Jesus of Nazareth is the Messiah (or Christ) that the Old Testament Scriptures predicted would come. Some predictions are obvious, while others are the complete opposite (to me, anyway).
If you are thinking of Armageddon, CALM DOWN. This topic is more complicated than you think. Most often, the phrase refers not to epic end-time events, but to epic events in what is now the past. But it can mean the end of the world, too.
If you are a Christian, this concept might be so common that it has become meaningless, but for many Jews, the thought was basically blasphemy, that the messiah could be a priest and a king.
John wrote John but Timothy did not write 1 or 2 Timothy. And aside from the authors, were there editors?
Poetry in the Bible is also classified as “wisdom literature,” but wisdom is a theme throughout the Bible. Solomon is a key figure in this.
Being saved, but in, like, a normal sense of the word – not a religious kind of “saved.” It’s a big theme of the Psalms and other Bible poems.
To a modern Christian, the Old Testament is 39 books in five sections. But to a Jew, the Hebrew Scriptures are 24 books in three sections called the Tanakh (or TaNaK, which I prefer). It’s still the same words, it’s just that the books are grouped differently.
Ever heard of the books of 1 & 2 Maccabees, Tobit or Bel and the Dragon? These and about a dozen other books or sections of books are held by many to be a valid part of the Old Testament. I disagree, but so help me if I didn’t make you aware of them. Another example is “Additions to Esther,” which was my reasoning for including it in this week.
A group of people that remains. Generally, in the Bible, it describes the last surviving few of a group, like the only faithful people left.
This study is just for me today. I have seen this phrase come up over and over in the Old Testament (14 times by my count), and I always wanted to actually study this out.