The Gospel of John Week 8
Scripture: John 5:19-40, Revelation 20.
As we pick up our story, the religious authorities continue to question Jesus about who He says He is and about His actions and miracles. Jesus not only claims to be the Messiah, but also the God of the universe come in human flesh.
Chiastic Structure is used as a teaching method by Jesus in John 5:19-30 – a speaking structure that repeats over and again certain fundamental truths. It’s a way of speaking what’s spoken first and then speaking it last. It’s speaking what is spoken second and repeating it second to the last and what’s spoken third, speaking it again as the 3rd to the last item. A diagram of this type of speaking looks like this:
A1 verse 19
B1 Verses 20-21
C1 verses 22-23
D1 verse 24
D2 verse 25
C2 verses 26-27
B2 verses 28-29
A2 verse 30
Chiastic Structure is a complex speaking structure that Jesus uses to emphasize the seriousness of these life-changing truths.
Other items Pastor discusses:
Spiritually dead vs alive in Christ
The 4 views of the millennium – Revelation 20
Historic Premillennialism
Postmillennialism
Amillennialism
Dispensational Premillennialism
Pastor focuses on the commonalities of the 4 views rather than what they don’t agree on. Their commonalities are: missionary age, great tribulation, rapture, millennium, physical return of Jesus to earth, dead will be raised, new heaven and a new earth.
Pastor also explains first resurrection is when we become believers. The Bible says we go from death (not knowing God) to life (knowing God) through faith in Jesus Christ. The second resurrection is when Jesus returns and the dead are raised.
The first death is unbelief. The second death is hell itself on judgement day for those who do not repent and believe on the Son.
This teaching closes with the testimonies of Christ’s identity and with an emphasis on knowing Jesus, believing in Him and having a relationship with Him.
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