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<h2>Introduction to the Gospel of John</h2>
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<p>Both beginning and veteran Bible students will find this particular book rewarding. As one commentator quipped, “A child can wade in it and an elephant can bathe in it.”</p>
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<h5>John’s Purpose/Goal</h5>
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<p><i>But these are written that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the son of God, and that believing you might have life through his name.</i></p>
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<p style="text-align:right"><a onclick="return mV('Jhn',20,31);">Jhn 20:31</a></p>
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<p>The book of John covers only 21 days of Jesus’ 3 1/2 years of ministry. It devotes 10 (of 21) chapters to just one week; one-third of the verses (237 of 879 verses) cover a single 24-hour period in Jesus’ ministry.</p>
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<p>Jhn depicts Jesus as “more than a man”: <a onclick="return mV('Isa',9,6);">Isa 9:6</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Mic',5,2);">Mic 5:2</a> (see our briefing package, <i>Footprints of the Messiah</i>). His gospel is different than the “Synoptics,” and covers the rejection of the “Sent One,” the truth of the new birth (believers only—Caiaphas’ prophecy; <a onclick="return mV('Jhn',11,'49-52');">Jhn 11:49-52</a>), the Rapture (<a onclick="return mV('Jhn',14,2,3);">Jhn 14:2-3</a>), and the High Priestly prayer (<a onclick="return mV('Jhn',17,'1-');">Jhn 17</a>).</p>
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<h5>Structure of the Four Gospels</h5>
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<h5>Prologue: <a onclick="return mV('Jhn',1,'1-18');">Jhn 1:1-18</a> (cf. <a onclick="return mV('Rev',1,19);">Rev 1:19</a>)</h5>
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<tr><td colspan="2" style="text-align:right;">Verse:</td></tr>
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<tr><td width="280">Relation to Time: Pre-existent; Eternal</td><td style="text-align:right;"><a onclick="return mV('Jhn',1,1);">1</a></td></tr>
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<tr><td>Relation to the Godhead: “with”</td><td style="text-align:right;"><a onclick="return mV('Jhn',1,1);">Jhn 1:1</a></td></tr>
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<tr><td>Relation to the Trinity: Revealer</td><td style="text-align:right;"><a onclick="return mV('Jhn',1,1);">Jhn 1:1</a></td></tr>
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<tr><td>Relation to the Universe: all things</td><td style="text-align:right;"><a onclick="return mV('Jhn',1,3);">Jhn 1:3</a></td></tr>
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<tr><td>Relation to Men: their “light”</td><td style="text-align:right;"><a onclick="return mV('Jhn',1,4,5);">Jhn 1:4-5</a></td></tr>
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<tr><td>Jhn the Baptist: His witness</td><td style="text-align:right;"><a onclick="return mV('Jhn',1,'6-9');">Jhn 1:6-9</a></td></tr>
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<tr><td>Reception: rejected; received</td><td style="text-align:right;"><a onclick="return mV('Jhn',1,'10-13');">Jhn 1:10-13</a></td></tr>
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<tr><td colspan="5" style="text-align:center;font-weight:bold;font-size:110%;">Design Structure of the Four Gospels</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="cmtdleft"> </td><td class="cmtdcent">MATTHEW</td><td class="cmtdcent">MARK</td><td class="cmtdcent">LUKE</td><td class="cmtdcent">JOHN</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="cmtdleft"> </td><td colspan="3" style="padding:3px;border-width:1px 0px 0px 1px;border-style:solid;border-color:#000;padding:3px;vertical-align:top;text-align:center;font-weight:bold;">------ Synoptic Gospels ------</td><td class="cmtdcent"> </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="cmtdleft">Presents as:</td><td class="cmtdcent">Messiah</td><td class="cmtdcent">Servant</td><td class="cmtdcent">Son of Man</td><td class="cmtdcent">Son of God</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="cmtdleft">Face:</td><td class="cmtdcent">Lion</td><td class="cmtdcent">Ox</td><td class="cmtdcent">Man</td><td class="cmtdcent">Eagle</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="cmtdleft">Ensign:</td><td class="cmtdcent">Judah</td><td class="cmtdcent">Ephraim</td><td class="cmtdcent">Reuban</td><td class="cmtdcent">Dan</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="cmtdleft">Camp Site:</td><td class="cmtdcent">East</td><td class="cmtdcent">West</td><td class="cmtdcent">South</td><td class="cmtdcent">North</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="cmtdleft" style="font-weight:bold;vertical-align:top;">Genealogy:</td><td class="cmtdcent">Abraham<br>(Legal)</td><td class="cmtdcent">---</td><td class="cmtdcent">Adam<br>(Bloodline)</td><td class="cmtdcent">Eternity<br>Preexistence</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="cmtdleft">What Jesus:</td><td class="cmtdcent">Said</td><td class="cmtdcent">Did</td><td class="cmtdcent">Felt</td><td class="cmtdcent">Was</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="cmtdleft">To the:</td><td class="cmtdcent">Jew</td><td class="cmtdcent">Roman</td><td class="cmtdcent">Greek</td><td class="cmtdcent">Church</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="cmtdleft">1st Miracle:</td><td class="cmtdcent">Leper cleansed</td><td class="cmtdcent">Demon expelled</td><td class="cmtdcent">Demon Expelled</td><td class="cmtdcent">Water into Wine</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="cmtdleft" style="font-weight:bold;vertical-align:top;">Ends with:</td><td class="cmtdcent">Resurrection</td><td class="cmtdcent">Ascension</td><td class="cmtdcent">Promise: Spirit<br>(Acts)</td><td class="cmtdcent">Promise: Return<br>(Revelation)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="cmtdleft">Style:</td><td class="cmtdcent">Groupings</td><td class="cmtdcent">Snapshot</td><td class="cmtdcent">Narrative</td><td class="cmtdcent">Supernatural Review</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="cmtdleft">Key Word:</td><td class="cmtdcent">Fulfilled (38X)</td><td class="cmtdcent"><i>Eutheos</i> (42X)</td><td class="cmtdcent">It came to pass (40X)</td><td class="cmtdcent">Verily, Verily (24X)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="cmtdleft">Jesus:</td><td class="cmtdcent">151X</td><td class="cmtdcent">13X</td><td class="cmtdcent">88X</td><td class="cmtdcent">247X</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="cmtdleft">Facts:</td><td class="cmtdcent">Whole Camp (Outer)</td><td class="cmtdcent">Outer Court (Outer)</td><td class="cmtdcent">Holy Place (Outer)</td><td class="cmtdcent">Holy of Holies (Outer)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="cmtdleft">Aspects:</td><td class="cmtdcent">Human</td><td class="cmtdcent">Human</td><td class="cmtdcent">Human</td><td class="cmtdcent">Divine</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="cmtdleft">Ministry:</td><td class="cmtdcent">Galilean</td><td class="cmtdcent">Galilean</td><td class="cmtdcent">Galilean</td><td class="cmtdcent">Judean</td></tr>
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