Session 5: The Covenant and Expansion of the Original Covenant
Preparation Resources
Discussion Topics
- Reading
- Deuteronomy 27-32
- Colossians 1:12-20
- John 1:1-18
- Deuteronomy 27-32
- Tim Keller sermons
Discussion Topics
- How is the story of the covenant in Deuteronomy 27-30 an expansion of the original command to Adam and Eve?
- What are the main themes of the covenantal relationship?
- In the Colossians passage, what themes are taken from Genesis 1? In what ways is Jesus the fulfillment of the story?
- In what ways is the prologue to the Gospel of John a retrieval of the story told in Genesis 1? In the Pentateuch?
- What does it mean that Jesus himself is the ‘true temple’? How does this relate to the story the Bible is telling?
- How do followers of Jesus fit in with the temple theme? What is the role of the Holy Spirit?