Overview
The incarnation of the Word and its implications are so expansive that we often need an “apocalypse” aka “unveiling” of its importance. In this course, Matt will explain why and how the birth of Christ is not just a specific event in history. It is rather the culmination of all history as God’s self-revelation, built upon the possibility for and the precedent of the Word becoming flesh.
Join these 5 Lessons from Matt:
- The Great War
- The Great Anticipation
- The Great Fulfillment
- The Great Tradition
- The Great Commission
Categories
1. Apocalyptic Christmas - The Great War
In 1914, the world experienced a crisis of apocalyptic proportions. But then Christmas brought a mysterious truce encouraged by the greatest mystery of all time.
2. Apocalyptic Christmas - The Great Anticipation
Are typologies and prophecies the only way the Hebrew Scriptures anticipate the incarnation of Christ? Perhaps it is even more elaborate.
3. Apocalyptic Christmas - The Great Fulfillment
Based upon his unique identity as God incarnate, every other aspect of Christ’s work is predicated on the means of his birth.
4. Apocalyptic Christmas - The Great Tradition
For the creeds and the early church writers, the Manger could never be moved from the foot of the Cross: incarnational redemption.
5. Apocalyptic Christmas - The Great Commission
Christ came, and so we go. No more Christmas in July. No more Christmas in December. Let’s have Christmas all year round.
Instructor
Matthew VanNorstran
Matt holds a Bachelor of Bible & Theology from Lee University, a Master of Theological Studies from Pentecostal Theological Seminary, and a Master of Theology from Princeton Theological Seminary. He is pursuing his Ph.D. in biblical studies from Bangor University, specializing in Pentecostal approaches to scripture. Matt is an instructor in the Old Testament and Hebrew for TheosU and Theos Seminary where he teaches interpretive methodologies.
