Day 2629 – New Testament Orientation – The Culture and Cosmology of the Intertestamental Period

Welcome to Day 2629 of Wisdom-Trek. Thank you for joining me. This is Guthrie Chamberlain, Your Guide to Wisdom Day 2629 – New Testament Orientation – The Culture and Cosmology of the Intertestamental Period Putnam Church Message – 05/11/2025 Sermon Series: New Testament Orientation Message 3: The Culture and Cosmology of the Intertestamental Period   Last week, we had a dramatic reading covering ‘The Story of the New Testament,’ with Romans 5:8-11 as our core verses. The story of the New Testament can be summed up in verse 11. So now we can rejoice in our wonderful new relationship with God because our Lord Jesus Christ has made us friends with God. Before we start today, I wanted to let you know that using the Hebrew name Yahweh for God and Yeshua for Jesus may have been somewhat confusing to some, as an attempt to put us into the mindset of an ancient Israelite. So today I will return to referring to the more familiar use of God and Jesus in the messages. Today, we will step back into the intertestamental period between the Old and New Testaments and explore The Culture and Cosmology of the Intertestamental Period. Our core verses for today are Galatians 3:26-29. Let’s read that passage now: 26 For you are all children[a] of God through faith in Christ Jesus. 27 And all who have been united with Christ in baptism have put on Christ, like putting on new clothes.[b] 28 There is no longer Jew or Gentile,[c] slave or free, male and female. For you are all one in Christ Jesus. 29 And now that you belong to Christ, you are the true children[d] of Abraham. You are his heirs, and God’s promise to Abraham belongs to you. As we continue our journey through understanding the New Testament, we’ve established what these writings are – inspired, authoritative, and written in the common tongue for all to hear. We’ve seen that the New Testament isn’t a new, separate story, but the glorious continuation and fulfillment of the ancient narrative of God’s dealings with His creation and His people, Israel, culminating in the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus, the Messiah, and His enthronement as Lord over all. We must pause before we move forward to the scrolls to Matthew’s account of Jesus’ birth in two weeks. We need to understand the world into which Jesus came, the air people breathed, the ground they walked on, and the thoughts that filled their...