Gospel Backgrounds I: Beginnings

Table of Contents
  • 1 Logos (22)

    John 1:1-18

  • 2 Annunciations (22)

    In ANNUNCIATIONS, we visit the Holy Temple in Jerusalem to watch the priesthood conduct the morning sacrifice. We meet Zechariah and follow him into the Sanctuary for his encounter with the angel Gabriel.

  • 3 Genealogies (22)

    GENEALOGIES demonstrates to us that Jesus is of the “house and lineage” of King David. Once, when Jesus was passing through the streets, some blind men called out to Him, “Have mercy on us, Son of David!

  • 4a Nativity I (22)

    In NATIVITY focuses exlusively on Joseph. He is fully prepared to do the thing expected of a Tzadik who has been wronged - seek no shame or revenge, but divorce her quietly.

  • 4b Nativity II (22)

  • 5. Nazarene (22)

    In THE NAZARENE, Joseph and Mary return to the remote village of Nazareth overlooking the Jezreel Valley and Mount Tabor. The transition from cosmopolitan Alexandria to backwater Nazareth allows them to live out their own personal exodus from Egypt.

  • 6. John-Immerser (22)

    Table of Contents A word on the lesson title The time of the beginning The message and the messenger A specimen of John’s preaching The forerunner’s picture of the Messiah before seeing Him Archived Video Portions: