GOSPEL OF SAINT LUKE Background

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1 GOSPEL OF SAINT LUKE 02 - Background

2 RECAP FROM THE PREVIOUS STUDY 1. Introduced the plan of this study 2. The end goal of the study of Scripture is the Mass and growth in holiness 3. There are four senses of Scripture: literal, anagogical, allegorical and moral. We focus on the literal sense 4. Meaning of the word informed in Luke 1:4

3 PLAN OF THIS STUDY 1.Brief Panoramic view of Scripture 2.Historical Considerations 3.Letter to the Galatians

4 HISTORICAL AND BIBLICAL BACKGROUND 1.The New Testament is understood in light of the Old. 2.The Gospel of Saint Luke is full of intertestamental echoes 3.A wide-panoramic view of Scripture will help us get situated

5 PANORAMIC VIEW OF SCRIPTURE IN 30 BULLETS 1. Adam and Eve in the Garden The Fall and Original Sin. Human Nature is broken; it has lost sanctifying grace. 2. Cain kills Abel and establishes the Cainite Civilization. The Sons of God (the line of Seth) mix with the daughters of Man (Cain). God decrees the Flood. 3. God confirms the covenant of Adam and Eve with Noah.

6 PANORAMIC VIEW OF SCRIPTURE 4. Noah curses Canaan and Nimrod wants a tower build to protect from another Flood. 5. Confusion of tongues. 6. Abram is chosen and the covenant is renewed with Abraham: By your seed shall all the nations be blessed. 7. Due to a drought, Jacob takes residence in Egypt

7 PANORAMIC VIEW OF SCRIPTURE years later, Moses delivers Israel from Egypt (San Francisco) and takes them into the wilderness (El Centro). 9. The 10 commandments 10.The Golden Calf and the loss of the universal priesthood. 11.Institution of the Aaronic Priesthood years of wandering in the wilderness

8 PANORAMIC VIEW OF SCRIPTURE 13.Conquest of the Promised Land under Joshua. The fall of Jericho. 14.Israel is governed by Judges. 15. Saul, then David are kings. 16. Conquest of Jerusalem and the construction of the first Temple by Solomon

9 PANORAMIC VIEW OF SCRIPTURE 17.The Kingdom of Israel splits into two: Israel to the North and Judah to the South 18.The Assyrians destroy the northern Kingdom. The 10 tribes are lost 19.Judah subdued by Babylon Jerusalem destroyed 20. Exile to Babylon, then to Persia.

10 PANORAMIC VIEW OF SCRIPTURE 21.Decree of Cyrus of Persia to rebuild Jerusalem 22.The Second Temple is rebuilt 23. Alexander the Great does his thing 24. After his death Ptolemy gets Israel, then Antiochus Epiphanes takes it and desecrates the Temple 25. Maccabean revolt. Years of independence

11 PANORAMIC VIEW OF SCRIPTURE 26.Brutal struggle between Sadducees and Pharisees 27.Ptolemy conquers Israel 28.Herod begins building the third Temple 29. Jesus Christ is born, is crucified, rises from the dead and ascends to heaven -- Pentecost 30. Jerusalem is destroyed

12 2. Historical Considerations

13 FROM EGYPT TO THE EXODUS Δ Date Event Historical Widsom Prophetic 1476Going down to Egypt Genesis 45- Joseph and his prophetic role 50 Genesis Testament of Jacob Genesis Coming out of Egypt Exodus

14 WANDERING TO JUDGES Δ Date Event Historical Widsom Prophetic Wandering ends. Leviticus, Entering the Promised Numbers, Land Deuteronomy 1410Conquest of Jericho. Joshua 1410Years of the Judges begin (Joshua, Samson, Gideon, Deborah) Years of the Judges ends. Judges, Judith, Ruth

15 CONQUEST OF JERUSALEM TO BREAKUP Δ Date Event Historical Widsom Prophetic Conquest of Jerusalem 1 & 2 Samuel Psalms, and the Establishment 1 & 2 Kings Proverbs, of the Davidic Kingdom 1 & 2 Chron. Ecclesiastes, Song of Songs Wisdom 972 Solomon starts building the Temple 966 The Temple is complete Breakup into North (Israel) and South (Judah) 2 Chronicles Amos ( ), Hosea( ), Jonah( ), Nahum(721-?)

16 FALL OF THE KINGDOMS Δ Date Event Historical Widsom Prophetic Fall of the Northern 2 Chronicles Isaiah ( ) Kingdom. 10 tribes are scattered beyond recognition. Micah ( ) Jeremiah ( ) Zephaniah ( ) Judah subdued by Babylon Destruction of Jerusalem Habakkuk (605 -?) 2 Chronicles Lamentations Joel, Jeremiah, Habakkuk, Daniel Daniel ( ?) Jeremiah, Ezekiel(598-?), Habakkuk

17 EXILE TO SECOND TEMPLE Δ Date Event Historical Widsom Prophetic 587 Years in Exile Start Daniel, Destruction of Babylon by Medo- Persia 536 Decree of Cyrus to Jeremiah Daniel Daniel rebuild Jerusalem Second Temple rebuiltesther Ezra( ?), Nehemiah (?) Haggai (520-?) Zechariah (520-?) Malachi(520-?) Gates and walls built around the Temple Nehemiah(2:1,5,8)

18 EZEKIEL 4: 4 "Then lie upon your left side, and I will lay the punishment of the house of Israel upon you; for the number of the days that you lie upon it, you shall bear their punishment. 5 For I assign to you a number of days, three hundred and ninety days, equal to the number of the years of their punishment; so long shall you bear the punishment of the house of Israel. 6 And when you have completed these, you shall lie down a second time, but on your right side, and bear the punishment of the house of Judah; forty days I assign you, a day for each year.

19 JEREMIAH 25: "Therefore thus says the LORD of hosts: Because you have not obeyed my words, 9 behold, I will send for all the tribes of the north, says the LORD, and for Nebuchadrez'zar the king of Babylon, my servant, and I will bring them against this land and its inhabitants, and against all these nations round about; I will utterly destroy them, and make them a horror, a hissing, and an everlasting reproach. 10 Moreover, I will banish from them the voice of mirth and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride, the grinding of the millstones and the light of the lamp. 11 This whole land shall become a ruin and a waste, and these nations shall serve the king of Babylon seventy years. 12 Then after seventy years are completed, I will punish the king of Babylon and that nation, the land of the Chalde'ans, for their iniquity, says the LORD, making the land an everlasting waste.

20 ALEXANDER TO ANTIOCHUS EPIPHANES Δ Date Event Historical Widsom Prophetic Alexander the Great defeats Persia Alexander s empire divided into four parts. Ptolemy takes over Palestine and Egypt The Seleucids (Syria) takes Palestine. Antiochus Epiphanes desecrates the Temple 1 & 2 Maccabees

21 MACCABEAN REVOLT TO DESTRUCTION OF JERUSALEM Δ Date Event Maccabean revolt. Independent Jewish State Brutal struggle for power between Sadducees and Pharisees Pompey (Romans) take over Israel Caesar Augustus, Roman Emperor 8 19 Herod begins the building of the third Temple 15 4 [5-3 BC] Jesus Christ is born 34? 30 Jesus Christ is Crucified Titus razes Jerusalem. Between 600,000 and 1.2M Jews die

22 444 Gates and walls built around the Temple Nehemiah Daniel 9:24: Seventy Weeks are decreed against your people 70 x 7 = 490 years. 1. [25] From the utterance of the word that Jerusalem was to be rebuilt until one who is anointed and a leader: seven weeks 7 x 7 = 49 years 483 years 2. [25] During 62 weeks it shall be rebuilt 62 x 7 = 434 years 3. [26] After the 62 weeks (483 years) an anointed shall be cut down when he does not possess the city 4. [26] The people of a leader who will come shall destroy the sanctuary.

23 Years in Exile Start 515Second Temple rebuilt Esther Daniel, Jeremiah Ezra, Nehemiah, Haggai, Zechariah Malachi 444 Gates and walls built around the Temple Nehemiah 4 Birth of Christ End of the Years of Exile 30?Jesus Christ is Crucified 39? 33

24 SAINT PAUL TO THE GALATIANS Galatians 4 1 I mean that the heir, as long as he is a child, is no better than a slave, though he is the owner of all the estate; 2 but he is under guardians and trustees until the date set by the father. 3 So with us; when we were children, we were slaves to the elemental spirits of the universe. 4 But when the time had fully come, God sent forth his Son, born of woman, born under the law, 5 to redeem those who were under the law, so that we might receive adoption as sons.

25 LET S RECAP Biblical Background and Historical Background are part of the context in which the Gospel of Saint Luke was written History is the unfolding of God s plan throughout the ages Book of Revelation Considerations for next week: Read Luke 1. Reflection: Why was Saint Gabriel sent and not Saint Michael or Saint Raphael? What is it that Zachariah did not believe? Would I have believed if I were in Zachariah s shoes? Can an angel cause a man to be mute?