Introductions

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The World and You
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Welcome!

• Introductions
• Who we are, who you are
• About the course its aims, your aims

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Course Structure

• Week1 - Intro to us, the Bible prophecy
• Week2 - Prophecy fulfilled The Jews, the land
  of Israel
• Week3 - Prophecies of a world saviour
• Week4 - The Bible and world nations
• Week5 - The future us and Gods purpose

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Course Structure

• Each night
• Intro and last weeks recap 10min
• 20min session
• Refreshment break questions - 5min
• 40min session
• Break questions - 5min
• Wrap up - 10min

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Week 1

• Who we are
• Christadelphians Christ a Delphian
• Why are we here?
• 15 He (Jesus) said to them (the disciples), "Go
  into all the world and preach the good news to
  all creation Mark 1615

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Week 1
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Brief introduction to the Bible

• It is divided into 2 main parts - the Old and New
  Testament
• It is further divided into 66 books - 39 in the
  Old and 27 in the New Testament
• Over 40 different men from 10 different countries
  wrote those books
• They wrote over a period of over 1600 years

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Brief introduction to the Bible

• Old Testament
• The Pentateuch - Genesis - Deuteronomy
• History - Joshua - Esther
• Poetry wisdom - Job Song of Solomon
• The prophets - Isaiah - Malachi

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Brief introduction to the Bible

• New Testament
• History - Matthew Acts
• Letters - Romans - Jude
• Prophecy - Revelation

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Some tips on how to read The Bible

• Allow time
• Be open to new ideas
• Think about it
• Ask questions
• Share your ideas

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Prophecy

• Introduction to prophecy
• What makes a good prophecy?
• Example of Tyre

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Prophecy

• 21 You may say to yourselves, "How can we know
  when a message has not been spoken by the Lord?"
  22 If what a prophet proclaims in the name of the
  Lord does not take place or come true, that is a
  message the Lord has not spoken. That prophet has
  spoken presumptuously. Do not be afraid of him
• Deuteronomy 182122

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Bible prophecy does come true

• this is what the Sovereign Lord says I am
  against you, O Tyre, and I will bring many
  nations against you, like the sea casting up its
  waves. 4 They will destroy the walls of Tyre and
  pull down her towers I will scrape away her
  rubble and make her a bare rock. 5 Out in the sea
  she will become a place to spread fishnets, for I
  have spoken, declares the Sovereign Lord. She
  will become plunder for the nations
• Ezekiel 263-5

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The old city of Tyre
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The Fall of Tyre

• They will destroy the walls of Tyre and pull
  down her towers
• Read Ezekiel 261-13
• Assyrians - Shalmaneser IV subdued all except
  Tyre, which he distressed by cutting off her
  water-supply
• Babylonians - Tyre resisted Nebuchadnezzar 13
  years (598-585) then city fell

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Was the prophecy wrong?

• I will also scrape her dust from her, and make
  her like the top of a rock.
• It shall be a place for the spreading of nets in
  the midst of the sea
• 2 invasions the city defeated and no fulfilment
• Did Ezekiel get it wrong?

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Tyre and Greece
Tyre
Israel
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The Fall of Tyre

• BC 332 Alexander the Great comes against Tyre
• Alexander scrapes the rubble from the site of the
  old city so that it was like the top of a rock
• Alexander used the stones of the old city to
  build a causeway so that the sea lapped against
  them and they could then be used in later days
  for the drying of fishermen's nets

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out of the sea she will become a place to
spread fishnets
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Alexander takes Tyre BC 332
Where Alexander started to build the causeway
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What we have learned

• The Bible has 17 books on prophecy!
• Bible prophecy has been fulfilled
• Bible prophecy is sometimes fulfilled in stages
• Bible prophecy is focused on Israel

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Next Week

• We will look at
• Prophecies fulfilled
• Prophecies concerning Israel losing and gaining
  their country
• Prophecies of a saviour