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The purpose of this course is to give ourselves a flow of how the Old Testament fits together. What might be a benefit that would result from learning this?
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Understanding the big picture of God’s relationship and dealings with us.
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It is beneficial to see God’s love for us from the beginning to end, from the OT to the NT, culminating to Jesus Christ’s death and re-surrection so that we have hope for eternity.
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It is the history of God’s people and points to the coming of Jesus.
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It is important to be able to recurve the fullness and richness of God’s word to us. Being able to understand the context and culture in which it was written allows us the greatest opportunity to understand scripture.
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Your comment regarding context and culture reminded me that sin, and its effects on human nature, has wreaked havoc on all humanity throughout history.
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We would get a good foundational knowledge of God’s character, God’s thoughts and purposes. Also, we get the required foundation to fully understand human salvation, God’s pursue to restore our relationship with him and the foundation of all truths exposed by Jesus on the New Testament and the origins of the New Testament “Good News”.
Additional comment. Getting know to the multiple and surprising connection bewtween scriptural statements and truths, provide us a broad landscape about the richness, sturdyness, complexity and reliability of God, God’s character, God’s revelation and the scripture itself.