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Teaching Notes For Presenting-400 Silent Years

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Teaching Notes for presenting:- 400 silent Years

For the teaching of this part of the Overview of the Bible, we could split it into 3 parts:

1. Old Testament

2. Gospels - Matthew, Mark, Luke and John

3. Acts and the rest of the New Testament. Even though Revelation is done as other module.


400 Years - teaching notes for presenting 400 Years that you can print out. When they are finished.


1. 400 years -

        The time gap between Malachi the last book of the Old Testament and Matthew the first of the gospels.



2. Maccabees - faithful Jewish family.
    This happened after Malachi was written and the Gospels had not picked up the story again.

    185BC -150BC This family and others stayed faithful to God during the time called the silent years.

    Old Testament bible reference: this happened in the silence 400 years period.

    Hebrew name means hammer

    Bible references none

3. Zerubbabel - rededicates the Temple.

      The Temple is rededicated
      The Temple built by Zerubbabel purified 14th December 164BC from this we
      have the Feast of Lights or the Feast of dedication.


4. Herod the Great - builds a summer house.
      [ruled Palestine 37BC-4BC]

      Herod builds MASADA as his summer place.

      Herod the Great was an Idumean and was made king in 37 BC and died in 4BC.

      Ruled in Palestine 37BC-4BC

      How do we find which Herod is which?
      There is a number of men called HEROD in the Bible, starting with Herod the Great who died
      spring [March, April, May] 4BC.
      There is also a number of rulers descending from this man to whom the Bible gives names
      other than Herod in their Title e.g. King Agrippa 2.

      Herod died aged 69 possibly of chronic kidney disease.

      Which Herod was Jesus referring to in Mark 8:15?

      Herod's summer place destroyed 70AD

5. Herod's Temple -

      Temple built by Herod the Great started 20BC

      Herod started to build this temple in 20BC by tearing down the Temple that Zerubbabel had built in 516BC.
      It took 46 years to rebuild. It was finished about 25AD see John 2:20
      So it was basically a new building at the start of Jesus' ministry and was in the process of being
      built when he was presented as a baby and as a twelve year old.


6. Roman Soldier -

      The Romans were seen as a foreign occupying force.

      The Romans were seen as a foreign occupying force.

      The head quarters for Roman army was the sea port of Caesarea.


7. 400 years -
   
      400 YEARS The gap between Malachi and Jesus.

      We have reached the end of the 400 year period.
      and the start of God talking to his people again.


8. Angel - Luke
      


9. Jesus Birth - Luke and Matthew


10. John the Baptist - Birth -Luke
      
      
John the Baptist - Death


11. Death of Jesus - Luke
      
      


12. Cross - Luke
      
      
13. Jesus Returns Home -   

 

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