B ASIC BIBLE COURSE Facilitated by S.B. Mdlalose Part 2: Lesson 2 & 3 (February 2011) © Buhle Park Church of Christ 2011.

BASIC BIBLE COURSE

Facilitated byS.B. Mdlalose

Part 2: Lesson 2 & 3 (February 2011)

© Buhle Park Church of Christ 2011

LESSON 2: HOW ALL THINGS BEGAN (GEN 1 & 2)

Day1: Created Light, (Gen 1:3-5) Day & Night

In the beginning God Created (Gen 1:1):HEAVENS & EARTH

Day 2: Created Sky (Gen 1: 6-8)

Day 3: (Gen 1: 9-13)-God separated Water & Land-Created vegetation on Land

Day 4: -Created the Sun & Stars - Seasons- Winter, Summer etc (Gen 1: 14-19)

Day 5: Created Birds & movingCreatures of the seas, Gen 1:21

Day 6: (Gen 1: 24-31)-Created movingCreatures on Land-Created Men to rule earthOn Gen 2, God shows howHe created men!

Day 7: (Gen 2: 1-3)God rested, Blessed & Sanctified the dayNB: At this stage, no instructnfrom God said that this day should be observed by men !!!

Space

Sky

LESSON 2: GOD’S POWER IN CREATION

God merely SPOKE and it was so…

He created all that we see, on Earth and in the heavens (Space, Sky) i.e. the moon, stars, planets etc (Rom 1: 19-20, Psalms 8:3, Jeremiah 10:11)

Things that exist today, did not just happen/exist by themselves as others teach in the world of science, but were created by God in his Wisdom

LESSON 3: THREE DISPENSATION OF GOD’S WILL TO MEN

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Adam & Eve(Gen 2-5)

Noah-Abraham-Isaac-Jacob-Joseph(Gen 6-50)

Moses(Ex. 20)

Jesus Christ,Crucified, Matt 27:35

Burial,Matt 27:60

Church StartsActs 2

Eden

Matt 28

A WILL becomes effective after Death

(Heb 9: 17)

Prophets

PATRIARCHAL DISPENSATION

GOD’s Command

varied from one person to another!

God Dealt with human beings as

Individual/Families Will of God Patriarch

ADAM & EVEDo not eat of the tree of Knowledge(Gen 2:17, 3:1-24)Q: who else was commanded?

NOAHBuild an Ark, because Gen 6:5-6,8,17Q: who else was commanded to build an ark?

ABRAHAMOffer your son Isaac as burnt offering (Gen 22: 1-2)Q: who else was commanded to offer His/Her Son as offering?

NOT Just any person !!Why?

JEWISH/MOSAIC DISPENSATIONAbraham’s Faith resulted in

God blessing him Blessing

“I will make of Thee a Great Nation”

Gen 12:1-3

JEWISH/MOSAIC DISPENSATIONIsrael is freed from Egypt by

God Through

MOSES, and Israel is given the

Law /“Covenant”Exodus 20

JEWISH/MOSAIC DISPENSATIONGOD’s Covenant with Israel

orLaw of Moses

(Exodus 20:2-Acts 2)

Was unknown to Patriarchs (Deut

5:3)

This Law was binding ONLY Israel & God

(Deut 5:4)

This Law was NOT binding to Gentiles/

other nations(Rom 2:14)

God dealt with a NATION, rather than

individualsThe LAW applied to all

people of Israel

CHRISTIAN DISPENSATION

Due to Israel’s failure to keep the covenant and the exclusion

of Gentiles(Jer 31:31-34, Eph 2:11-12)

God promised a new covenant of “Reconciliation”

Through PROPHETS!

After several centuries, JESUS CHRIST established it as prophesied

How?

CHRISTIAN DISPENSATIONJesus Christ was born

under the law of Moses (Gal 4:4)

To FULFIL the law of Moses!(Mat 5:17, Gal 4:5)

Which said…Jer 31:31-34 & all other prophesies

About Christ

His Purpose

The law of Moses could NOT pass UNTIL ALL IS

FULFILLED(Mat 5: 18)

WHY?

Hebrew 9: 15-17

Jesus FINISHED the work he came to do

(John 17:4)Finally by

Dying on the Cross

(Mat 27:35)

Thus

Nailing the law of Moses passing it

(Col 2: 14)

New Law/Covenant could not exist before old law

passing!(Heb 10: 9) WHY?

CHRISTIAN DISPENSATION

The New Covenant of

Christ became effective after

his Death

Beginning on Pentecost in Jerusalem,

33AD (Acts 1 & 2)

ISRAEL was reconciled with GOD,

Acts 2: 36-47

GENTILES/ Other

NATIONS, were reunited

with GOD(Eph 2: 11-13)

Thus GOD dealt with the WHOLE WORLD,

(Mark 16:15-16)…until end of time (Mat

28:20)