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Understanding Bible Basics

• The Bible is 66 different books• Written by 40 different people• Written over a period of about 2,000 years• Consist of 2 volumes called the Old Testament and

the New Testament• Although spread out in 66 different books, the Bible

is a single message• Written in 3 languages: Hebrew, Aramaic & Greek• You CANNOT truly learn the depths of the Bible

without accepting Jesus Christ and help from the Holy Spirit (John 14:25, 1 Corinthians 2:11-14)

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The Purpose of This Lesson

• So that we may understand and accomplish what is written in:

• Romans 12:2• “And do not be conformed to this world, but be

transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God.”

• 2 Corinthians 3:18• “But we all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a

mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as by the Spirit of the Lord.”

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• We examined proof that the Tanakh is authentic

• We confirmed the existence of YHWY Elohim through creation and fulfilled prophecies

• We examined the origin and establishment of the Hebrew people

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• The fulfillment of the Hebrew religion

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• The First Man and Woman of the Earth• Genesis 2:15-17

• 15 Then the LORD God [YHWH Elohim] took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to tend and keep it. 16And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, “Of every tree of the garden you may freely eat; 17 but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat of it you shall surely die.”

• The First Man and Woman of the Earth• Genesis 2:15-17

• 15 Then the LORD God [YHWH Elohim] took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to tend and keep it. 16And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, “Of every tree of the garden you may freely eat; 17 but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat of it you shall surely die.”

First Commandment from God

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• The First Sin: Eve’s disobedience to the word of God spoken through her husband (see Genesis 3:4-6)

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1Now the serpent was more cunning than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said to the woman, “Has God indeed said, ‘You shall not eat of every tree of the garden’?” 2And the woman said to the serpent, “We may eat the fruit of the trees of the garden; 3but of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God has said, ‘You shall not eat it, nor shall you touch it, lest you die.’” 4Then the serpent said to the woman, “You will not surely die. 5For God knows that in the day you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.” 6So when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree desirable to make one wise, she took of its fruit and ate. She also gave to her husband with her, and he ate.

Who added this restriction?

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• The First Sin: Eve’s Disobedience to the word of God spoken through her husband (see Genesis 3:4-6)

• The Second Sin: Adams disobedience to God – taking the word of his wife over the word of God (see Genesis 3:

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17Then to Adam He said, “Because you have heeded the voice of your wife, and have eaten from the tree of which I commanded you, saying, ‘You shall not eat of it’: “cursed is the ground for your sake; in toil you shall eat of it

all the days of your life. 8 Both thorns and thistles it shall bring forth for you, and you shall eat the herb of the field. 19 In the sweat of your face you shall eat bread till you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken;

for dust you are, and to dust you shall return.”

Eve convinced her husband to disobey God

Harkened - KJV

Listened - NASB

What God actually told Adam

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• The Third Sin: MURDER. Cain kills his brother • The Fourth Sin: Cain’s lie to God about the whereabouts of his

brother (see Genesis 4:8-13)

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8 Now Cain talked with Abel his brother; and it came to pass, when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother and killed him. 9 Then the LORD said to Cain, “Where is Abel your brother?” He said, “I do not know. Am I my brother’s keeper?” 10 And He said, “What have you done? The voice of your brother’s blood cries out to Me from the ground. 11 So now you are cursed from the earth, which has opened its mouth to receive your brother’s blood from your hand. 12 When you till the ground, it shall no longer yield its strength to you. A fugitive and a vagabond you shall be on the earth.”

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• The Third Sin: MURDER. Cain kills his brother (see Genesis 4:8-13)

• The Fourth Sin: Cain’s lie to God about the whereabouts of his brother

• The Fifth Sin: Lamech kills a young man for wounding him (see Genesis 4:23-24)

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23 Then Lamech said to his wives:

“Adah and Zillah, hear my voice;

wives of Lamech, listen to my speech!

For I have killed a man for wounding me,

even a young man for hurting me.

24 If Cain shall be avenged sevenfold,

then Lamech seventy-sevenfold.”

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• The Third Sin: MURDER. Cain kills his brother (see Genesis 4:8-13)

• The Fourth Sin: Cain’s lie to God about the whereabouts of his brother

• The Fifth Sin: Lamech kills a young man for wounding him (see Genesis 4:23-24)

• The moral deterioration of the entire planet (see Genesis 6:5-7)

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5Then the LORD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every intent of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. 6 And the LORD was sorry that He had made man on the earth, and He was grieved in His heart. 7 So the LORD said, “I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth, both man and beast, creeping thing and birds of the air, for I am sorry that I have made them.”

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• Nimrod forms the first human government – Genesis 10• The people become rebellious to God – Genesis 11• Abram is called out from an idol worshipping nation in

Genesis 12 to begin a new nation • God prophesizes to Abram that the Earth will be blessed

through his seed• The use of animal sacrifice to atone for sin

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Hebrew Religious Sacrifices

• A sheep or goat must be sacrificed for burnt offering (Lev. 1)

• A bull must be sacrificed for a sin offering (Lev 4)• A lamb or goat must be sacrificed for a peace offering

(Lev. 3)• A lamb, or two turtledoves or two pigeons must be

sacrificed for a trespass offering • A young pigeon or turtledove must be sacrificed for a

woman to become clean from giving birth, 1 lamb, (Lev. 12)

• A bird must be sacrificed after being cleansed of leper (Lev. 14)

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“Behold, the former things have come to pass, and new things I declare; before they spring forth I tell you of them.”

Written approx. 980 BC

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9 “Remember the former things of old, for I am God, and there is no other; I am God, and there is none like Me, 10 declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times things that are not yet done, saying, ‘My counsel shall stand, and I will do all My pleasure”


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• Spoken Revelations

• Direct spoken words from the LORD

• The Seed of the Woman

• Call of Abram

• The Rulership of Judah

• The Coming of the Messiah

• Observed Patterns• Events that

Foreshadowed a Future Event

• The Flood of Noah

• The Offering of Isaac

• The Seven Feasts of God

• The Bronze Serpent

• The Split of the Israel Kingdom

• Descriptive Occurrences

• Direct spoken words from the LORD with a prophetic double meaning

• Adam’s Genealogy in Genesis 5

• Seven Letters to the Seven Churches from Jesus

Some examples…

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“And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your seed and her Seed. He shall bruise your head, and you shall bruise His heel.”

Her Seed = the virgin birth:

Her Seed?

Genesis 3:15 - Written approx. 1410 BC

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The Flood of Noah: Foreshadow of the Rapture of the Church

• The Pattern

• Enoch (Noah’s great grandfather) was raptured before the flood

• Noah and his family are preserved through the flood

• The unrighteous people a destroyed by the flood

• The Event

• The Church is raptured before the great tribulation

• Repented people will be preserved through the great tribulation

• Unrepented people will be destroyed during the great tribulation

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The Genealogy of Adam: Description of Jesus’ Ministry

• Genealogy• Adam: • Seth• Enosh• Kenan• Mahalaleel• Jared• Enoch• Methuselah• Lamech• Noah

• Root Meaningman appointedmortalsorrowblessed Godshall go downteachinghis death shall bringdespairing rest

Man is appointed moral sorrow. But the blessed God shall come down teaching that His death shall being the despairing rest.

Reference check: http://www.abarim-publications.com/Meaning/Abarim.html

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The Promised for…

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“And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your seed and her Seed. He shall bruise your head, and you shall bruise His heel.”

Her Seed = the virgin birth:

Her Seed?


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6 For unto us a Child is born, unto us a Son is given; and the government will be upon His shoulder. And His name will be called Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. 7 Of the increase of His government and peace there will be no end, upon the throne of David and over His kingdom, to order it and establish it with judgment and justice from that time forward, even forever. The zeal of the Lord of hosts will perform this.


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• Two Descriptions of the same person:

• Child

• Son

Born = #3205 - yalad: to bear young, give birth

Given = #5414 - nathan: an action meaning to deliver, to bring, to send

Human attributes of the Messiah

Divine attributes of the Messiah

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• Two Descriptions of the same person:

• Child

• Son

Born = #3205 - yalad: to bear young, give birth

Given = #5414 - nathan: an action meaning to deliver, to bring, to send

Divine attributes of the Messiah

Human attributes of the Messiah

The Messiah will be both human and divine

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• Luke 2:8-11 • 8Now there were in the same country shepherds living out

in the fields, keeping watch over their flock by night. 9 And behold, an angel of the Lord stood before them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were greatly afraid. 10 Then the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid, for behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy which will be to all people. 11 For there is born to you this day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord.

• John 3:16• For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten

Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.

The Human and Divine Nature of The Messiah

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Two Messiahs? • Description 1

• Mashiach ben Yosef

• Servant

• Meek and lowly

• Killed

• Poor

• Suffers for others

• Smitten by God

• Afflicted

• Description 2

• Mashiach ben David

• Ruler

• Mighty

• Triumphs

• Rich

• Conquer others

• Power of God

• Righteous

Yeshua, Mashiach ben Elohim

1st Coming

2nd Coming

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• Wonderful Counselor• Mighty God• Everlasting Father• Prince of Peace

Names given to a Human Being

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1 There shall come forth a Rod from the stem of Jesse, and a Branch shall grow out of his roots. 2The Spirit of the LORD shall rest upon Him, the Spirit of wisdom and understanding, the Spirit of counsel and might, the Spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the LORD. 3His delight is in the fear of the LORD, and He shall not judge by the sight of His eyes, nor decide by the hearing of His ears; 4but with righteousness He shall judge the poor, and decide with equity for the meek of the earth; He shall strike the earth with the rod of His mouth, and with the breath of His lips He shall slay the wicked. 5Righteousness shall be the belt of His loins, and faithfulness the belt of His waist.


Who is this about?

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God’s Displeasure with Animal Sacrifices

• Jeremiah 6:19-20• 19 Hear, O earth! Behold, I will certainly bring

calamity on this people— the fruit of their thoughts, because they have not heeded My words nor My law, but rejected it. 20 For what purpose to Me comes frankincense from Sheba, and sweet cane from a far country? Your burnt offerings are not acceptable, nor your sacrifices sweet to Me.”

• Amos 5:21• 21 “ I hate, I despise your feast days, and I do not

savor your sacred assemblies. 22 hough you offer Me burnt offerings and your grain offerings, I will not accept them, nor will I regard your fattened peace offerings.

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God’s Displeasure with Animal Sacrifices

• Hebrews 10:5-9• 5 Therefore, when He came into the world, He said:

“ Sacrifice and offering You did not desire, but a body You have prepared for Me. 6 In burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin You had no pleasure. 7 Then I said, ‘Behold, I have come— in the volume of the book it is written of Me— to do Your will, O God.’”

• 8 Previously saying, “Sacrifice and offering, burnt offerings, and offerings for sin You did not desire, nor had pleasure in them ” (which are offered according to the law), 9 then He said, “Behold, I have come to do Your will, O God.” He takes away the first that He may establish the second. 10 By that will we have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.

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1 Who has believed our report? And to whom has the arm of the LORD been revealed? 2For He shall grow up before Him as a tender plant, and as a root out of dry ground. He has no form or comeliness; and when we see Him, there is no beauty that we should desire Him. 3He is despised and rejected by men, a Man of sorrows and acquainted with grief. And we hid, as it were, our faces from Him; He was despised, and we did not esteem Him. 4 Surely He has borne our griefs and carried our sorrows; yet we esteemed Him stricken, smitten by God, and afflicted. 5 But He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our iniquities; the chastisement for our peace was upon Him, and by His stripes we are healed.


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5 But He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our iniquities; the chastisement for our peace was upon Him, and by His stripes we are healed. Written 681 years before

Jesus was born

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13Behold, My Servant shall deal prudently; He shall be exalted and extolled and be very high. 14Just as many were astonished at you, so His visage was marred more than any man, and His form more than the sons of men; 15So shall He sprinkle many nations. Kings shall shut their mouths at Him; for what had not been told them they shall see, and what they had not heard they shall consider.

#4758= appearance#4893= disfigurement

#8074= devastated

#8389= physical figure

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God’s Word Translation13My servant will be successful. He will be respected, praised, and highly honored. 14Many will be shocked by him. His appearance will be so disfigured that he won’t look like any other man. His looks will be so disfigured that he will hardly look like a human. 15He will cleanse many nations with his blood. Kings will shut their mouths because of him. They will see things that they had never been told. They will understand things that they had never heard.

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Contemporary English Version13The LORD says: My servant will succeed! He will be given great praise and the highest honors. 14Many were horrified at what happened to him. But everyone who saw him was even more horrified because he suffered until he no longer looked human. 15My servant will make nations worthy to worship me; kings will be silent as they bow in wonder. They will see and think about things they have never seen or thought about before.

Remember…., this was written 681 years before Jesus was born

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16 For dogs have surrounded Me; the congregation of the wicked has enclosed Me. They pierced My hands and My feet; 17 I can count all My bones. They look and stare at Me.18 They divide My garments among them, and for My clothing they cast lots.


This description of a crucifixion was written approx. in the year 980 BC.Crucifixion wasn’t invented until the 6th century BC - over 400 years later.This was written approx. 1000 years before Jesus was crucified.

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17 And He, bearing His cross, went out to a place called the Place of a Skull, which is called in Hebrew, Golgotha, 18 where they crucified Him, and two others with Him, one on either side, and Jesus in the center. 19 Now Pilate wrote a title and put it on the cross. And the writing was: JESUS OF NAZARETH, THE KING OF THE JEWS.

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20 Then many of the Jews read this title, for the place where Jesus was crucified was near the city; and it was written in Hebrew, Greek, and Latin.

21 Therefore the chief priests of the Jews said to Pilate, “Do not write, ‘The King of the Jews,’ but, ‘He said, “I am the King of the Jews.”’” 22 Pilate answered, “What I have written, I have written.”

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JESUS OF NAZARETH

THE KING OF THE JEWS

YHWY

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“…I am God, and there is none like Me, declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times things that are not yet done…”

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Documentation of the Existence of Jesus by non-Christian Sources

• “Now, there was about this time Jesus, a wise man, if it be lawful to call him a man, for he was a doer of wonderful works - a teacher of such men as receive the truth with pleasure.” Flavius Josephus, The Antiquities of the Jews 18.3.3 (80 AD)

• “Christus, the founder of the name, was put to death by Pontius Pilate, procurator of Judea in the reign of Tiberius….” Cornelius Tacitus, Roman Historian (112 AD)

• “The Messiah, Jesus, son of Mary, is only a messenger, of Allah and His word which He communicated to Mary and a mercy from Him.” The Qur’an 4:171 (630 AD)

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Documentation of the Existence of Jesus by non-Christian Cultures

• “On the eve of the Passover Yeshu was hanged. For forty days before the execution took place, a herald went forth and cried, ‘He is going forth to be stoned because He has practiced sorcery and enticed Israel to apostasy. Anyone who can say anything in His favor, let him come forward and plead on His behalf.’ But since nothing was brought forward in His favor He was hanged on the eve of Passover!” - The Babylonian Talmud, Sanhedrin, Chapter Six, Folios 42B-49A

The Babylonian Talmud, Sanhedrin, Chapter Six, Folios 42B-49A

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Psalm 72:17-19 17 His name shall endure forever; His name shall continue as long as the sun. And men shall be blessed in Him; all nations shall call Him blessed. 18 Blessed be the LORD God, the God of Israel, who only does wondrous things! 19 And blessed be His glorious name forever! And let the whole earth be filled with His glory. Amen and Amen.

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