This work begins with a study of covenant concepts, the reign of God prior to the coming of Christ, and the expectations God has always had of non-covenant people. The author then develops the preaching of John the Baptist and Jesus as an urgent attempt to turn the Jewish nation back to God to avoid imminent national destruction. The Sermon on the Mount is viewed, not as a contrast between the Mosaic Law and the Teaching of Christ, but as Jesus correctly interpreting Moses to the Jews of his day. The parables of Jesus are then briefly analyzed, showing that each one of them is related to the reform of the Jews by Jesus. The theme of the relative importance of one's treatment of his fellowman over his formal religious service is traced throughout the Old and New Covenants. The study of the teaching of Jesus ends as Jesus concluded it, with a study of his pronouncement of imminent national destruction through the gospels, in Matthew 24-25, and after the gospels through Revelation..Also included is a surprising study of Jesus teaching on hell.
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