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We continue with Lesson 34, looking at the life of Christ. We examine Scripture to see how Christ lived as a human, fully obedient to God. He cultivated a close relationship with the Father through prayer, applying Scripture and living under the guidance of the Holy Spirit. He modelled for us how to live as an obedient believer, using the resources all believers have access to. Then we finish the lesson by examining if it were possible for Jesus the man to sin. As God, there is no sin in Him. As a man, He had the free will to choose sinful choices but He did not. And so, this qualifies Him to be our peer Judge. Since He is fully human and lived life on earth, He understands us very well. The Father appointed Jesus as the Judge. And He is a Judge who knows what the human condition is like.

Then we move on to Lesson 35: Death of Christ. It starts at 1hr 24 mins. We start by examining what justice means to God. At the heart of God’s definition of justice is restitution, putting right what has gone wrong. Access the notes at: https://interlocked.online/s/35-Death-of-Christ.pdf

We begin this lesson by examining Old Testament Scriptures describing the plurality within Yahweh. Though Scripture says there is only one Creator-God, He is not a solitary God. Scripture reveals that there are three divine Persons within the single God. Then we focus on the second Person of God—God the Son. We examine Old Testament passages describing how He was active beginning at Creation and how He was the One interacting with people and with Israel. We note how He was addressed with Old Testament titles. We also examine why a triune God is so important. Then we begin to examine what God the Son did when He took on a human body and lived on earth. Access the notes at: https://interlocked.online/s/34-Life-of-Christ.pdf

We finish up Lesson 33 by discussing the significance of Christ’s virgin birth. Why did Christ need to be born in this manner? We’ll see that the answer lies in how Christ as a human had to be born without sin. We also explore why there are differences in the two genealogies of Christ as recorded in the gospels of Matthew and Luke, and we look back into the Old Testament to understand the significance of the two titles of Christ: Son of God and Son of Man. Access the notes at: https://interlocked.online/s/33-Birth-of-Christ.pdf

We finish up Lesson 32 with the discussion: Is it true that people do not have any natural knowledge of God and are therefore ignorant about Him? Then at 1:02:02, Lesson 33 begins. We start by observing in Scripture how the Jews were expecting Yahweh Himself to reign as king over the earth and how they also expected God to send a perfect human leader to reign. The question was: how would this two events happen together? Yahweh surprised the Jews by combining God the King and the ideal human leader into one person: Jesus, the God-man. Access the notes at: https://interlocked.online/s/33-Birth-of-Christ.pdf

What was the state of the world when Jesus arrived on the earth? What was happening with the Jews at that time? In this lesson, we look at what the Roman Empire was like before examine why the Scriptures say Jesus first went to the Jewish people. How did the leaders and religious leaders react to Him? How did the people react to Him? And how did His first disciples react to Him? We will examine what the Scriptures say. Access the notes at: https://interlocked.online/s/32-Who-Do-You-Say-That-I-Am.pdf

Now that we’ve done the survey of key Old Testament events and drawn out the significant truths from them, we arrange them in a biblical framework. This forms the foundation of our worldview. We can now practise using the biblical framework to analyse and think through life situations that confront us. The class will work through several situations, helping each other gain God’s perspective on each situation. Access the notes at: https://interlocked.online/s/31-Faith-in-Action-III.pdf

We finish up our examination of the Hebrew Scriptures regarding what the Jews were expecting about the coming Kingdom. Though Yahweh wasn’t actively speaking to them through more prophets at this point in history, He had left them with Scripture that contained information about the future so they could have long-range hope and endure their tough situation. The Jews during this period provide a model for how we are to live. We conclude the session by examining how we should be reading Scripture. How does God communicate? How does He treat His words? How are we to read His Word? Then there are instructions on how to do the first exercise of Lesson 31: Faith in Action III. Access the notes for Lesson 30 at: https://interlocked.online/s/30-The-Jewish-Expectation-Part-2.pdf and Lesson 31 at: https://interlocked.online/s/31-Faith-in-Action-III.pdf

We had examined the Hebrew Scriptures regarding the covenants with Israel and the Messiah, to see what the Jews were expecting from God at the close of the Old Testament. Now we take a look at what the Scriptures say about how God will use the future tribulation period of the Jewish people to bring them to national faith in Him. And we will also examine what the prophets said about the conditions of the coming Kingdom. What is the planet like—the environment, the plants and the animals? And what are the people of the Kingdom like? Access the notes at: https://interlocked.online/s/30-The-Jewish-Expectation-Part-2.pdf

We continue examining the Hebrew Scriptures to see what the Jews were expecting from God at the close of the Old Testament. We examine Yahweh’s promises to the Jewish people about the New Covenant, which He announced and promised but did not yet sign at the close of the Old Testament. We look closely at the package of promises: the Jews regathered into the land God had given them, changed hearts nationally, their sins forgiven nationally and they would become God’s loving and loyal people. And through them would come the worldwide blessing. We also look at God’s promises regarding the Messiah, who will be the key figure of the New Covenant. Access the notes at: https://interlocked.online/s/29-The-Jewish-Expectation-Part-1.pdf

We conclude Lesson 28 at 1:05:00, which includes a discussion on how we got the Bible. Then we move on to Lesson 29: The Jewish Expectation Part 1. At the end of the Old Testament, the Jews had experienced about 1,500 years of history with Yahweh. They had gone through times of great prosperity and peace as well as times of tremendous suffering and war. But what was on their minds? In the next two lessons, we examine the Old Testament Scriptures to find out what the Jews understood about God and what they were expecting Him to do based on the covenants He had made with Israel and the prophecies He had left with them. This will help us understand their mindset and worldview before we begin examining the New Testament. Access the notes at: https://interlocked.online/s/29-The-Jewish-Expectation-Part-1.pdf