Jensens survey of the old testament adam 592
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Wuest, Kenneth S. In These Last Days.
1. Merrill C. Tenney in Zondervan
Pictorial Bible Dictionary, p. 643, gives
this reason: “The relative silence of the
early Church may be explained by the
brevity of the epistle, which could have
made it more susceptible to being
overlooked or lost.”
2. Some of the earliest manuscripts read
only the name “Simeon.” But this is a
reference to the same person. (Cf. Acts
15:14.)
3. Paul was executed by Nero in A.D. 67,
probably the same year peter wrote this
second epistle.
4. From Merrill F. Unger, Unger’s Bible
Handbook, p. 809.
5. Today’s English Version interprets 3:56
in this way: “Long ago God spoke, and
the heavens and earth were created.”
6. Cf. Charles F. Pfei er and Everett F.
Harrison, eds., The Wycli e Bible
Commentary, p. 1461.
7. The “day of judgment” is also called
the “day of the Lord” (3:10) and “day of
God” (3:12). This is not a 24-hour day,
but an extended period of time, the
dawn of which will be Christ’s coming to
rapture the church.
23Epistles of John and Jude
1 John: Fellowship with God and His Children
2 John: Truth and the Christian
3 John: Spiritual Health and Prosperity
Jude: Keeping Oneself in the Love of God
About a half century after Christ ascended
to heaven, the Spirit moved one man, John
the Elder, to write the last
ve New
Testament books (a gospel, three epistles,
Revelation). The other twenty-two had been
written and distributed from about A.D. 45 to
the years just prior to the fall of Jerusalem
(A.D. 70).
John’s experience as the writer of New
Testament books was unique. Besides his
dramatic experience in old age of visions on
the Island of Patmos (when he authored the
book of Revelation), the apostle had the
blessed privilege of meditating long on the
wonderful truths of Jesus’ life. He recorded
his re ections under the inspiration of the
Holy Spirit in a gospel record and in the
three epistles of 1, 2, and 3 John. We have
already studied his gospel. Now we turn our
attention to his three letters. This will be
followed by a survey of Jude, a short letter
that appears immediately after John’s letters
in the New Testament canon.
I. PREPARATION FOR STUDY
Think back over all the books of the New
Testament that had been written up to the
writing of John’s letters and Revelation. Had
any major areas of doctrine been
overlooked? If not, what might have been
God’s reasons for adding new books to His
collection of Scripture?
