3. Life of Jesus
Yeshua ישוע
Messiah of Israel
Foretold in the Old Testament
Lived whole life in Israel
Spoke & Taught in Hebrew
Taught in the Synagogue
4. Followers of Jesus
All Jews
Spoke Hebrew
Lived in Israel
Celebrated Jewish holidays
Attended Synagogues
5. Christianity as a Jewish Movement
• Pharisees
• Sadducees
• Enochians Writers of the Book of Enoch
• Essenes Writers of the Dead Sea Scrolls
• Nazarenes Jewish followers of Jesus
6. Christianity as a Jewish Movement
• Pharisees
• Sadducees
• Enochians Writers of the Book of Enoch
• Essenes Writers of the Dead Sea Scrolls
• Nazarenes Jewish followers of Jesus
8. Life of Jesus
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Old Testament
9. Life of Jesus
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Old Testament
Romans
Conquer
Israel
Jesus
Born
Jesus Dies
Resurrection
10. Life of Jesus
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Romans
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Israel
Jesus
Born
Jesus Dies
Resurrection Paul Dies
Temple
Destroyed
End
New Testament
11. Life of Jesus
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Old Testament
Romans
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Israel
Jesus
Born
Jesus Dies
Resurrection Paul Dies
Temple
Destroyed
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New Testament
Gospels Epistles
Acts
13. But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has
come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in
Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end
of the earth.
(Acts 1:8 ESV)
14. But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has
come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in
Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria,
and to the end of the earth.
(Acts 1:8 ESV)
20. The apostles and the elders were gathered together to consider this matter. And after
there had been much debate, Peter stood up and said to them, “Brothers…why are
you…placing a yoke on the neck of the disciples that neither our fathers nor we have
been able to bear? We believe that [Jews] will be saved through the grace of the Lord
Jesus, just as [Gentiles] will…my judgment is that we should not trouble…the Gentiles
who turn to God.
(Acts 15:6-19 ESV)
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21. Parting of the Ways
Split between Judaism and Christianity
22. Four Stages
Stage 1 — Synagogues expelled Jewish followers (33 - 70 AD)
Stage 2 — Temple Destroyed Sacri
fi
ces ended (70 - 135)
Stage 3 — Bar Kochba Revolt, Judaism expelled followers (135 - present)
Stage 4 — Church rejects Jewish roots (2nd Century AD - present)
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24. Jesus’ followers feared the Jewish leaders, for the Jewish leaders
had already agreed that if anyone should confess Jesus to be the
Messiah, he was to be put out of the synagogue.
(John 9:22 ESV)
25. Why did leaders expel Jesus’ followers?
• Leadership rejected Jesus’ claims to be the Messiah
• Leadership rejected Jesus’ claims to be God
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26. “I have shown you many good works from the Father; for which of them
are you going to stone me?” The Jewish leaders answered him, “It is not
for a good work that we are going to stone you but for blasphemy,
because you, being a man, make yourself God.
(John 10:32-33 ESV)
37. Theological Split
• Christianity — Sacri
fi
ces are required. There is no Temple. Jesus is our only sacri
fi
ce
• Judaism — There is no Temple. Prayer, repentance, deeds substitute
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38. Stage 3 (170 AD - Present)
Bar Kochba Revolt followers expelled
43. May there be no hope for the apostates!
May the Nazarenes and the other apostates perish in a moment!
May they all be blotted out of the Book of Life!
You are praised, O Lord, who destroys the arrogant.
Eighteen Benedictions in the Prayer Book
Katz, Steven T.. (March 1984). "Issues in the Separation of Judaism and Christianity after 70 C.E.: A Reconsideration". Journal of Biblical Literature. 103 (1): 43–76
44. Stage 5 (2nd century to present)
Church rejects Jewish roots
47. Saint Augustine
354-430 AD
• Why are the Jews still around?
• To su
ff
er God’s punishment!
• To warn us of God’s wrath
48. John Chrysostom
347 - 407 AD
• Church is no longer Jewish
• Stop celebrating Passover
• Jewish Christians must assimilate
49. End of Schism
• Jewish Christians expelled from Synagogue
• Jewish Christians assimilated by the Church
• Church replaced Israel
• Roman culture replaced Jewish culture
Notre Dame Cathedral (1240 AD)
64. Pentarchy (The Five Churches)
• Rome - Roman Catholic Church
• Constantinople - Greek & Russian Orthodox Church
• Antioch — Assyrian, Syriac, and Church of India
• Alexandria— Egyptian, Ethiopian Church
• Jerusalem — Jewish-Christian Church in Israel
65. Roman Catholic Church
1. Primacy of the Pope — Bishop in Rome is the only vicar (representative) of Christ
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66. Roman Catholic Church
1. Primacy of the Pope
2. Apostolic Succession — Unbroken chain from Jesus to Peter to the Pope
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67. Roman Catholic Church
1. Primacy of the Pope
2. Apostolic Succession
3. Veneration of the Saints — Saints intercede for us in heaven
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68. Roman Catholic Church
1. Primacy of the Pope
2. Apostolic Succession
3. Veneration of the Saints
4. Latin Vulgate is the Only Authorized Bible
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69. Roman Catholic Church
1. Primacy of the Pope
2. Apostolic Succession
3. Veneration of the Saints
4. Latin Vulgate is the Authorized Bible
5. Bible’s meaning is Mediated — The Church interprets the meaning of the text
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77. Roman Catholic Church
1. Primacy of the Pope
2. Apostolic Succession
3. Veneration of the Saints
4. Latin Vulgate is the Authorized Bible
5. Bible’s meaning is Mediated
6. Bible includes the Apocrypha
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78. Roman Catholic Church
1. Primacy of the Pope
2. Apostolic Succession
3. Veneration of the Saints
4. Latin Vulgate is the Authorized Bible
5. Bible’s meaning is Mediated
6. Bible includes the Apocrypha
7. Celibacy — Priests, Monks, and Nuns cannot marry
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79. Roman Catholic Church
8. Transubstantiation — Bread and wine become the literal body & blood of Christ
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80. Roman Catholic Church
8. Transubstantiation
9. Purgatory — Christians temporarily go to purgatory before heaven
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