: The Person of the Messiah

• Jesus’ Kingdom Mission: A New Way (from BI201)

• Immanuel (from TH241)

• Messiah (from NT305)

• Gospel of John’s Christology (from NT323)

• Gospels as Bios:Particular Aspects in the Gospels (from NT301)

• Proclaiming the Kingdom (from NT315)

• Philippians 2:6–11 (from TH241)

• Christ Our Peace (from NT343)

Details

• Title: NT146 The Arrival of Christ and His Kingdom

• Instructors: Craig S. Keener, Michael W. Goheen, Jeannine K. Brown, Ben Witherington III, Jonathan Pennington, Douglas Moo, Craig A. Evans, Mark L. Strauss, Joel Willitts, Lynn Cohick, Gerry Breshears

• Publisher: Lexham Press

• Publication Date: 2016

• Product Type: Logos Mobile Education

• Resource Type: Courseware, including transcripts, audio, and video resources

• Courses: 1

• Video Hours: 2