The Arrival of Christ and His Kingdom (NT146) brings together eleven different Mobile Ed speakers to examine the relevance of Jesus’ birth. The course looks first at the background of first-century Jewish messianic expectations. It then turns to the Gospel accounts of Jesus’ birth, looking specifically at how this event fulfilled the OT Scriptures. Finally, the course looks at the person of Christ, examining who exactly Jesus was by looking at some of His titles as well as His ministry.
“Monotheism plus covenant plus Roman occupation means a sense of eschatological expectation, at least for most first-century Jews.” (source)
“Jesus had no problem with the village priests; it’s the aristocratic priests who tended to be oppressive and corrupt and hypocritical, who were in bed with the Romans.” (source)
“Revolutionary hopes coupled with actions—that’s what the zealots were about.” (source)
“Well, the ultimate tax collector was the high priest himself.” (source)
“What was it that had arrived? God was coming back in power and in love. He was coming back in power and love in the Messiah, in Christ, and by the Spirit. It was to restore the entirety of the creation, especially the whole life of humanity, beginning with Israel, to again live under the rule of God—God’s power and love, present in the Messiah by the Spirit to restore the whole of creation, especially all of human life.” (source)