Week 35 – 7/26/26 – Jesus as King
In this week’s lesson, we finished up the section on Jesus and the various roles that His life, death, and resurrection plays. We talk about how Jesus is King, something that we all know, but often takes a back seat to the other roles He plays, like “Son of God,” “Messiah,” “Savior,” etc. But, a major point the authors of the New Testament try to show is that He is reigning as King, in the here and now. As Christians today, we need to understand His Kingdom as being real and present, not just some theoretical idea that only exists in metaphor and imagery. It should affect how we live in our day to day lives. Below are a couple more resources to help us think about Jesus being our King. Enjoy.
https://nakedbiblepodcast.com/podcast/naked-bible-333-the-israelite-king-and-jesus-as-king
Week 34 – 7/19/26 – Jesus defeating death
In this week’s lesson, we discussed how Jesus defeated death. Many Christians focus on the problem of sin. The real problem is death; and it’s sin that leads to death. Jesus didn’t just come to atone for our sins, but also to defeat death. And while we’re all familiar with Jesus resurrection, Jesus ministry was actually showing His power over death through many of His miracles. Whether He was going into the wilderness, walking on water, or raising Lazarus from the dead, Jesus was showing symbolically and literally that He had the power of life in him and ultimately would defeat death. Below are a few more resources. Enjoy.
https://bibleproject.com/podcasts/human-power-over-dragon
https://bibleproject.com/podcasts/how-does-jesus-redeem-people
Week 33 – 7/5/26 – Jesus defeating the other gods
This week, we discussed one of the things that Jesus was doing in His life, ministry, death and resurrection, which is defeating the other gods of the world. Early in the series we discussed the problems of Genesis 3, 6, and 11. In this lesson, we discuss how Jesus is undoing these problems and how the other gods of the nations are being overthrown. Below are a couple more resources that discuss this further. Enjoy.
Week 32 – 6/28/26 – Jesus as the Messiah
This week we discussed how Jesus functioned as the Messiah. This is a word that many of us are familiar with, but may not completely understand in it’s context. In this lesson we discuss specifically what that means, and we talk about how Jesus fit the role of not only A Messiah, but THE Messiah that was prophesied about in the Old Testament. Below are some resources that go deeper into this Messianic concept. Enjoy.
https://bibleproject.com/podcasts/jesus-anointing-ceremony
https://nakedbiblepodcast.com/podcast/naked-bible-412-pauls-use-of-the-old-testament-series-messiah
Week 31 – 6/14/26 – Jesus as the Second Power in Heaven
This week we transitioned over into the New Testament. In this lesson, we briefly discussed how Jesus life and ministry is addressing issues that we saw in the Old Testament and tackling them head on. The writers of the Gospel’s are not only telling the story of Jesus, but they’re also writing the story in a way to make a theological point and show just who Jesus is. Piggybacking off of last week’s lesson about the Jewish doctrine of two powers in heaven, we then discussed how Jesus was explicitly referencing Himself as that second power, the visible Yahweh, the Son of Man in the vision of Daniel 7. Below you’ll find some more resources that go much deeper into all of this. Enjoy.
The Divine Epic: God's story from creation to now. 