If you don’t understand the doctrines of God, man, and nature, you cannot understand Jesus Christ. The virgin birth is implicit in the Old Testament. The problem of a corrupt lineage is completely avoided through the virgin birth of Jesus Christ (Joseph’s line was under the Coniah curse). The virgin birth was prophetically necessary. Jesus Christ could not be who He claimed to be unless He was born of a virgin. Questions and answers.

“The fullness of time” means that the Gentiles and the Jews had enough exposure that there was no excuse for misidentifying Jesus Christ. Recognizing Jesus Christ as the Messiah is both an individual and a national (Israel) decision. The nature and method of Christ’s presentation during His incarnation. Five reasons Jesus Christ was crucified. Jewish reasons for rejecting Jesus Christ. Reasons modern Jews reject Jesus Christ as the Messiah. Whenever you have a weak Christology, you have a strong state. Gentile reasons for rejecting Jesus Christ. Questions and answers.

How the pagan world was prepared for the arrival of the Son of God (continued). How the Jewish world was prepared for the arrival of the Son of God. The intense Jewishness of Jesus Christ. Questions and answers.

The confrontation with the King. God reveals the hearts of men through their response to the person of Christ. The revelation of Jesus Christ is God’s highest revelation to the human race. Jesus argued that He was self-authenticating, that because He said it, it was true. Rebellion against God blinds you, deafens you, and hardens your heart. How the pagan world was prepared for the arrival of the Son of God. God has a plan that includes every molecule and every action of every molecule in human history. Questions and answers.

What view of the Kingdom best fits what the creation teaches about man and nature? The doctrine of the covenants applied to prophecy. The issue of rejection of Christ and the inter-advent age. Prophecy fulfillment and the Jewish calendar. Brief questions and answers.

Eschatology. Comparing the three views of the Millennium (part 4). Premillennialism has a very high view of what it takes to bring in the Kingdom and what the Kingdom will be (catastrophic origins, miraculous geophysical and biological changes). Interpreting Old Testament prophecy related to the Kingdom. Kingdom implications of a biblical view of nature and a biblical view of man.

Eschatology. On a pagan basis, there is no future resolution in history. Any pagan who is optimistic about history is borrowing from Scripture or is a naïve sentimentalist. Comparing the three views of the Millennium (part 3). Features of amillenialism (continued). Features of postmillennialism. Questions and answers.

Eschatology. Comparing the three views of the Millennium (part 2). Premillenialists throughout church history. Features of premillenialism. Features of amillenialism. Questions and answers.

Eschatology. Everyone has an eschatology, but, apart from the Bible, no one has a correct eschatology. The glory of God is a higher goal than salvation. “The kingdom of God” is not a synonym for Heaven. What is the relationship of the church to “the Kingdom of God?” Comparing the three views of the Millennium (part 1). The power and historical consequences of various eschatologies. Questions and answers.

Four basic conclusions about the partial restoration of Israel to the land. The church must be submissive to the authority of Scripture. Important factors in canonicity. A picture of how a text of Scripture came into existence. The prophet’s protection and updating of the Scriptures. The preservation of the text of Scripture after the prophets. Jesus Christ and the Apostles accepted the Old Testament as the Word of God. Questions and answers.