Truth Lessons, Level 4, Vol. 1

Chapters: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20

THE PROPHECIES IN THE BIBLE
OUTLINE
TEXT
I. THE IMPORTANCE OF THE PROPHECIES IN THE BIBLE
A. The Believers Needing to Give Heed to Prophecies
1. As to a Lamp Shining in a Dark Place
2. Until the Day Dawns and the Morning Star Rises
B. Prophecies Being Reliable, Trustworthy, and Firm
II. THE PROPER ATTITUDE OF THE BELIEVERS IN STUDYING PROPHECIES
A. Not Being Careless
B. Not Being Curious
C. Not Interpreting Prophecies out of Context
D. Keeping the Words of Prophecy
E. Needing to Have an Intimate Relationship with God
SUMMARY
QUESTIONS

LESSON TWO _chapter2

PROPHECIES CONCERNING CHRIST— HIS DIVINITY AND HUMANITY
OUTLINE
TEXT
I. THE OLD TESTAMENT PROPHECIES CONCERNING THE DIVINITY OF CHRIST
A. Being the Eternally Unchanging Creator Whose Years Are Without End
B. Going Forth from Ancient Times, from the Days of Eternity
C. Being God
D. Being the Mighty God and the Eternal Father
II. THE OLD TESTAMENT PROPHECIES CONCERNING THE HUMANITY OF CHRIST
A. Being the Seed of the Woman
1. Being God with Us
2. Bruising the Head of the Ancient Serpent, Satan
B. Being the Seed of Abraham
1. Being Typified by Isaac
2. Being for the Blessing of the Nations
C. Being the Seed of David
1. Building the Temple of God in His Resurrected Humanity, as Typified by Solomon
2. Being Designated the Son of God in Resurrection
D. Being a Branch of Jesse, the Shoot of David
1. Being the Sprout out of the Stump of Jesse, the Shoot of David
2. The Spirit of Jehovah Resting on Him
3. His Name Being Jehovah Our Righteousness
SUMMARY
QUESTIONS

LESSON THREE _chapter3

PROPHECIES CONCERNING CHRIST— HIS FIRST COMING (1)
OUTLINE
III. A PROPHET RAISED UP BY GOD
IV. THE ONE WHO DOES GOD’S WILL
V. A GREAT LIGHT AND A LIGHT OF THE NATIONS
SUMMARY
QUESTIONS

LESSON FOUR _chapter4

PROPHECIES CONCERNING CHRIST— HIS FIRST COMING (2)
OUTLINE
TEXT
VI. THE CHILD BORN OF A VIRGIN, THE SON (EMMANUEL) GIVEN BY THE ETERNAL FATHER
A. A Child Born of a Human Virgin
B. The Son Given by the Eternal Father
VII. THE KING
VIII. THE ONE COMING FORTH FROM BETHLEHEM
IX. THE DESIRE OF ALL THE NATIONS
X. THE MESSENGER OF GOD AND THE ANGEL OF THE COVENANT
XI. THE GLORY AND CONSOLATION OF ISRAEL
SUMMARY
QUESTIONS

LESSON FIVE _chapter5

PROPHECIES CONCERNING CHRIST— HIS BIRTH AND YOUTH AND THE RECOMMENDER OF HIS MINISTRY
OUTLINE
TEXT
I. CHRIST’S BIRTH AND YOUTH
A. Being Born in Bethlehem to Be a Ruler
1. Being Born as the Seed of David, Qualified to Reign as King
2. Being Born in Bethlehem
B. Being Called out of Egypt
C. Growing Up in Nazareth of Galilee
D. Growing Up Like a Tender Plant and a Root out of Dry Ground, Having No Attracting Form nor Majesty
II. THE RECOMMENDER OF CHRIST’S MINISTRY— JOHN THE BAPTIST
A. The Coming Elijah
B. Preparing the Way of the Lord and Making Straight His Paths
SUMMARY
QUESTIONS

LESSON SIX _chapter6

PROPHECIES CONCERNING CHRIST— HIS LIVING AND MINISTRY ON EARTH
OUTLINE
TEXT
I. HIS ANOINTING
A. The Spirit of Jehovah Descending upon Him at His Baptism
B. The Spirit of God Being upon Him Continually throughout His Living and Work
II. HIS LIVING
A. Toward Man
1. Not Striving Nor Crying Out
2. Not Breaking a Bruised Reed and Not Quenching a Smoking Flax
B. Toward God
1. Trusting in God
2. Being Zealous for God’s House
C. In Suffering
1. Being Despised, Forsaken, and Acquainted with Grief
2. Being Hated and Reproached by Men
III. HIS MINISTRY
A. Being the Servant of Jehovah to Serve God
B. Bringing Good News
C. Proclaiming the Jubilee of God
D. Healing the Blind
E. Casting Out Demons
F. Establishing Justice in the Earth
F. Revealing the Mysteries of the Kingdom by Speaking in Parables
IV. HIS ENTERING INTO JERUSALEM
A. Being in Lowliness and Meekness
B. Being Praised by the Crowds
SUMMARY
QUESTIONS

LESSON SEVEN _chapter7

PROPHECIES CONCERNING CHRIST— HIS DEATH AND BURIAL (1)
OUTLINE
TEXT
I. HIS STATUS AT HIS DEATH
A. The Messiah Cut Off after the Sixty-ninth Week
B. The Stone Rejected by the Builders Becoming the Chief Cornerstone
C. A Stone to Strike Against and a Rock of Stumbling
D. The Stone Engraved by God
E. The Smitten Shepherd
II. HIS BETRAYAL
A. By a Familiar One Who Ate Bread with Him
B. Sold for Thirty Pieces of Silver, the Price of a Slave
SUMMARY
QUESTIONS

LESSON EIGHT _chapter8

PROPHECIES CONCERNING CHRIST— HIS DEATH AND BURIAL (2)
OUTLINE
TEXT
III. PROPHECIES IN THE PSALMS CONCERNING CHRIST’S DEATH
A. Trusting in God for Deliverance
B. Suffering Men’s Reproach, Despising, Deriding, Sneering, Head-shaking, and Mocking
C. Passing through the Suffering of Crucifixion
1. Being Encompassed and Surrounded by Evil Men
2. Being Pierced on His Hands, Feet, and Side
3. Being Stripped of the Right to Be Clothed and Put to Shame Publicly
4. Enduring Great Pain and Agony— Being Poured Out like Water, His Bones Being out of Joint, His Heart Melting like Wax, His Strength Being Dried Up, and His Tongue Being Stuck to His Jaws
D. Men Giving Him Gall and Vinegar
E. Being Forsaken by God and Put into Death
F. Not One of His Bones Being Broken
G. Doing God’s Will
IV. PROPHECIES IN ISAIAH CONCERNING CHRIST’S DEATH AND BURIAL
A. Bearing Our Sicknesses and Carrying Our Sorrows— Being Wounded for Our Transgressions That We May Be Healed by His Stripes
B. Like a Lamb Being Led to the Slaughter and Like a Sheep Being Dumb before Its Shearers
C. Being Executed with Two Transgressors
D. Interceding for the Transgressors
E. Jehovah Causing the Iniquity of Us All to Fall on Him; His Bearing Our Iniquities and Becoming Sin for Us
F. Becoming the Sin Offering, Pouring Out His Life unto Death
G. Being Buried with a Rich Man
SUMMARY
QUESTIONS

LESSON NINE _chapter9

PROPHECIES CONCERNING CHRIST— HIS RESURRECTION
OUTLINE
TEXT
I. BEING RAISED FROM THE DEAD ON THE THIRD DAY
II. BEING THE HOLY ONE OF JEHOVAH WHOSE SOUL JEHOVAH WOULD NOT LEAVE IN HADES AND WHOM HE WOULD NOT PERMIT TO SEE CORRUPTION
III. BEING BEGOTTEN AS THE FIRSTBORN SON OF GOD
IV. BEING THE HOLY THINGS, THE FAITHFUL THINGS— THE SURE MERCIES SHOWN TO DAVID
V. SEEING A SEED AND THE FRUIT OF HIS TRAVAIL
VI. BEING THE RESURRECTED, RIGHTEOUS SERVANT OF JEHOVAH THROUGH WHOM MANY WOULD BE JUSTIFIED
A. Christ in Resurrection Being Our Righteousness
B. Christ in Resurrection Being the Proof of Our Justification by God
VII. DECLARING THE FATHER’S NAME TO HIS BROTHERS AND SINGING HYMNS OF PRAISE TO THE FATHER IN THE MIDST OF THE CHURCH
A. Christ Gaining Many Brothers
B. The Resurrected Christ Declaring the Father’s Name to His Brothers
C. The Resurrected Christ Singing Hymns of Praise to the Father in the Midst of the Church
SUMMARY
QUESTIONS

LESSON TEN _chapter10

PROPHECIES CONCERNING CHRIST— HIS ASCENSION
OUTLINE
TEXT
I. SITTING AT THE RIGHT HAND OF JEHOVAH
II. BEING CROWNED WITH GLORY AND HONOR AND SET OVER THE WORKS OF GOD’S HANDS
III. BEING EXALTED, LIFTED UP, AND MADE VERY HIGH
IV. ALL THINGS BEING PUT UNDER HIS FEET
V. LEADING CAPTIVE THOSE TAKEN CAPTIVE AND GIVING GIFTS TO MEN
VI. BEING THE BAPTIZER IN THE HOLY SPIRIT
VII. BEING A PRIEST FOREVER ACCORDING TO THE ORDER OF MELCHIZEDEK
VIII. HOLDING THE KEY OF DAVID, THE KEY OF THE KINGDOM, WITH AUTHORITY TO OPEN AND TO SHUT
SUMMARY
QUESTIONS

LESSON ELEVEN _chapter11

PROPHECIES CONCERNING CHRIST— HIS COMING BACK
OUTLINE
TEXT
I. CHRIST’S COMING BACK—HIS PAROUSIA
A. The Beginning of Christ’s Coming Back— His Coming from the Third Heaven, God’s Throne
1. Being in Secret
2. Appearing as the Morning Star
3. Catching Up the Man-child— the Martyred Overcoming Saints throughout the Generations
4. Reaping the Firstfruits— the First-ripe Overcoming Believers Living at That Time
5. Taking Up the Other Overcomers— the Other Living Overcoming Believers
B. The Continuation of Christ’s Coming Back— His Coming to the Air Secretly
1. Coming from the Third Heaven to the Air Secretly
2. Catching Up the Majority of the Saints
3. Setting Up the Judgment Seat of Christ in the Air
4. Marrying the Bride
C. The Manifestation of Christ’s Coming Back— His Coming to the Earth Openly
1. Coming on the Clouds of Heaven
2. Slaying the Antichrist
3. Gathering and Saving All the Tribes of Israel
4. Crushing the Gentiles
5. Judging the Living Peoples
SUMMARY
QUESTIONS

LESSON TWELVE _chapter12
LESSON THIRTEEN _chapter13

PROPHECIES CONCERNING THE CHURCH—THE CHURCH BEING THE HIDDEN MYSTERY IN GOD’S ETERNAL ECONOMY
OUTLINE
TEXT
I. THE CHURCH BEING THE MYSTERY IN GOD’S ETERNAL ECONOMY
II. THE CHURCH AS A MYSTERY BEING HIDDEN, NOT MADE KNOWN TO GOD’S PEOPLE BEFORE THE NEW TESTAMENT AGE
A. Being Hidden throughout the Ages in God, Who Created All Things
B. Not Being Made Known to the Sons of Men in Other Generations
C. Being Revealed to the Apostles and Prophets in Spirit in the New Testament Age
III. THE PROPHECIES IN THE OLD TESTAMENT CONCERNING GOD’S SELECTION OF THE GENTILES
A. The New Testament Believers Being Abraham’s Spiritual Descendants Like the Stars of the Heavens
B. The Gentiles Becoming God’s People, the Beloved Sons of the Living God
C. The Gentiles Rejoicing with the Jews
D. The Gentiles Being Gathered Together to Serve Jehovah
SUMMARY
QUESTIONS

LESSON FOURTEEN _chapter14

PROPHECIES CONCERNING THE CHURCH— THE KINGDOM OF THE HEAVENS
OUTLINE
TEXT
I. THE BEGINNING OF THE KINGDOM OF THE HEAVENS
A. Also Being Called the Kingdom of God
B. Being a Specific Section within the Kingdom of God
C. Comprising the Church Age
D. Beginning at the Church’s Beginning
II. THE FORMATION OF THE OUTWARD APPEARANCE OF THE KINGDOM OF THE HEAVENS
III. THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE OUTWARD APPEARANCE OF THE KINGDOM OF THE HEAVENS
IV. THE CORRUPTION OF THE OUTWARD APPEARANCE OF THE KINGDOM OF THE HEAVENS
V. THE OUTWARD APPEARANCE OF THE KINGDOM OF THE HEAVENS EXISTING ALONG WITH THE CHURCH IN THE CHURCH AGE
VI. THE MANIFESTATION OF THE KINGDOM OF THE HEAVENS
A. Being the Manifestation of the Reality of the Kingdom of the Heavens
B. Also Being Called the Kingdom of the Father, the Heavenly Part of the Millennium
C. Being a Reward to the Overcoming Saints
SUMMARY
QUESTIONS

LESSON FIFTEEN _chapter15

PROPHECIES CONCERNING THE CHURCH— THE BUILDING UP AND THE STAGES OF THE CHURCH (1)
OUTLINE
TEXT
I. THE BUILDING UP OF THE CHURCH
A. Beginning at Pentecost
B. The Prophecy concerning the Building Up of the Church in Ephesians 4
II. THE STAGES OF THE CHURCH
A. The Church in Ephesus— the Church at the End of the Initial Stage
1. Having Works, Labor, and Endurance and Having Tried the False Apostles
2. Having Left the First Love toward the Lord
3. Hating the Works of the Nicolaitans
B. The Church in Smyrna— the Suffering under the Persecution of the Roman Empire
1. Suffering the Slander of the Jews
2. Suffering the Persecution of the Roman Empire
C. The Church in Pergamos— the Worldly Church
1. Being in Union with the World and Becoming a Fortified Tower
2. Holding Fast the Lord’s Name and Not Denying the Lord’s Faith
3. Dwelling Where Satan’s Throne Is
4. Holding the Teaching of Balaam and the Teaching of the Nicolaitans
SUMMARY
QUESTIONS

LESSON SIXTEEN _chapter16

PROPHECIES CONCERNING THE CHURCH— THE BUILDING UP AND THE STAGES OF THE CHURCH (2)
OUTLINE
TEXT
D. The Church in Thyatira— the Apostate Church
1. Doing Many Works
2. Tolerating the Prophetess Jezebel—Allowing Her to Teach and Lead the Lord’s Slaves Astray to Commit Fornication and to Eat Idol Sacrifices
3. Not Willing to Repent and Being Sick in Bed
4. Those Committing Adultery with Her Suffering Tribulation, and Her Children Being Killed with Death
E. The Church in Sardis— the Reformed Church
1. Living in Name but Being Dead
2. The Things Which Remain Being About to Die
3. Having No Work Completed
F. The Church in Philadelphia— the Church of Brotherly Love
1. Keeping the Lord’s Word
2. Not Denying the Lord’s Name
3. Being Given an Opened Door
4. Having the Promise of Being Kept out of the Hour of Trial, Which Is About to Come on the Whole Inhabited Earth
G. The Church in Laodicea— the Degraded Recovered Church
1. Being Full of Human Opinion
2. Being Neither Cold nor Hot
3. Thinking That She Is Rich, but Not Knowing That She Is Wretched, Miserable, Poor, Blind, and Naked
4. Keeping the Lord outside Her Door
SUMMARY
QUESTIONS

LESSON SEVENTEEN _chapter17

PROPHECIES CONCERNING THE CHURCH— THE CONSUMMATION OF THE CHURCH
OUTLINE
TEXT
I. GOD’S ETERNAL PLAN BEING TO OBTAIN A COUNTERPART FOR CHRIST
A. Being for Christ’s Satisfaction and Rest in Love
B. Being the Great Mystery
C. Being the Increase of Christ the Bridegroom, the Husband
II. THE CHURCH BEING THE BRIDE OF CHRIST
A. The Preparation of the Bride
B. The Readiness of the Bride Depending on the Maturity of the Overcomers
C. After the Marriage of the Lamb, the Church Being the Bride of Christ in the Millennium
III. THE CHURCH AS THE BRIDE CONSUMMATING IN THE NEW JERUSALEM
IV. THE CHURCH BEING THE WIFE OF CHRIST IN ETERNITY
SUMMARY
QUESTIONS

LESSON EIGHTEEN _chapter18

PROPHECIES CONCERNING THE BELIEVERS— BEING RESURRECTED, RAPTURED, AND JUDGED
OUTLINE
TEXT
I. THE RESURRECTION OF THE BELIEVERS
A. Being the Resurrection of Life
B. The Dead Believers Awaiting Resurrection in Paradise, Which Is in Hades
1. The Out-resurrection Being a Reward to the Dead Overcomers through All the Generations
2. The Majority of Believers Who Died through All the Generations Being Resurrected
II. THE RAPTURE OF THE BELIEVERS
A. Being before the Great Tribulation
1. The Dead Overcomers Being Raptured to God’s Throne in the Third Heaven
2. The Living Mature Believers Being Raptured to the Heavenly Mount Zion
3. The Rest of the Living Overcomers Being Raptured to Christ’s Presence
B. Being at the End of the Great Tribulation
1. The Majority of the Living Believers in This Age and the Majority of the Dead Believers through All the Generations Being Raptured to the Air
2. Including the Rapture of Those Who Are Martyred during the Great Tribulation
III. THE JUDGMENT OF THE BELIEVERS AT THE JUDGMENT SEAT OF CHRIST
A. Receiving the Things Done through the Body according to What They Have Practiced, Whether Good or Bad
B. Giving an Account of Themselves to God for the Lord to Settle Accounts with Them
C. Being Examined by the Lord That the Praise May Be to Each One from God
D. The Reward Being with the Lord to Render to Each One according to His Work
E. Some Receiving a Reward
1. Building with Gold, Silver, and Precious Stones
2. Serving the Saints out of One’s Own Will for the Building
3. Denying the Self, Bearing the Cross, and Following the Lord
4. Pursuing toward the Goal
5. Not Casting Away Our Boldness
6. Being Faithful and Prudent— Set by the Master over His Household to Give Them Food at the Proper Time
7. Making Use of Gifts Faithfully
F. Some Suffering Loss
1. Building with Wood, Grass, and Stubble
2. Thinking That the Lord Will Delay His Coming, Beginning to Beat the Fellow Slaves, and Eating and Drinking with the Drunken
3. Not Making Use of Gifts Faithfully
SUMMARY
QUESTIONS

LESSON NINETEEN _chapter19

PROPHECIES CONCERNING THE BELIEVERS— THEIR DEFEAT AND OVERCOMING (1)
OUTLINE
TEXT
I. THE PRINCIPLE OF THE OVERCOMERS
II. THE BELIEVERS’ DEFEAT AND OVERCOMING
III. THE LORD’S DISCIPLINE AND PERFECTING
A. The Lord Disciplining Whom He Loves
B. Being in the Millennial Age
IV. THE PUNISHMENT SUFFERED BY THE DEFEATED BELIEVERS IN THE KINGDOM AGE
A. Departing from the Lord Because of His Disapproval
B. Their Gift Being Taken Away
C. Being Cut Asunder
D. Weeping and Gnashing Their Teeth in the Outer Darkness
E. Suffering Loss, but Being Saved yet So as through Fire
SUMMARY
QUESTIONS

LESSON TWENTY _chapter20

PROPHECIES CONCERNING THE BELIEVERS— THEIR DEFEAT AND OVERCOMING (2)
OUTLINE
TEXT
V. THE REWARD RECEIVED BY THE OVERCOMING BELIEVERS
A. Reigning with Christ in the Millennium
1. Receiving a Crown
a. The Crown of Righteousness
b. The Unfading Crown of Glory
c. The Crown of Life
d. The Incorruptible Crown
2. Sitting with Christ on the Throne
3. Having Authority to Rule over the Nations
B. Gaining Their Soul and Enjoying the Salvation of Their Soul
C. Participating in the Wedding Feast in the Kingdom of the Heavens
D. Ruling over All the Possessions of the Lord
E. Inheriting the Kingdom of Christ and of God and Entering into the Manifestation of the Kingdom of the Heavens
F. Being Glorified with Christ
G. Inheriting the Eternal Life
1. Having Their Names Remain in the Book of Life
2. Not Being Hurt by the Second Death
3. Eating of the Tree of Life in the Paradise of God—the New Jerusalem
H. Shining Forth like the Sun
I. Receiving the Great Reward Which Is in the Heavens
J. Becoming the New Jerusalem in the Millennium
SUMMARY
QUESTIONS

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