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Lesson 1 BIG PICTURE OF THE BIBLE

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What is biblical theology? 1.Traces the storyline of Gods plan as it is progressively revealed from Genesis to Revelation (metanarrative) 2.Assumes unity of the whole Bible a narratival canonical plotline The Old is by the New revealed, the New is in the Old concealed INTRODUCTION

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3.Relates problem passages to the one message Do not cook a young goat in its mothers milk. Ex.23:19 Dan is a lions cub, springing out of Bashan. Deut.33:22 Your nose is like the tower of Lebanon looking towards Damascus. Song 7:4 The Leech has two daughters. Give! Give! they cry. Prov.30:15 O Daughter of Babylon, doomed to Destruction, happy is he who repays you for what you have done to us he who seizes your infants and dashes them against the rocks. Ps.137:8-9 BIBLICAL THEOLOGY

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4.Uncovers the relationship between OT and person and work of the Lord Jesus How does this text in question relate to Christ? How do I relate to Christ? Eg Matthew Abraham, David, exile = blessings promised? Mark later OT salvation promises > John B expectation Luke / Acts fulfillment of OT promises John Gods creative Word is the needed life-giving power BIBLICAL THEOLOGY

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Some OT Themes Applied by the New Testament to Christ Creator Word Wisdom Son of God Adam Israel Son of Abraham Son of David Prophet Priest King Light of Nations New covenant Salvation Servant of God Anointed One Redemption Shepherd BIBLICAL THEOLOGY

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Core intertwining threads Creation Fall Redemption Consummation New-creational reign = penultimate logical main point (leading to Gods glory) CENTRAL STORYLINE

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Primary strand of OT storyline: The Old Testament is the story of God, who progressively reestablishes his new-creational kingdom out of chaos over a sinful people by his word and Spirit through promise, covenant, and redemption, resulting in worldwide commission to the faithful to advance this kingdom, and judgment (defeat or exile) for the unfaithful, unto his glory. GK Beale, 62 CREATION

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NT storyline: Jesus life, trials, death for sinners, and especially resurrection by the Spirit have launched the fulfillment of the eschatological already-not yet new-creational reign, bestowed by grace through faith and resulting in worldwide commission to the faithful to advance this new-creational reign and resulting in judgment for the unbelieving, unto the triune Gods glory. CREATION

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Genesis 1-3 lays the foundation for all else Everything else in the Bible has its roots back here and moves through to its goal in Rev.21 Adams Commission: Gen.1:26-28 Equipped for the task image of God Subdue, rule over, further create Order, rank, harmony, goodness Prophet (listen & tell), priest (temple), king (tree) CREATION COMMISSION

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Adams Covenant Obligations Faithfulness would have resulted in an irreversible escalated state, bringing true rest But he grasped for the reward in the wrong way and at the wrong time Failed as prophet, priest & king CREATION COMMISSION

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The Passing on of Adams Commission Noah, Abraham & his descendants Allusions to / echoes of Gen.1:28 Noah Gen.9:1,7 Abraham Gen.12:1-3, 22:17-18 renews vision for humanity Gen.47:27 beginning to be fulfilled Exod.1:7, 12, 20; Num.23:10-11; Deut.15:4-6 Israel and her leaders also fail thus there is reiteration of the promise that end-time Israel and their end-time King will finally succeed in fully accomplishing the Adamic commission Is.54:1-3, Ezek.36:9-12, Dan.7:13-14, Hos.1:10 CREATION COMMISSION

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Differences in the Commission to Adam and to his descendants Included reigning over unregenerate human forces beacons of light to others living in spiritual darkness Ex.19:6; Num.32:22; Is.55:5 Includes Gods promise to help carry out the commission and the promise of Gods presence first with Isaac Gen.26:24 Under Mosaic administration - Israel were to obey Gods new rules as the promised land is viewed like the garden of Eden Is.51:3, ezek.36:35 Israel expelled, God withdraws, the promise remains unrealized CREATION COMMISSION

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First chaos of earth & waters Flood chaosEgypt chaosWilderness chaos Babylonian & land chaos Chaos of oppression First creation New creation NC through Red Sea NC through Jordan NC through return Escalated NC in Christ First commision Noahs commision Corporate Adams commission Promised end-time commission Commission of Christ First Adams sin New Adams sin (Noah) Israels sinRepeated sin in land Forfeited role by sin Christ as Adam-Israel resists sin First Adam's judgment & exile Babel judgment & exile Wilderness judgment & exile Judgment in land & exile to Babylon Judgment of continuing exile Physical exile cont. but spiritual restoration NEW-CREATION CYCLES

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LESSON 2 FALL

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L2 FALL

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Why do people need to be created anew in Christ? They worship and resemble some image in the creation rather than Gods image. Christs work begins to regain for us what was lost; we begin to be re-created and reflect His image, a process completed at Christs final coming. L2 FALL

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The Fall = The rebellion of the whole human race against God through the historic act of our first parents. Their disobedience was a failed attempt to become as God. G Goldsworthy, 134 L2 FALL

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When Adam stopped being committed to God and reflecting his image, he revered something else in place of God and resembled his new object of worship. GK Beale, 358. 1 st Commandment (Exod.20:3); 1 st petition Lords Prayer (Mat.6:9) Gen.3 What was the temptation? L2 FALL

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Temptation : Satans suggestion that Gods word could not be relied upon as the absolute authority and source of truth for mankind. Adam & Eve made themselves the measure of all things L2 FALL

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Idol worship = revering anything other than God Adams sin of idol worship = shifted his allegiance from God to himself and Satan How should Adam have acted as Gods vice- regent to the approach of the serpent? L2 FALL

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How does Adams behavior in Gen.3 resemble the serpents in some ways? L2 FALL

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Israels history of battling idolatry L2 FALL Exod.32 Israel like rebellious cows running wild needing to be regathered Ps.115:4-8 idolaters resemble the spiritual lifelessness of their idols Is.6:9 people become like the idols they refuse to stop loving Hos.4:16-17 Israels stubbornness is idol worship > out of control, head-strong, wild

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New Testament Matthew quotes Is.6:9-10 then quotes Jesus saying to the disciples, But blessed are your eyes because they see; and your ears because they hear. Why? To you it has been granted to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven. Matt.13:11ff Only God is the giver of sight and hearing and can recreate to form them to reflect His glory Isa.29, 44 L2 FALL

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New Testament Rom.1:20-28 idolatry = root of and essence of sin What is exchanged? (v.23, 25) Israel gave up the opportunity to bask in the glory of the immortal God > they basked in and reflect whatever else they substituted Ps.106 the glory of God for the image of an ox Jer.2 the same sin is continuing L2 FALL

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Rom.1:18-28Rom.12:1-2 v.24: that their bodies would be dishonored among them v.1: present your bodies a living and holy sacrifice, acceptable to God v.25: they worshipped and served the creature rather than the Creator v.1: your spiritual service of worship v.25: they worshipped and served the creature rather than the Creator v.2: And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind [in God] v.28: just as they did not approve [it proper] to have God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a disapproved mind [a mind not approved by God] v.2: be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may approve what the will of God is L2 FALL Perverted worship Proper worship

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Judgment Serpent cursed above all animals Eve pain and harmony disrupted Adam his dominion challenged Death = broken fellowship Loss of paradise > existence in the midst if death Can Gods perfect kingdom be restored? L2 FALL

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How is this re-creation possible? Rom.8:28-29 Either we love some earthly object and become increasingly like it, or we love God and become increasingly like Jesus; whichever image we revere (Gods or the worlds) we resemble, either for ruin or for redemption L2 FALL

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Did all mankind fall in Adams first transgression? The covenant being made with Adam, not only for himself, but for his posterity, all mankind, descending from him by ordinary generation, sinned in him, and fell with him, in his first transgression. WSC16 L2 FALL

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Adam fell as a living image-bearer of God, set up by God on the territory of earth to show that He was the ultimate ruler He was subdued by the serpent (another creature) Subduing the earth became wearisome and vain Instead of filling the earth with children bearing Gods image of glory, he created and filled it with offspring bearing their own inglorious sin and reflecting the image of the fallen created order L2 FALL SUMMARY

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The first Adam brought us into a state of Sin guilt of Adams first sin, lack of original righteousness, corruption of our whole nature producing actual transgressions Misery lost communion with God, under His wrath and curse, liable to all miseries of this life, death, the pains of hell forever L2 FALL SUMMARY

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IT IS BELIEVED THAT THIS MASTERPIECE CAN BE RESTORED TO ITS ORIGINAL CONDITION.

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LESSON 3REDEMPTION Savannah

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Core intertwining threads of central story Creation Fall Redemption Consummation New-creational reign = penultimate logical main point (leading to Gods glory) L3 REDEMPTION

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Did God leave all mankind to perish in the estate of sin and misery? God... by a Redeemer. WSC20 L3 REDEMPTION

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First promise of the Redeemer Gen.3:15 = promise = word = Word = Jesus Gen.4 > offspring of serpent Gen.5 > offspring of the woman These two lines remain in NT thought: Jn.8:39ff, 1Jn.3:10ff family resemblance L3 REDEMPTION

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He is the promised seed of Adam who would crush Satans head (Gen.3:15). Barye, 1932 L3 REDEMPTION

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Gen.6 Sons of God and daughters of men Noah 2Pet.3:5ff, 13 (3 worlds) Covenant and sign: shadow of good to come Gen.6:18, 9:9 Adamic theology enlarged Emphasized grace-promise Strengthened evidence of Gods total sovereignty Encouraged right and acceptable worship Babel separation (Noah 702) L3 REDEMPTION

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324 years after Babel Gen.12 Abraham

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Promise to Abraham global blessing through his Seed (Gen. 12:1-3, Gal.3:16). L3 REDEMPTION

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Abraham Father of the Faithful Genesis promise renewed at least 7 times, made clearer, richer Eternal blessing restricted to his family Isaac Jacob Repeated emphasis of grace-promise, revelations, reforms of worship Gen.50:26 L3 REDEMPTION

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The Seed will be the son of Judah, who will reign eternally as king, whose garments are washed in the blood of grapes, and whose hand is on the neck of his enemies (Gen. 49:8-12). L3 REDEMPTION

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The Seed is to be a Passover Lamb (Exod. 12). L3 REDEMPTION

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A greater Son of Israel who will come out of Egypt A greater Redeemer who will bring his people out of greater bondage and slavery (Exod. 12-14). L3 REDEMPTION

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Redemption = release by a cost or price Atonement OT worship substitutionary sacrifice central Rom.3:21-26 Gods end-time judgment has broken into time at the cross Warfare theme prominent in OT and NT L3 REDEMPTION

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L4 CONSUMMATION

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JESUS CHRIST Central to the Bible yet abstract without other biblical doctrines (Trinity, creation, fall, redemption, consummation) L4 CONSUMMATION

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What framework ties these themes together? The architectonic structure of covenant (a matrix of beams and pillars that holds together the structure of biblical faith and practice) provides the context within which we recognize the unity of Scripture amid its remarkable variety. L4 CONSUMMATION

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Covenant of creation / works with humanity in Adam and at Sinai command and promise Command and Promise Covenant of grace the unconditional oath made to the eternal Son, to Adam and Eve after the fall, to Abraham, to David and us Unconditional promise L4 CONSUMMATION

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E.g. Deuteronomy Is it just timeless principles of blessing and cursing? Must ask: how does the administration of this covenant with the nation of Israel relate to the eternal plan of redemption carried forward in the unconditional divine promise to Abraham and fulfilled in Christ? What of conditional obedience? L4 CONSUMMATION

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Scripture moves from promise to fulfillment e.g. Garden Temple City Kingdom Judgment Salvation Presence of God Spread of righteousness L4 CONSUMMATION

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Scripture moves from promise to fulfillment Be fruitful and multiply Gen.1:28 > Gen.15:6 > Jer.23:3ff > Eph.3:3-6 > Rev.7:9ff the Seed of the woman Gen.3:15 > Gen.12:3 > 49:10 > 2Sam.7:12-15 > Isa.9:6 > Matt.1:1 > Acts 2:29ff > Rom.1:4 > Col.2:15 > Heb.2:14ff > Rev.22:16 L4 CONSUMMATION

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Scripture moves from promise to fulfillment I will be with you Gen.26:3, 31:3 > Exod.29:42- 45 > Exod.40:34ff > 1Kings 8 > Amos.9:11 > Ezek. 8-11 > Jn.1:14 > Matt.28:18ff > Acts 15:16-18 > 1Cor.6:19, 12:27 > 1Thes.1:10 > Rev.21:3-7 L4 CONSUMMATION

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Who restores the image of God in us? Who crushes the head of the Serpent? Who brings rebels back to Paradise? L4 CONSUMMATION

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