Grade 8 · Christian · NGSS/CCSS-aligned
How the two testaments fit together, taught by watching the New Testament writers read the Old.
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Nine weeks learning the method itself. Luke 24 as the scene where it is taught, then six Old Testament promises traced into the New: the seed of the woman, Abraham's blessing and Abraham's faith, Psalm 16 in Peter's first sermon, David's throne, and Isaiah's Immanuel. Closes with Matthew 2, which quotes the Old Testament four times in four different ways.
Read, examine and write about “How the first Christians read their Bible” (Luke 24:13-35 and Luke 24:44-49), and say Luke 24:27 by heart.
Read, examine and write about “The first promise, and how little it says” (Genesis 3:1-19 and Galatians 4:1-7), and say Genesis 3:15 (part) by heart.
Read, examine and write about “Blessing for everyone, promised to one man” (Genesis 12:1-9 and Galatians 3:6-14), and say Galatians 3:8 (part) by heart.
Read, examine and write about “Counted, not earned” (Genesis 15:1-6 and Romans 4:1-12), and say Genesis 15:6 by heart.
Read, examine and write about “A psalm about death, used as evidence” (Psalm 16 and Acts 2:22-36), and say Psalm 16:10 by heart.
Read, examine and write about “A throne that outlasts the man” (2 Samuel 7:1-17 and Luke 1:26-38), and say 2 Samuel 7:16 by heart.
Read, examine and write about “Immanuel, and an argument about one word” (Isaiah 7:1-17 and Matthew 1:18-25), and say Isaiah 7:14 by heart.
Read, examine and write about “A quotation that was never a prediction” (Hosea 11:1-11 and Matthew 2:13-15), and say Matthew 2:15 (part) by heart.
Read, examine and write about “Four quotations in one chapter” (Matthew 2 and Jeremiah 31:15-17), and say Micah 5:2 (part) by heart.
The machinery of Israel's worship read in its own terms first and then through the New Testament. Blood and atonement in Leviticus 17, Passover, the binding of Isaac, the Day of Atonement, the tabernacle, Solomon's temple, and Melchizedek. Ends with Peter handing Exodus 19's language to Gentile congregations.
Read, examine and write about “Why blood” (Leviticus 17:10-14 and Hebrews 9:15-22), and say Leviticus 17:11 (part) by heart.
Read, examine and write about “Passover, and a lamb with no broken bones” (Exodus 12:1-14 and John 19:31-37), and say 1 Corinthians 5:7 (part) by heart.
Read, examine and write about “God will provide himself a lamb” (Genesis 22:1-19 and John 1:29-36), and say Genesis 22:8 (part) by heart.
Read, examine and write about “Two goats, one day” (Leviticus 16:1-22 and Hebrews 9:6-14), and say Leviticus 16:22 (part) by heart.
Read, examine and write about “A tent, so that God could live in the camp” (Exodus 25:1-9 and Exodus 40:33-38, John 1:1-18), and say Exodus 25:8 by heart.
Read, examine and write about “The temple, and the man who called himself one” (1 Kings 8:22-30 and John 2:13-22), and say John 2:19 (part) by heart.
Read, examine and write about “A priest with no genealogy” (Genesis 14:17-24 and Hebrews 7:1-10), and say Genesis 14:18 by heart.
Read, examine and write about “A priest forever, sworn to” (Psalm 110 and Hebrews 7:11-28), and say Psalm 110:4 (part) by heart.
Read, examine and write about “A kingdom of priests” (Exodus 19:1-6 and 1 Peter 2:1-10), and say 1 Peter 2:9 (part) by heart.
Israel's two defining events used as patterns by later writers. The name at the bush, the sea, manna, the bronze serpent, and the forty days in Matthew 4; then the fall of Jerusalem, Lamentations, two of Isaiah's servant songs, and Jeremiah's new covenant.
Read, examine and write about “The name at the bush” (Exodus 3:1-15 and John 8:48-59), and say Exodus 3:14 (part) by heart.
Read, examine and write about “The sea, and Paul reading it as a pattern” (Exodus 14:5-31 and 1 Corinthians 10:1-13), and say 1 Corinthians 10:11 (part) by heart.
Read, examine and write about “Bread that did not keep” (Exodus 16:1-21 and John 6:26-40), and say John 6:35 by heart.
Read, examine and write about “The snake on the pole” (Numbers 21:4-9 and John 3:9-21), and say John 3:14 by heart.
Read, examine and write about “Forty days, and three quotations” (Deuteronomy 8:1-6 and Matthew 4:1-11), and say Matthew 4:4 (part) by heart.
Read, examine and write about “When the temple burned” (2 Kings 25:1-21 and Lamentations 3:1-26), and say Lamentations 3:22-23 by heart.
Read, examine and write about “Isaiah's servant: chosen and quiet” (Isaiah 42:1-9 and Matthew 12:14-21), and say Isaiah 42:1 (part) by heart.
Read, examine and write about “Isaiah's servant: wounded” (Isaiah 52:13-53:12 and Acts 8:26-40), and say Isaiah 53:5 by heart.
Read, examine and write about “A new covenant, promised in the ruins” (Jeremiah 31:31-34 and Luke 22:14-20), and say Jeremiah 31:33 (part) by heart.
Nine weeks in one book, read as a demonstration. The chain of quotations in chapter 1, Psalm 8 and Psalm 22 in chapter 2, Psalm 95 and the word to day, the Melchizedek argument completed, Psalm 40 and the end of sacrifice, the faith chapter, and the practical ending.
Read, examine and write about “A letter with no address” (Hebrews 1:1-4 and Hebrews 13:22-25), and say Hebrews 1:1-2 (part) by heart.
Read, examine and write about “Seven quotations in nine verses” (Hebrews 1:5-14 with Psalm 2, Psalm 45:6-7 and Psalm 110:1), and say Psalm 2:7 (part) by heart.
Read, examine and write about “Psalm 8, Psalm 22, and a brother” (Hebrews 2:5-18 with Psalm 8 and Psalm 22), and say Hebrews 2:18 by heart.
Read, examine and write about “Moses was faithful in the house” (Hebrews 3:1-19 with Numbers 12:7 and Psalm 95:7-11), and say Psalm 95:7-8 (part) by heart.
Read, examine and write about “Rest, and a high priest who knows” (Hebrews 4:1-16 with Genesis 2:2 and Joshua 21:43-45), and say Hebrews 4:15 by heart.
Read, examine and write about “The argument from silence, completed” (Hebrews 5:1-10 and Hebrews 7:11-28), and say Hebrews 7:25 (part) by heart.
Read, examine and write about “Why the sacrifices had to keep happening” (Hebrews 9:11-28 and Hebrews 10:1-18 with Psalm 40:6-8), and say Hebrews 10:4 by heart.
Read, examine and write about “Faith, defined and then illustrated” (Hebrews 11), and say Hebrews 11:1 by heart.
Read, examine and write about “What to do with the method now” (Hebrews 12:1-13 and Hebrews 13:1-8), and say Hebrews 13:8 by heart.
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How the two testaments fit together, taught by watching the New Testament writers read the Old.
Unit 1 · what to expect
Nine weeks learning the method itself. Luke 24 as the scene where it is taught, then six Old Testament promises traced into the New: the seed of the woman, Abraham's blessing and Abraham's faith, Psalm 16 in Peter's first sermon, David's throne, and Isaiah's Immanuel. Closes with Matthew 2, which quotes the Old Testament four times in four different ways.
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