Summary and Highlights of the New Testament

1. NT Summary,
The Gospels, Acts
Paul’s Letters
Other Letters
Revelation
New Testament (NT) Journey
Lesson 1: NT Summary

2.  OT Summary (recap)
 NT Summary (recap)
 Timeline
 Snapshot
 Introduction
 The Leader
 The Saviour
 The Father
 The Spirit
 The Word
 Locations (recap)

5. 5
 Babylonian captivity – 600 BC ->
 Silent years – 445 BC ->
 Church age – AD 30 ->
 Rapture/Tribulation/Second Coming [1]
 Millennium
Church Age 7 yr. Tribulation Millennium Heaven
Cross Rapture
Second
Coming
Great White
Throne
Not to scale

6. Millenium and
Eternity – Rule
of Christ – The
Final Frontier
Global
Church
(till
Jesus’2nd
Coming)
Israelites
(till Jesus
1st
coming)-
30 AD
Patriarchs
(till
Moses) –
1525 BC
Individuals
(till Noah) –
2500 BC
Each cycle reached extreme
spiritual degeneration.
Can we assume the same
about the church?
Will that signal the end?
Past
Present
Future

7. Gospels: Jesus’ life, teachings and
sacrificial death through various lenses.
Acts of the apostles: Dynamic
transformation in lives of the disciples soon
after Jesus’ death and resurrection
Paul’s letters: to churches and leaders
Powerful letters: by Peter, James, John,
Jude, etc.
Revelation: ties loose ends of the current
and future world in a grand majestic finale

8.  God is the same
 His character is the same
 His Word is the same
 The Law is the same
 His relationship with us is the same
 Wickedness of man is the same
 Behaviour of God’s people are the same
It is only our perception and understanding
that has increased with the revelation of Jesus

9. In the OT there were:
 Imperfect people communicating a perfect
message
 Imperfect people practicing a perfect law
The same trend continues in the New
Testament, except that the perfect person with
the perfect message came to earth- JESUS
Jesus never said the law was irrelevant, he
condemned the practice of it.

10. Hebrews 1:1 God, after He spoke long ago to
the fathers in the prophets in many portions
and in many ways, 2 in these last days has
spoken to us in His Son, whom He appointed
heir of all things, through whom also He made
the world. 3 And He is the radiance of His glory
and the exact representation of His nature, and
upholds all things by the word of His power.
When He had made purification of sins, He sat
down at the right hand of the Majesty on high

11.  The old testament brings us a perfect world
 The new testament brings us the:
◦ Perfect Saviour
◦ Perfect leader and role model
◦ Perfect future after judgment - of victory, of glory.
We, however continue to be imperfect with
clouded perceptions but strive to achieve a
better level of perception and perfection.

12. 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 from the Lord,
the Spirit.

13.  Jesus completed the circle of the law by
fulfilling it through his life enabling us to
fulfil it through our relationship with Him.
 This relationship is based on
acknowledgement and reciprocation of His
divine love and forgiveness
 It strengthens our relationship with the
father, the holy spirit and word.

14. The usage of God as Father is much more in
the NT:
 “When he came to his senses, he said… “I will
set out and go back to my father” –Luke
15:17
 How great is the love the Father has lavished
on us, that we should be called children of
God! And that is what we are! –1 John 3:1

15.  For you did not receive a spirit that makes
you a slave again to fear, but you received the
Spirit of sonship. And by him we cry, “Abba,
Father.” The Spirit himself testifies with our
spirit that we are God’s children. — Romans
8:15-16
 Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow
or reap or store away in barns, and yet your
heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not
much more valuable than they? –Matthew
6:26

16.  And there is salvation in no one else; for
there is no other name under heaven that has
been given among men by which we must be
saved.“ Acts 4:12
 For our citizenship is in heaven, from which
also we eagerly wait for a Savior, the Lord
Jesus Christ; Philippians 3:20
 It is a trustworthy statement, deserving full
acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the
world to save sinners, among whom I am
foremost of all. 1 Timothy 1:15

17.  Then Jesus said to His disciples, "If anyone wishes to come
after Me, he must deny himself, and take up his cross and
follow Me. Matthew 16:24
 But Jesus called them to Himself and said, "You know that
the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their great
men exercise authority over them. "It is not this way
among you, but whoever wishes to become great among
you shall be your servant, and whoever wishes to be
first among you shall be your slave; Matthew
20:25-28
 "You call Me Teacher and Lord; and you are
right, for so I am. "If I then, the Lord and the Teacher,
washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another's
feet. "For I gave you an example that you also should do as
I did to you. John 13:13-16

18.  Be imitators of me, just as I also am of
Christ. 1 Corinthians 11:1
 Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved
children; and walk in love, just as Christ also
loved you and gave Himself up for us, an
offering and a sacrifice to God as a fragrant
aroma. Ephesians 5:1-2
 Bearing with one another, and forgiving each
other, whoever has a complaint against
anyone; just as the Lord forgave you, so
also should you. Colossians 3:13

19. For what credit is there if, when you sin and are
harshly treated, you endure it with patience?
But if when you do what is right and suffer for
it you patiently endure it, this finds favor with
God. For you have been called for this purpose,
since Christ also suffered for you, leaving you
an example for you to follow in His steps,
WHO COMMITTED NO SIN, NOR WAS ANY
DECEIT FOUND IN HIS MOUTH; 1 Peter 2:20-22

20.  The one who says he abides in Him ought
himself to walk in the same manner as He
walked. 1 John 2:6
 Everyone who hates his brother is a murderer;
and you know that no murderer has eternal
life abiding in him. We know love by this, that
He laid down His life for us; and we ought
to lay down our lives for the brethren. 1 John
3:15-16

21.  However, you are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if
indeed the Spirit of God dwells in you But if anyone
does not have the Spirit of Christ, he does not belong to
Him. Romans 8:9
 seeking to know what person or time the Spirit of
Christ within them was indicating as He predicted
the sufferings of Christ and the glories to follow. 1 Peter
1:11
 Because you are sons, God has sent forth the Spirit
of His Son into our hearts, crying, "Abba! Father!“
Galatians 4:6
 For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has set
you free from the law of sin and of death. Romans 8:2

22.  For the word of the Lord is right and
true; he is faithful in all he does. Psalm 33:4,
NIV
 Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘Man shall
not live on bread alone, but on every
word that comes from the mouth of God.’”
Matthew 4:4, NIV
 In the beginning was the Word, and
the Word was with God, and the Word
was God. John 1:1, NIV

23.  "Therefore when you see the ABOMINATION
OF DESOLATION which was spoken of
through Daniel the prophet, standing in the
holy place (let the reader understand), 16
then let those who are in Judea flee to the
mountains. "Matthew 24:15
 "For false Christs and false prophets will arise
and will show great signs and wonders, so as
to mislead, if possible, even the
elect."Matthew 24:24

24. "But immediately after the tribulation of those days
THE SUN WILL BE DARKENED, AND THE MOON WILL
NOT GIVE ITS LIGHT, AND THE STARS WILL FALL
from the sky, and the powers of the heavens will
be shaken, 30 and then the sign of the Son of Man
will appear in the sky, and then all the tribes of the
earth will mourn, and they will see the SON OF
MAN COMING ON THE CLOUDS OF THE SKY with
power and great glory. 31 And He will send forth
His angels with A GREAT TRUMPET and THEY WILL
GATHER TOGETHER His elect from the four winds,
from one end of the sky to the other. "Matthew
24:29-31

25.  Hub – Israel
 Moved to rest of world
 Moving back to Israel after refinement
Zechariah 13:7"Awake, O sword, against My Shepherd, And
against the man, My Associate," Declares the LORD of hosts."
Strike the Shepherd that the sheep may be scattered;
And I will turn My hand against the little ones. 8"It will come
about in all the land," Declares the LORD, "That two parts in
it will be cut off and perish; But the third will be left in it.
This third I will put into the fire; I will refine them like
silver and test them like gold. They will call on my name and
I will answer them; I will say, 'They are my people,' and they
will say, 'The LORD is our God.'“

27. While Jews were scattered, persecuted, tortured
killed in large numbers following Christ’s death
 The waste desert land of Israel started
becoming irrigated by returning Jews as
prophesied
 The nation which did not exist was reborn
(1948)
 Is the only Jehovah worshipping nation in the
world
 Is it coming together for Christ’s second
coming?

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