Planting Churches among the City's Poor - Volume 1

156 • P LANTING C HURCHES AMONG THE C ITY ’ S P OOR : V OLUME 1

4. First signs of God’s redeeming, ransoming grace, Gen. 3.15, 21

5. The judgment of humankind: Noah and the Flood, Gen. 6-9

6. The Tower of Babel and the scattering of peoples, Gen. 11

D. The Unfolding of Time (God’s Plan Revealed through the People of Israel)

1. The Abrahamic Promise and the covenant of Yahweh (Patriarchs), Gen. 12.1-3; 15; 17; 18.18; 28.4

2. The Exodus and the Covenant at Sinai, Exodus-Deuteronomy

3. The Conquest of the inhabitants and the Promised Land, Joshua-2 Chronicles

4. Judges, Samuel, and the Kings: Saul, David, Solomon, 1 and 2 Samuel

5. The City, the Temple, and the Throne, Ps. 48.1-3; 2 Chron. 7.14; 2 Sam. 7.8ff. (The unified and divided Kingdoms of Judah and Israel)

a. The role of the prophet: declaring the word of the Lord to the people of God, Deut. 18.15

b. The role of the priest: representing God before his people, Heb. 5.1

c. The role of the king: ruling with righteousness and justice in God’s stead in his kingdom, Ps. 72

6. The judgment upon Israel: Assyrian captivity, cf. 2 Kings 15; Isa. 9

7. The Captivity of Judah, and the Babylonian Exile: Jeremiah, Lamentations, Daniel, Ezekiel, Esther

8. The Return of the Remnant: Ezra, Nehemiah, Malachi

E. The Fullness of Time (Incarnation of Christ Jesus), Gal. 4.4-6

1. The Word becomes Flesh, John 1.14-18; 1 John 1.1-4