Week 2 - Rescued from bondage

Summary of Week 2:

Week 2 Audio
Week 2 Document

This week we looked at the four major gardens of the Bible: Eden, Canaan, Gethsemane, and Zion. Just as the two bookend gardens mirror one another in content, so it is with the middle two gardens. Canaan representing the Old Testament...Gethsemane representing the New Testament.

In Old Testament, God rescues His people from their bondage to Pharaoh in Egypt and delivers them into a land where they can flourish. In the New Testament, God rescues His people from their bondage to sin and is in the process of delivering them into a land where they can flourish.

Homework - What profession (so to speak) do we find in all four gardens?

Revelation 22 - Tree of Life?

Thanks to Mr. Harris...we now have small glimpse of the tree of life in Revelation 22. Though something tells me both the tree and river will be bigger...lots bigger!

Printing Documents

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Week 1 - Correction!

Some people caught the Scripture reference mistake in the powerpoint presentation this morning. I referenced Luke 25:26....the only problem is that there is no Luke 25:26! 

The correct verse is Luke 14:26. 

Sorry, there will probably be more mistakes like this during the semester. Please keep me in check.

Thanks to Mr. Eddie and Mr. Justin for bringing this to my attention!

Week 1 - Introduction and Theme

Thanks to all who came and participated this morning! I look forward to our time together this semester.

Summary of Week 1:

Week 1 Audio

Week 1 Documents

Principle #1 - Don't miss the forest for the trees. It is important to have a Genesis thru Revelation theology.

Tool #1 - What an author says at the beginning and the end is usually important. This tool can be applied to individual books as well as the whole of Scripture. 

Tool #2 - Connect the dots. Just like in kindergarten, it is important to connect the dots when studying God's Word. 

This week we sought to apply this principle and these tools to the Bible as a whole. In doing so, we found that the Bible starts in a garden and ends in a garden. Not only that...but we find garden-type language throughout Scripture. This language is pointing to a spiritual reality, namely that of "eternal" or "abundant" life (John 10:10). Another way to describe this type of life is found in our theme verse for the semester, Proverbs 12:12. It says, "The wicked desire the plunder of evil men, but the root of the righteous flourishes."

You were created to flourish in the kingdom of God! What does it mean to flourish? Well, we'll spend the rest of the semester looking at that question. 

Homework - What are two other Gardens that we find in the Bible?

Please feel free to post comments or questions. Look forward to seeing everyone next week.

Welcome

Hello to all and welcome to the official blog page for "The Garden and the Seed" Sunday School class at First Presbyterian Church. The class begins on August 23rd at 10:00 am in the King Hall.

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