End of the Beginning (The Moore Theological College lectures)

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THE END OF
THE BEGINNING

THE END OF
THE BEGINNING
Revelation 21-22 and the Old Testament
The Moore Theological
College Lectures 1983
William J. Dumbrell
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COVENANT AND CREATION:
An Old Testament Covenantal Theology
PREFACE
This study is dedicated to the many, many students in whose patient
presence these ideas were formulated. My thanks are due to my family
for their unfailing tolerance and not the least to the careful and very
helpful work of Mark Strom, editor of Lancer Books, Sydney,
Australia.
Bill Dumbrell
Vancouver, 1985.

CONTENTS
THE NEW JERUSALEM
The Presentation in Revelation 21-22
The Old Testament
i. Isaiah
a. Isaiah 1-12
b. Isaiah 13-23
c. Isaiah 24-27
d. Isaiah 28-33
e. Isaiah 34-35
f. Isaiah 36-39
g. Outline of the Structure of Isaiah
h. Isaiah 40-45
i. Isaiah 56-66
Summary
ii. Prophetic References to Jerusalem until 587 BC
iii. Jerusalem's Fall and the Future of Israel's Institutions:
The Books of Kings
iv. Lamentations
v. Ezekiel
vi. Zechariah
The New Testament
i. Gospels
ii. Paul
iii. Hebrews
iv. Revelation Reconsidered
THE NEW TEMPLE
The Presentation in Revelation 21-22
The Old Testament
i. Tabernacle and Exodus
a. Exodus 15:1-18
b. Sabbath and Creation
c. Sinai Covenant
d. Construction Interrupted
ii. Tabernacle and Conquest
iii. From Tabernacle to Temple
iv. Kingship and Temple
a. David and the Building of the Temple
b. Davidic Covenant Promises
c. Monarchical Period
v. Ezekiel
a. Initial Visions
b. Vision of the New Temple
c. Significance of the Vision
vi. Haggai
vii. Zechariah
viii. Chronicles, Ezra and Nehemiah
The New Testament
i. The Gospels
a. Jesus' Temple Entry
b. Jesus' Trial
c. Luke and Stephen's Speech
d. John
ii. Paul
iii. Peter
iv. Hebrews
v. Revelation Reconsidered
THE NEW COVENANT
The Presentation in Revelation 21-22
The Old Testament
i. Pre-Exilic Prophetic Attitude to Covenant
ii. Prominence of Covenant Terminology in the Exilic Period
iii. Jeremiah
a. Call and Vocation
b. Structure
c. Jeremiah 31:31-34
1. Continuity and Discontinuity
2. Unilateral Nature of the New Covenant
3. "New" Covenant
4. Law in the Heart
5. "Newness"
iv. Ezekiel
v. Isaiah 40-66
vi. Post-Exilic Period
The New Testament
i. Matthew
ii. Paul
a. 2 Corinthians 3
b. Galatians
iii. John and Hebrews
iv. Revelation Reconsidered
THE NEW ISRAEL
The Presentation in Revelation 21-22
The Old Testament
i. Sinai and Israel
a. Moses and the Giving of the Legal Codes
b. Covenant Renewal
c. Exodus 19:3b-6: Abrahamic Emphasis
ii. Patriarchal Narratives
iii. Deuteronomy
iv. Pre-Monarchical Period
v. The Advent of Kingship
vi. Monarchical Period: Emergence of Remnant Theology
vii. Jeremiah
viii. Ezekiel
ix. Isaiah 40-55
x. Post-Exilic Developments
The New Testament
i. Gospels
a. Matthew
b. Mark
c. Luke — Acts
d. John
ii. Epistles
iii. Revelation Reconsidered