What happened between the Old and New Testaments? Silence? Bridging the Testaments book review

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0:00 Intro
0:56 Today's video
1:25 A secret...
2:20 Theology or history?
2:53 400 years of silence
3:23 4 eras
4:23 Context for Jesus
5:27 Structure and content
7:12 Highlights
9:16 Summary

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[BrendaBoykin-qzdj]

Thank you, dear Pastor. Praying for your ministry.🌹⭐🌹⭐🌹⭐

[relishhh]

Wow, I honestly thought there were 400 years of silence, so this video has already helped me think beyond that. I always thought it seemed a bit against His nature to be so distant, and very hopeless to think everyone alive for that time pushed Him away so strongly.... Thank you so much for this! 😄

[shawnbrewer]

I'll have to check this out. My go-to book is Religion of the Apostles by Fr. Stephen De Young, PhD.

[jimyoung]

Great review. How would you compare this to "The New Testament in it's World" by NT Wright and Michael Bird? Thanks brother. Love your channel.

[Denis-Antonio]

Nice video! Would you considered to make a video on Paul?

[rodrigocostamoura]

Thanks for the video! Does it talk about book of Enoch and its impact on 2Peter & Jude? Thanks

[elliotwalton]

Second Temple? Now we're talking! Where do we start? In that 400 years we have the development of the theology of the Father and the Son as well as the Holy Spirit. Jesus did not appear in a vacuum but into a perfect Messianic storm whose theological groundwork had been laid in the previous four hundred years. The gospels are thoroughly 'Jewish' documents, inventing nothing new. As Daniel Boyarin, the great Talmudic scholar notes (The Jewish Gospels: The Story of the Jewish Christ), the only difference between 'Christianity' and 'Judaism' (using the terms anachronistically) is that the Israelites who followed Jesus believe that the expected Messiah had come. There was nothing blasphemous about believing in God appearing either as a human on earth, or as a Messiah suffering for our sins. That theological groundwork was covered in Daniel and Enoch (and many passages where God is anthropomorphized in the Hebrew scriptures) and Is.53. The only question was "Is this Jesus that Messiah?" It's an essential period if you want to understand Christological origins, let alone 'Christian' origins. It's a period rich in writing, thinking, and history. Seismically theologically. Thanks for bringing this book to my attention.