Apocalyptic Literature

Canon

Dead Sea Scrolls

Discovered 1947 in caves near Dead Sea; texts both biblical nonbiblical; confirmed OT, shed light on NT

Johannine school

Literary school; writings associated with John were produced by him and his followers

Palestinian Judaism

Jewish people had a great influence/impact on dead sea scrolls

Paraclete

Rabbinic Judaism

Dominant form of Judaism after the fall of Jerusalem.

Hint:

Dominant = Rabbis were dominant

Realized eschatology

C.H. Dodd, view that KOG/Age came @ first coming of Christ w/o remainder

Septuagint

Synoptic gospels

What is the internal evidence for the traditional view of the authorship of the 4^th gospel?

John wrote this book because the internal evidence has to deal with the contents of John.

1) John = Jew

2) John knew much about Palestine

3) He saw the things he wrote about

4) An apostle

What other individuals beside the apostle John have been thought to have written the fourth gospel?

1) Lazarus

2)  An ideal figure (church's testimony to Christ).

3) John the Elder

Hint: LAJ

What are some of the similarities in eschatology between the Dead Sea Scrolls and Johannine literature?

1) Messianic woes

2) Antichrist

3) Apostasy

4) Resurrection

5) The two spirits

6) Sons of lights

7) Sons of darkness

8) New creation.

My Apples Are Really Tasty! So, So, Nice

X

Was there a relationship between rabbinic Judaism and the gospel of John?

Yes.

1) Rabbinic opposition to Johannine Christians in the AD 90s

2) Discourses in John resemble rabbinic sermons.

What may have been the twofold historical setting of the gospel of John?

X

1) The life of Jesus (AD 30), esp. his conflict with the Jewish leaders over his messiahship.

2) AD 90s, John moved from Palestine to Ephesus, during Jewish revolt against Rome (AD 66-70).

Is the fourth gospel anti-Semitic?

Debated.  But John, who was a Jew, wrote to Jews. He opposed the Jewish leadership because they rejected God's Word in Christ.

What are some of the differences between John and the Synoptic Gospels?

John/Synoptics

Temple cleansing early/Later; Three years ministry/One year; Last Supper = Passover/<-Same

Logos

"Only Begotten" or "one of a kind"

mono- = one

What is the main purpose of John's usage of logos in his prologue?

1) Refuted rabbinic understanding that the law of Moses is the Wisdom of God

2) John 1:14, attacked Gnostic thinking that denied the humanity of Christ

3) John 1:6-9, 15, is against those who continued to follow the teachings of John the Baptist rather than Jesus.

Hint: RJJ

What do we learn about the relationship between John the Baptist and Jesus, according to John 1:6-9?

1) John was sent by God to be a witness to Christ

2) A witness of Jesus' miracles, Moses and the Scripture, the Father

3) First witness of Jesus in the 4^th gospel

4) Goal was to bring people to believe in Jesus.

HINT: JAF J

John's A Faithful God-follower

What is the great irony of John 1:10-11?

Jesus the Jewish Messiah was rejected by his own people.

How does faith in Christ contrast with the law of Moses, according to John 1:14-18?

1. Moses law based on works/Christ covenant based on grace

2. Old covenant was temporary/New covenant in Christ is permanent

3. Moses not permitted to see God's face/Jesus saw God's glory face-to-face

 Hint: MOM

Lamb of God

1) Amnos, takes away sin of world

2) Apocalyptic lamb (Jewish expectations)

3) Suffering Servant of Isaiah

4) Concept of the paschal lamb who was slain yearly for Passover

Hint: AA SC

Rabbi

Son of Man

What roles did John the Baptist deny, according to John 1:29-28?

1) “Prophet”

2) Identifaction

3) Messiah

4) Elijah.

Hint: PIME

What four affirmations did John the Baptist make about Jesus in John 1:19-34?

1)    “The Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world.”

2) Applied more than one title to Jesus (“hidden Messiah”)

3)  Preexistent

4) Possessed w/ the end-time HS that He will use to baptize His followers

Hint: TAPP, “I tapped these affirmations on Jesus.”

What titles did the disciples apply to Jesus in John 1:35-51?

X

1) Rabbi

2) Messiah

3) Son of God

4) Son of Man

5) King of Israel

Hint: RMSSK

Radiant Master! Such Strong King!

What two signs or miracles occur in John 2?

1) Cleansing the temple in Jerusalem

2) Turned water into wine.

What three points suggest that the miracle at Cana symbolized the arrival of the messianic age?

1)    Setting – “third day” – Jewish virgins were married on Wednesdays (3rd day) and miracle of Cana might have taken place on that day

2) Miracle (turning water into wine, 6 water pots are used for washing hands, washing utensils, etc. and it was filled up to the top so the quality and the quantity of the wine was not lose on the ceremonies.)

3) Significance (arrival of the messianic age, god shows his glory)

Hint: SMS

What three reasons did Jesus have for cleansing of the temple?

1) Prophetic action

2) Divine sign in and of itself

3) Coming death and resurrection

Hint: PDC

Please Don't Cry

^Cos wouldn't we cry if Jesus got angry? I would!

Why did Nicodemus come to Jesus by night?

Does the reference in John 3:14-15 to Jesus being lifted up refer only to his death?

No, it also refers to the lifting up the bronze serpent to forgive Israel’s disobedience and Jesus being lifted up to glory. His death shows His divine love for us.

What two images did John the Baptist use, according to John 3:27-28, to contrast himself with Jesus the Messiah?

1) John (forerunner of the Messiah) and Jesus was the Messiah

2) John – best man and Jesus – the groom.

  Sanhedrin

“council meeting,” Ruling political body of ancient Israel. Chiefs priests, scribes, elders.

Born Again

gennethe anonthen -

anonethen means "again" or "above"

Bronze serpent

What was unusual about the Samaritan woman going to the well?

What was the “living water” Jesus offered to the Samaritan woman?

Discuss the four titles the Samaritan woman applies to Jesus.

1) Prophet

2) Messiah

3) Savior of the world

4) Jew.

HINT: PMS J

^a woman PMS's

Jacob's well

Mount Gerizim

Samaritans

X

What twofold prerogatives of God did Jesus appropriate for himself, according to John 5:19-30?

How can we account for the realize eschatology in John 5:19-25 and consistent eschatology in John 5:26-30?

Realized eschatology - he who believes in Jesus has eternal life now and is delivered from judgment

Consistent eschatology - Jesus gives life and executes judgment in the future.

X

What are the five witnesses to Jesus recorded in John 5:31-47?

1. John the Baptist (33-35)
2. Jesus' miracles (36)
3. God the Father (37-38)
4. The OT scripture (39-44)
5. Moses (44-47).

HINT: JJ GTM

Twofold work of God's providence

CHAPTER 11

What was the source of the Pool of Sioloam?

1)      Water system built by King Hezekiah. Located southwest of the city of David. Flowed from the Gihon Spring in the Kidron Valley.

(ONLY MEMORIZED BLIND MAN)

What were the developing contrasts between the healed blind man and his Pharisee interrogators as John 9 unfolds?

Blind Man:

1) Called Jesus a prophet

2) Defended Jesus against Pharisees' charges

3) Invited Pharisees to become Christians

4) Confessed Jesus as Lord and worshiped Him

Classy Duke Is Crazy

Pharisees:

1) Began accepting Jesus' miracle

2) Doubted miracle

3) Tried to get man to confess Jesus is a sinner

4) Spiritual blindeness brought them under God's judgment

Be Doubtful Thomas'S

^Pharisees doubted

• Antiochus IV forbid Jews to practice religion and forced them to Zeus.
• Set up an altar in the temple of Jerusalem and ordered that a pig would be crucified on it.
• Started Maccabean revolt against Antiochus

Hint: A.S.S.

1) Jesus is the Messiah

2) Son of God

1)      Shepherd – True shepherd, Good Shepherd; Jesus laid down his life for his sheep and His sheep know His voice.

2)      Messiah – Never claimed that he was the Messiah but his miracles proved that He was. Pharisees didn’t believe in Him because they weren’t his sheep.

1) God's provision of manna in the wilderness(Jesus' multiplication of food)

2) Jesus was  the new Moses to offer manna and new exodus (Deut 18:15-18)

3) Jewish tradition equated Moses with a king (Deut 33:5)

Hint: GJJ

1) Pentateuchal citation and correction

2) Homily - explains key words of the Pentateuchal

3) Subordinate citation from an OT prophet

Hint: PHS

1) Rejection of Jesus by the multitude of one-time followers of Jesus

2) Peter and the 12 disciples believed that Jesus was the only source of eternal life

Hint: RP

Rejection/Positive

(one is negative, the other answer is positive)

"time" - kairos, in-breaking of God's kingdom and salvation into history

"go up" - anabaino - Jesus' ascent to God the Father by way of his death

1. Last day of the Feast of Tabernacles.
2. Each day of the week (7 days), people go to the fountain of Gihon
3. Priest filled gold pitcher with water, went to altar, poured water through a silver funnel which went into the ground.
4. 7th day - sevenfold circling of the altar. Then Jesus stood and invited all to come and believe in him, the Living Water

Hint: LEP7

 1)    Father Abraham (test of true faith in Jesus was obey his word; people believed they were Abraham’s seed but because they were planning to kill Christ, they weren’t.)

2) Father Devil (Jesus said that God was not their father but the devil)

3) Father God (Jesus sought to honor and glorify God, which God bestowed on Jesus.)

1) Symbolized a royal anointing (his triumphant entry)

2) Anointing feet was usually done for a king (his royal enthronement on the cross)

1. Conversion of the Gentiles (20-23a, 32)
2. Resurrection (23b-26)
3. Messianic Woes (28-30)
4. Holy War (31)
5. Appearance of the Messiah/Son of Man (33-34)
6. Dualism (35-36)
7. Apostasy (37-43)
8. Judgment Day (44-50)

Hint: CRMHADAJ

Cranberries really makes headaches actually doable. Alleluia Jesus!

Nature

Synoptics: Jesus ate a Passover meal with the disples on the night before he died and was crucified on Friday.

John: The Last Supper was not part of Passover but happened on Wednesday and Jesus was crucified on Thursday during Passover.

1) Jesus' predictions about his soon departure

2) Holy Spirit's arrival from the Father

Forms the backdrop of John 14:6:

obeying Jesus is the commandment for entering and staying in the new covenant. Opposed to the "false" way to enter the covenant proposed by the Jerusalem leadership.

1. Judas
2. People who left the Johannine community
3. Those who don't abide in Christ

1)    God prunes them (a painful action springs from God’s love for his own)

2) Pruned by God to bear more fruit (love other believers)

3) Cleansed by Jesus’ words spoken to them (Jesus cleaning disciples feet)

1. Answers to prayer
2. Being loved and chosen by God
3. Spiritual fruitfulness
4. Joy

Hint: ABS J

Abs are blessings

1. The disciples' confusion about Jesus' departure (16:16-19)
2. Jesus' explanation of his departure (20-33)

1. Jesus prayed to be glorified (1-5)
2. Jesus prayed that his present disciples would be sanctified (6-19)
3. Jesus prayed that his future disciples would be unified (20-26)

1. Glory (1,4-5)
2. Eternal life (2-3)

2 Themes: Sanctification and protection of the disiples

1) The disciples are chosen by God ("before the world")

2) They keep God's word ("in the world")

3) They are persecuted by the world ("NOTW")

1. Jesus went out to meet the authorities, not the reverse, and asked who they were seeking.
2. He responded, "I am He" (the name of God--Yahweh)
3. He protected his disciples from being arrested

1)    Peter might have been with John and there was a servant girl of Annas who opened the gate and asked Peter if he was a follower of Jesus. He denied it and remained with Annas’ attendants be the fire.

2) Questioned by ppl by the fire and he denied him again.

3) A relative of Malchus  recognized Peter as the man who cut the soldier’s ear off and questioned him, and he denied the third time and the rooster crowed.

1) Arrest and interrogation by Annas

2) Grand jury by caiaphas and the Sanhedrin

3) Trial before Pilate

Jesus' death on the cross was his enthronement as the true King of the Jews--the Gentiles.

"I, when I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all men to myself." Jn 12:32