THE BIBLE & GREECE: THE DISPERSION
(Message by Tanny Keng)
1. The Bible And Greece
a) The Old Testament, although completed before the time of the Greek empire, speaks of it predictably in prophecy.
b The New Testament, although written after the time of the Greek empire, is still influenced by it because Greek culture lived on strongly even after the empire fell. The Greek language was chosen by God as the tongue in which every book of the New Testament was written. The New Testament sometimes even calls all non-Jews "the Greeks" because in New Testament times a lot of the world spoke Greek and borrowed its culture.
2. The Dispersion
a) After the Greek empire had fallen and the Roman empire held sway, many Jews and Israelites were still scattered around the world. These were collectively known as "the Dispersion among the Greeks" (John 7:35) — the term "Greeks" referring to Gentiles in general (Romans 1:13-15). Greek influence was still strong in the time of Christ and the early church. Even our language and culture today is heavily influenced by the Greeks — both ancient and modern.
The End ...
1. The Bible And Greecea) The Old Testament, although completed before the time of the Greek empire, speaks of it predictably in prophecy.
b The New Testament, although written after the time of the Greek empire, is still influenced by it because Greek culture lived on strongly even after the empire fell. The Greek language was chosen by God as the tongue in which every book of the New Testament was written. The New Testament sometimes even calls all non-Jews "the Greeks" because in New Testament times a lot of the world spoke Greek and borrowed its culture.
2. The Dispersion
a) After the Greek empire had fallen and the Roman empire held sway, many Jews and Israelites were still scattered around the world. These were collectively known as "the Dispersion among the Greeks" (John 7:35) — the term "Greeks" referring to Gentiles in general (Romans 1:13-15). Greek influence was still strong in the time of Christ and the early church. Even our language and culture today is heavily influenced by the Greeks — both ancient and modern.
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