Marking Time: Forming Spirituality through the Christian Year

Ses s i on 1: F rom Ever l as t i ng to Ever l as t i ng 19

4. Judges, Samuel, and the Kings: Saul, David, Solomon, 1 and 2 Samuel

5. The City, the Temple, and the Throne, Ps. 48.1-3; 2 Chron. 7.14; 2 Sam. 7.8ff. (the unified and divided kingdoms of Judah and Israel)

a. The role of the prophet: declaring the word of the Lord to the people of God, Deut. 18.15

b. The role of the priest: representing God before his people, Heb. 5.1

c. The role of the king: ruling with righteousness and justice in God’s stead in his kingdom, Ps. 72

6. The judgment upon Israel: Assyrian captivity, cf. 2 Kings 15; Isa. 9

7. The Captivity of Judah, and the Babylonian Exile: Jeremiah, Lamentations, Daniel, Ezekiel, Esther

8. The Return of the Remnant, Ezra, Nehemiah, Malachi

E. The Fullness of Time (Incarnation of Christ Jesus), Gal. 4.4-6

1. The Word becomes Flesh, John 1.14-18; 1 John 1.1-4.

2. The testimony of John the Baptist, Matt. 3.1-3