New Testament | The Bible as Story (Part 2)
In this lecture from Dr. Michael McKay’s New Testament Literature course at Cedarville University, students trace the unfolding story from the Old Testament through the intertestamental era to the Gospels, discovering how Jesus fulfills the promises and expectations of Israel’s Scriptures.
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Dr. McKay explains why reading the Old and New Testaments as one unified story clarifies the gospel message and situates Jesus—the Messiah, Son of David, and Son of God—within the grand biblical narrative. Students explore the six-act framework (Creation, Fall, Israel, Jesus, Church, and New Creation) and examine how Israel’s exile, prophetic hopes, and Second Temple history shaped first-century Jewish expectations. The lecture helps listeners see the Bible as a coherent drama of redemption, culminating in Christ and continuing through the Church’s mission.
Timestamps:
0:00 Why read Old and New Testaments as one story
0:40 The six-act play framework for Scripture
2:35 Jesus and the Emmaus disciples (Luke 24)
4:26 Gospel introductions in Old Testament context (Matthew 1, Mark 1)
5:11 Israel’s monarchy, Davidic covenant, exile, and restoration
10:10 Second Temple—absence of God’s visible presence
11:23 Prophetic hopes: Torah, Turf, Throne, and Temple
15:03 Messianic portrait—serpent crusher, suffering servant, Son of Man
19:55 The Mosaic of messianic prophecy fulfilled in Jesus
23:33 Intertestamental history—Persia to Greece and Rome
29:50 Antiochus IV, Hellenization, and the Maccabean revolt
34:18 Hasmonean rule and the rise of Pharisees, Sadducees, and Essenes
40:25 Rome’s arrival and Jewish–Roman tensions
46:02 Masada and the fall of Jewish independence
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