Christian Churches of God

No. B1

 

 

 

 

Bible Study Program

(Edition 6.0 19960107-20100417)

 

In order to assist in the development of biblical knowledge, this study program by topics has been produced. In this way, the program can be developed systematically. The list is also to form the basis for sermon preparation in the Church. People are encouraged to attempt simplification of some items or to contribute suggestions for the improvement of texts.

 

 

 

Bible Study Program

 

1.     The Nature & Government of God

 

A.    The One True God

 

The God We Worship (No. 2)

Frequently Asked Questions Series 1: The Nature of God (No. 3)

Psalm 8 (No. 14)

The Names of God (No. 116)

The Unitarian/Trinitarian Wars (No. 268)

The Use of the Term Hypostasis (No. 230)

God Revealed Chapter 1 Ancient Monotheism (No. G1)

The Etymology of the Name of God (No. 220)

 

B.     The Holy Spirit

 

Consubstantial with the Father (No. 81)

The Holy Spirit (No. 117)

Fruit of the Holy Spirit (No. 146)

The Gender of the Holy Spirit (No. 155)

 

 

C.    The Sons of God

 

The Seven Spirits of God (No.64)

The Government of God (No. 174)

How God Became a Family (No. 187)

Role of the Family (No.187B)

Christianity and Childrearing (No.186)

Introduction to the Godhead (No. 193)

The Significance of the Term Son of God (No. 211)

Lucifer: Light Bearer and Morning Star (No. 223)

Creation: From Anthropomorphic Theology to Theomorphic Anthropology (No. B5)

 

2.     The Messiah

 

A.    A Son of God

 

The Pre-Existence of Jesus Christ (No. 243)

Role of Messiah (No. 226)

Christ and Deity (No. 237)

The Deity of Christ (No. 147)

God Our Saviour (No. 198)

The Elect as Elohim (No. 1)

The Angel of YHVH (No. 24)

The Angel and Abraham's Sacrifice (No. 71)

Eternal Life (No. 133)

Joshua, the Messiah, the Son of God (No. 134)

On Immortality (No. 165)

Psalm 45 (No. 177)

Psalm 110 (No. 178)

Arche of the Creation of God as Alpha and Omega (No. 229)

B.     The Christ

 

One Bread, One Body (No. 12)

The Purpose of the Creation and the Sacrifice of Christ (No. 160)

Jesus the Christ, King, Priest and Prophet (No. 280)

Genealogy of the Messiah (No. 119)

Christ's Age At Baptism and The Duration of His Ministry (No. 19)

Micah 5:2-3 (No. 121)

Timing of the Crucifixion and the Resurrection (No. 159)

I Thirst (No. 102)

Messiah and the Red Heifer (No. 216)

Golgotha: the Place of the Skull (No. 217)

 

C.    Concepts Pursuant to the Incarnation

 

Giving (No. 10)

Steps to Overcoming Sin (No. 11)

The Beatitudes (No. 40)

Forgiveness (No. 112)

Reconciliation Through Forgiveness (No.112B)

Encouragement and Discouragement (No. 130)

Truth (No. 168)

Born Again (No. 172)

Eating Together in Worship (No. 267)

Christianity and Childrearing (No. 186)

 

3.     Man: Sin & Salvation

 

A.    Physical Israel

 

The Bible (No. 164)

Alleged Bible Contradictions (No. 164B)

Antinomian Destruction of Christianity by Misuse of Scripture (No. 164C)

The Covenant of God (No. 152)

The Doctrine of Original Sin Part I The Garden of Eden (No. 246)

Doctrine of Original Sin Part 2 The Generations of Adam (No. 248)

Why was Abraham called "the Friend of God"? (No. 35)

Abraham and Sodom (No. 91)

David and Goliath (No. 126)

The Fall of Jericho (No. 142)

The Nephilim (No. 154)

Numbers 20:1-13 (No. 169)

The Golden Calf (No. 222)

Calling the Peoples to Jerusalem (No. 238)

Samson and the Judges (No. 73)

Rule of the Kings Part I: Saul (No. 282A)

Rule of the Kings Part II: David (No. 282B)

Rule of the Kings Part III: Solomon and the Key of David (No 282C)

 

B.     Spiritual Israel & The Church

 

Introduction to Christianity (No. 225)

The Pillars of Philadelphia (No. 283)

Proverbs 30 (No. 113)

Predestination (No. 296)

Are We on the Right Path? (No. 23)

Repentance and Baptism (No. 52)

Conversion and Truth (No. 72)

The Basis of Biblical Leadership (No. 79)

The Basis of Christian Living (No. 85)

Faith and Works (No. 86)

Respect of Persons (No. 221)

Our Dwelling Place (No. 94)

Teach Us to Pray (No. 111)

Let the Dead Bury Their Dead (No. 16)

The Commission of the Church (No. 171)

He Calls Them by Name: A Study of Psalm 23 (No. 18)

Lambs of God (No. 29)

The Spirit of Adoption (No. 34)

Purification and Circumcision (No. 251)

The Mysteries of God (No. 131)

Mark of the Beast (No. 25)

The Sacraments of the Church (No. 150)

God and the Church (No. 151)

The Ark of the Covenant (No. 196)

Deuteronomy 20 (No. 201)

Forming a Church (No. 171B)

Role of the Christian Woman (No. 62)

Know Ye Not? (No. 84)

The Significance of the Wedding in Cana of Galilee (No. 50)

Blessed are Those Invited (No. 42)

Leah and Rachel (No. 295)

On Hymns in Christian Worship (No. 247)

El Shaddai Song Introduction (No.H1)

Musical Instruments in Worship (No. 33)

 

 

C.    Islam and Others and Their Relationship With the Bible

 

Introduction to the Commentary on the Koran (No. QI)

The Koran on the Bible, the Law, and the Covenant (No. 83)

FAQ Bible Study Comparative Religions (No. 60)

The Name of God in Islam (No. 54)

Christ and the Koran (No. 163)

The Sabbath in the Qur'an (No. 274)

Genesis 22, Judaism, Islam and the Sacrifice of Isaac (No. 244)

Hebrew and Islamic Calendar Reconciled (No. 53)

Mysticism Chapter 5 Islam (No. B7_5)

Polygamy in the Bible and the Koran (No. 293)

 

4.     The Law

 

A.    The Law and Consequence

 

The Relationship Between Salvation by Grace and the Law (No. 82)

The Blessings and the Curses (No. 75)

FAQ's on Ezekiel Chapters 36-48 and the Sanctification of the Temple (No. 292)

Distinction in the Law (No. 96)

The Works of the Law Text - or MMT (No. 104)

We Are Not Saved by Good Works (No. 189)

Love and the Structure of the Law (No. 200)

The Blind Man (No. 207)

Reading the Law with Ezra & Nehemiah (No. 250)

The Fall of Jerusalem to Babylon (No. 250B)

Rachel and the Law (No. 281)

The Law of God (No. L1)

The Food Laws (No. 15)

PAUL: Part I Paul and the Law (No. 271)

 

B.     The Ten Commandments

 

The First Great Commandment (No. 252)

The Second Great Commandment (No. 257)

Law and the First Commandment (No. 253)

The First Commandment: The Sin of Satan (No. 153)

Law and the Second Commandment (No. 254)

Law and the Third Commandment (No. 255)

Law and the Fourth Commandment (No. 256)

Law and the Fifth Commandment (No. 258)

Law and the Sixth Commandment (No. 259)

Law and the Seventh Commandment (No. 260)

Law and the Eighth Commandment (No. 261)

Law and the Ninth Commandment (No. 262)

Law and the Tenth Commandment (No. 263)

 

C.    Other

 

Tithing (No. 161)

Swearing By God (No. 32)

Tattooing (No. 5)

Balance (No. 209)

The Food Laws (No. 15)

Vegetarianism and the Bible (No. 183)

Wine in the Bible (No. 188)

The Sin of Onan (No. 162)

Blue Ribbons (No. 273)

Sacrifice Offering (No. 278)

Marriage (No. 289)

Anger (No.61)

Birthdays (No. 287)

The Song of Moses in Exodus 15 (No. 179)

 

5.     The Calendar

 

Start of the Month and the Day (No. 203)

New Moon and Holy Day Calendar (No. C3)

God's Calendar (No. 156)

The Sabbath and the Lunar Cycle (No. 156B)

The Holy Days of God (No. 97)

The Moon and the New Year (No. 213)

God's Feasts as they relate to the Creation (No. 227)

The Death of the Lamb (No. 242)

Colossians 2:16-17 (No. 205)

Deuteronomy 12:17-28 (No. 284)

The Calendar and the Moon: Postponements or Festivals? (No. 195)

Distortion of God's Calendar in Judah (No. 195B)

Why Is Passover So Late in 1997? (No. 239)

Tishri in Relation to the Equinox (No. 175)

Jeroboam and the Hillel Calendar (No. 191)

The Quartodeciman Disputes (No. 277) Commentary on the UCG Doctrinal Statement on the Calendar (No. 206)

Significance of the Year 2000 (No. 286)

 

 

6.     The Festivals and Plan of Salvation

 

Seven Days of the Feasts (No. 49)

Psalms from the Temple Worship (No. 87)

 

A.    The Sabbath

 

The Sabbath (No. 31)

The Juma'ah: Preparing for the Sabbath (No. 285)

 

 

B.     The New Moons

 

How to Determine the Day of the Next Conjunction, Easily (No. 78)

Frequently Asked Questions: The New Moons (No. 158)

The New Moons of Israel (No. 132)

Leaving Babylon (No. 123)

The New Moons (No. 125)

The Harvests of God, the New Moon Sacrifices, and the 144,000 (No. 120)

Commentary on the UCG Doctrinal Paper Should Christians Observe New Moons? (No. 124)

Letter to the Churches of God re the New Moons and the Hillel Calendar (No. 124B)

 

C.    The Sanctification (7 Nisan)

 

Sanctification of the Temple of God (No. 241)

Josiah's Restoration (No. 245)

Sanctification of the Simple and Erroneous (No. 291)

Cursing the Fig Tree (No. 90)

Sanctification of the Nations (No. 77)

 

D.    The Passover & Unleavened Bread

 

Passover Calendar 2010 (A_P2010)

Procedures for the Lord's Supper (No. 103B)

Preparing for the Passover (No. 190)

Preparation for the Passover Meal on the Night of Watching (No. 93)

The Passover (No. 98)

Significance of the Footwashing (No. 99)

Significance of the Bread and Wine (No. 100)

The Night to be Much Observed (No. 101)

The Lord's Supper (No. 103)

The Old and the New Leaven (No. 106a)

The Wave Sheaf Offering (No. 106b)

The Seven Great Passovers of the Bible (No. 107)

Moses and the Gods of Egypt (No. 105)

Offering (No. 275)

Passover Questions and the Reasons for Our Faith (No. 51)

The Ascents of Moses (No. 70)

 

E.     Pentecost

 

Pentecost at Sinai (No. 115)

The Omer Count to Pentecost (No. 173)

Ruth (No. 27)

The Leaven of Pentecost (No. 65)

 

F.     Trumpets

 

Trumpets (No. 136)

The Shofar and the Silver Trumpets (No. 47)

 

G.    Atonement

 

Atonement (No. 138)

Azazel and Atonement (No. 214)

 

 

H.    The Feast of Tabernacles or Booths

 

Keeping the Feasts (No. 56)

Ingathering (No. 139)

The Resurrection of the Dead (No. 143)

 

 

I.       The Last Great Day

 

The Eternal Kingdom of God (No. 144)

The City of God (No. 180)

Lost Sheep and the Prodigal Son (No. 199)

The Golden Jubilee and the Millennium (No. 300)

 

7.     Revelation  & Prophecy

 

A.    The Church

 

Selecting the Ministry (No. 4)

Commentary on Esther (No. 63)

Proverbs 31 (No. 114)

Measuring the Temple (No. 137)

Gideon's Force and the Last Days (No. 22)

Song of Songs (No. 145)

The Pre-Advent Judgment (No. 176)

The Oracles of God (No. 184)

The Sign of Jonah and the History of the Reconstruction of the Temple (No. 13)

The Meaning of Ezekiel's Vision (No. 108)

Ezekiel 34 and the Shepherds of Israel (No. 108B)

Lost Sheep and the Prodigal Son (No. 199)

War with Rome and the Fall of the Temple (No. 298)

 

B.     The Nations

 

Outline Timetable of the Age (No. 272)

The Warning of the Last Days (No. 44)

The Last Thirty Years: the Final Struggle (No. 219)

One Throne Two Pretenders (No. 26)

From David and the Exilarchs to the House of Windsor (No. 67)

The Witnesses (No. 135)

Fire From Heaven (No. 28)

Global Warming and Bible Prophecy (No. 218)

Global Warming: Historical Cycles (No. 218B)

The Fall of Egypt (No. 36)

War of Hamon-Gog (No. 294)

Commentary on Zechariah (No. 297)

Commentary on Haggai (No. 21)

Sons of Ham: Part I (No. 45A)          

Part II Cush (No.45B)

            Part III Mizraim (No.45C)

            Part IV Phut (No.45D)

            Part V Canaan (No.45E)

Sons of Japeth Part I (No.46A)

Sons of Japheth Part III: Magog (No. 46C)

Sons of Japheth: Part VI Tubal (No. 46F)

Sons of Japheth: Part VIII Tiras (No. 46H)

Sons of Shem: Part I (No.212A)

Descendants of Abraham Part II: Lot, Moab, Ammon and Esau (No.212B)

Descendants of Abraham Part III: Ishmael (No.212C)

Descendants of Abraham Part IV: Sons of Keturah (No.212D)

Descendants of Abraham Part V: Judah (No.212E)

Descendants of Abraham Part VI: Israel (No.212F)

Descendants of Shem Part VII: Charts for P212A-212F (No.212G)

Descendants of Abraham Part VIII: Thirteen Famines of Rebellion (No.212H)

DNA Change Rates: Modern Science vs. the Bible (No.215)

The Genetic Origin of the Nations (No. 265)

World War III: Part I The Empire of the Beast (No. 299A)

WWIII Part II: The Whore and the Beast (No. 299B)

2012 and the Antichrist (No. 299D)

 

 

The Advent

 

Trumpets (No. 136)

The Seven Seals (No. 140)

The Seven Trumpets (No. 141)

The Eternal Kingdom of God (No. 144)

The City of God (No. 180)

The Day of the Lord and the Last Days (No. 192)

The Messages of Revelation 14 (No. 270)

The Judgment of the Demons (No. 80)

Eternal Life (No. 133)

Valley of Dry Bones (No. 234)

Advent of Messiah: Part I (No. 210A)

Signs in the Heavens: Part I (No. 38A)

 

C.    From Non Biblical Sources

 

The Last Pope: Examining Nostradamus and Malachy (No. 288)

Annex A (No. 288a)

 

8.     Christianity – History and Falsehood

 

A.   History/Early Theology

 

Timeline of the Churches of God (No. 30)

General Distribution of the Sabbath-keeping Churches (No. 122)

The Fate of the Twelve Apostles (No. 122B)

The Virgin Mariam and the Family of Jesus Christ (No. 232)

Old Mill Yard Tract (No. 231)

Modern Christian Fundamentalism: A Contradiction in Terms (No. 208)

The Role of the Fourth Commandment in the Historical Sabbath-keeping Churches of God (No. 170)

Early Theology of the Godhead (No. 127)

Binitarian and Trinitarian Misrepresentation of the Early Theology of the Godhead (No. 127B)

The Original Doctrines of the Christian Faith (No. 88)

Heresy in the Apostolic Church (No. 89)

The Sabbatarians in Transylvania A_B2

The Treatise of Ermengaudus (No. B8)

Waldensians (No. B2)

Clement of Alexandria: Stromateis - Book 3 (No. B3)

Origin of the Christian Church in Britain (No. 266)

Forty Years for Repentance (No. 290)

The Inquisition in Britain: Forty Decades for Repentance (No. 290B)

The Fall of Jerusalem to Babylon (No.250B)

 

B.     False Doctrine

 

False Prophecy (No. 269)

The Acts 15 Conference (No. 69)

The Origins of Christmas and Easter (No. 235)

Article on Christmas and Easter (No. 236)

Rome's Challenge: Why do Protestants keep Sunday? (No. 249)

The Cross: Its Origin and Significance (No. 39)

The Soul (No. 92)

The Millennium and the Rapture (No. 95)

The Tongues Question (No. 109)

Tongues Were to Cease When? (No. 182)

The Toronto Blessing, Hysteria and Demon Possession (No. 149)

The Doctrines of Demons of the Last Days (No. 48)

The Cult Mentality (No. 74)

The Place of Safety (No. 194)

The Fallacy of the Third Resurrection (No. 166)

The Nicolaitans (No. 202)

The Doctrine of Balaam and Balaam's Prophecy (No. 204)

Isaiah 9:6 (No. 224)

Lazarus and the Rich Man (No. 228)

Elijah? (No. 233)

The 18 Restored Truths of Herbert W. Armstrong (No. 233B)

The Piñata (No. 276)

Binitarianism and Trinitarianism (No. 76)

Ditheism (No. 76B)

Origins of Radical Unitarianism and Binitarianism (No. 76C)

 

C.    Philosophy or False Religion

 

Arianism and Semi-Arianiam (No. 167)

Socinianism, Arianism and Unitarianism (No. 185)

The Development of the Neo-Platonist Model (No. 17)

The Socratic Doctrine of the Soul (No. B6)

Theory of the Just War (No. 110)

Introduction to Mysticism (No. B7_i)

Mysticism Volume 1 The Origin of World Religions (No. B7_A)

Mysticism Chapter 1 Spreading the Babylonian Mysteries (No. B7_1)

Mysticism Chapter 2 The Egyptian Gods and the Exodus (No. B7_2)

Mysticism Chapter 3 The Golden Calf (No. B7_3)

Mysticism Chapter 4 Judeo-Christianity (No. B7_4)

Mysticism Chapter 5 Islam (No. B7_5)

Mysticism Chapter 6 Origins of the Indian Religious Systems (No. B7_6)

Mysticism Chapter 7 Buddhism (No. B7_7)

Mysticism Chapter 8 East Asia - China and Japan (No. B7_8)

Mysticism Chapter 9 South East Asian Systems (No. B7_9)

Mysticism Chapter 10 Summary of Volume 1 The Origin of World Religions (No. B7_10)

Creation versus Evolution (No.B9)

 

9.     Biblical Commentary

 

Commentary on Isaiah: Part IV Messianic Prophecy through Isaiah to Hezekiah (No.157D)

Isaiah 9:6 (No. 224)

Commentary on Esther (No. 63)

Commentary on Esther Part II: Purim in the Last Days (No. 63B)

Commentary on Zechariah (No. 297)

Proverbs 31 (No. 114)

Commentary on Haggai (No. 21)

Mark 5:21-43 (No. 6)

The Acts 15 Conference (No. 69)

Epistle of James (No.279)

 

10. Church Administration

 

Statement of Beliefs (No. A1)

CONSTITUTION (No. A2)

CCG Standing Operating Procedures (No. A3)

Funeral Service (No. D1)

Marriage Ceremony (No. D2)

Baptism Ceremony (No. D3)

 

11.                         Miscellaneous

 

Recipes for the Days of Unleavened Bread (No. R2)

Speaker's Guidelines (No. E1)

Freedom and Responsibility (No. 9)

How to Ask a Question (No. 37)

FAQ Bible Study Old Testament (No. 57)

FAQ Bible Study New Testament (No. 58)

FAQ Bible Study General (No. 59)

Catholicism Frequently Asked Questions (No. 8)

Symbolism of Numbers (No. 7)

The Devil's Designs (No. 43)

The Dilemma of Youth (No. 41)

The Other Side of Starwars (No. 181)

Abracadabra: The Meaning of Names (No. 240)

The Dutch Connection of the Pilgrim Fathers (No. 264)

The Origin of the Wearing of Earrings and Jewellery in Ancient Times (No. 197)

Melchisedek (No. 128)

Formation of the Christian Churches of God (No.68)

DNA Change Rates: Modern Science vs. The Bible (No. 215)

 

It is the responsibility of all God’s people to prepare themselves for the Kingdom of God by the preparation from their own text. Each person, as a designate king or priest, must have their own copy of the Law (Deut. 17:18) and each chapter must be read. With this in mind, a program of study of the Bible can be undertaken by the reading of two chapters each night. The Bible can thus be read in a relatively short time, i.e. a year or so. The Sabbath year entails the reading of the Law in accordance with Deuteronomy 31:10-11; Ezra 8:18 and, thus, each of the elect are to prepare for this event.