The FBI Bible Class
The 400 Silent Years
What happened in Israel between the time the Old Testament closed (with Malachi), and the New Testament began (with Matthew)? Ezra and Nehamiah were building a temple. The Jews had left the Babylonian captivity behind, but when the New Testament opens, Rome is the major power in the world, and Israel has been conquered again. And why is everyone speaking Greek?
There were no inspired Scriptures from Malachi until the Son of God, Jesus Christ, arrived. What happened in the intervening 400+ years? Study with us!
The 400 Silent Years
The following books are downloadable.
“The Wars of the Jews” audiobook is a big file. I don’t recommend it unless you plan to live to be a hundred years old.
For those who want it, a Word docx file is available for each of the book also. If you know how, you can just change ‘.pdf’ in the URL to ‘.docx’ and you’ve got it.
FIRST MACCABEES
THE 400 SILENT YEARS (HARRY IRONSIDE)
THE WARS OF THE JEWS (FLAVIUS JOSEPHUS)
THE ANTIQUITIES OF THE JEWS (FLAVIUS JOSEPHUS)
The Antiquities of the Jews (ebook)
The Antiquities of the Jews (pdf)
The Antiquities of the Jews (external audio)
(This is hosted on archive. org. It’s too big to put here)
Why the silence from Heaven, and was God really doing nothing?
Lots of history here, and strong lessons for us.
Over 400 years elapsed between the close of revelation in the Old Testament (“Tanach”) and the beginning of the New Testament. No prophet spoke.
Why the silence from Heaven, and was God really doing nothing?
Lots of history here, and strong lessons for us. This is the second part of the introduction.
For those interested, we will be following the major outline of Dr. Harry Ironside’s book, “The 400 Silent Years.”
This short video introduces a problem that Israel has had for all of its history. That is, to be included with all the Gentile nations. God set the nation by itself. Unique. But Israel cried, “Give us a king!”
Both in the Old and New Testaments, the “Doctrine of Balaam” identifies this.
About The FBI Class
The FBI Bible class is taught by Jay Faubion. Jay is a former missionary who served in VietNam, Guam and among the Chinese in Taiwan, Hong Kong and Beijing.
The class is a ministry of Faith Baptist Church, in Danville, Indiana. We are Bible-believers.