Christ: The Center of History
COURSE CONTENT

History, the Teacher of Christian Life

The City of God and the City of Man

Yearning for God: the Great Contribution of the Hebrews

Messengers of God’s Will, the Unique Gift of the Prophets

The Fullness of Time
Yearning for God: the Great Contribution of the Hebrews
A Christian cannot study history without acknowledging the important role of the Hebrew people. For many of the ancient Jews, there was a sense of yearning for something beyond their grasp. In this lesson, you will take a deeper look at two books from the Old Testament: Ecclesiastes and Job. Both books raise questions about suffering, frailty, and the human condition that don’t have a fully satisfying answer within the framework of antiquity. They point forward to the coming, in the fullness of time, to a God who will walk alongside us.