Foundational Bible Studies

The pattern we follow in this course is to treat the Old Testament as being the foundation to the New Testament, and the four Gospels as foundation to the Epistles. Thus the first four lessons cover the Old Testament, and the following five, the life and teachings of Messiah Yeshua. This should be useful even to those who have walked with the Lord for many years, as study of the Old Testament, particularly the Torah, is an area that has been generally neglected.

The course endeavours to give the participant an understanding of things of the faith in the way the early believers in the time of Jesus and the apostles would have understood them -- first by painting the picture of what the early Jews of Jesus's time expected and understood, and then expanding on that understanding the way Jesus did. In other words, we are introduced to the kingdom of God in the same way as the early disciples. In doing so, we should pick up on many things the Church has neglected over the centuries since then.

As you study through these outlines, it's recomended that you have a Bible handy and that you open it to all the specific references, so as to understand the context of each quotation.

• Creation and Fall

  Facts about God and His intention for man gleaned from the first few chapters of Genesis

• The Covenants

  How God, through both of His attributes of Justice and Mercy, began to put His eternal plan for man's restoration into action

• The Holy Spirit in the Torah and the Prophets

  Other ways in which the Old Covenant provides the basis to understand the New Covenant

• The Hope of Messiah

  How God worked through the Old Covenant to prepare the world for Messiah, God's ultimate fulfilment of justice and mercy

• Repent and Believe

  Part One of a five part summary of Matthew: How Repentance and Faith as basic to God's kingdom

• Kingdom Authority

  Part Two of a five part summary of Matthew: Authority and Compassion as two basic components of kingdom anointing

• The Kingdom Breaks Through

  Part Three of a five part summary of Matthew: How the "violent" break through into God's Sabbath rest

• Who Is This Man?

  Part Four of a five part summary of Matthew: The man who came as king, and yet chose to be a servant; Jesus' design for the church

• The Seven Questions

  Part Five of a five part summary of Matthew: Revolves around seven questions asked of Jesus by people of various attitudes

• The Cross

  A study of the crucifixion and the life of the cross

• The Holy Spirit in the Gospels and Epistles

  Dynamics of Holy Spirit power

• The Law of Moses

  How the Torah applies to New Covenant reality -- How did Jesus fulfil the law? Are there any parts we still need to follow and/or learn from?

• The Calling of the Bride

  The glory to which the church has been called

• The Kingdom Hope

  The summing up of all things