29. Matthew Part I:  Jesus, the Sermon on the Mount, and Kim reads the beautiful Beatitudes

In today’s episode, Kim and Barb talk about what happened in the years between the ending of the Old Testament and the beginning of the New Testament. They also discuss the principles of the new covenant as presented in Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount. 

Bible Heroes, Villains, and the In-betweens

• Jesus
• John the Baptist
• The Magi
• Herod
• Peter
• James
• John
• Andrew
• Philip
• Judas Iscariot
• Matthew
• Thomas
• James, son of Alphaeus
• Bartholomew
• Judas Thaddaeus
• Simon the Zealot

Topics

• John the Baptist
• Jesus’ Baptism and Testing
• The Disciples of Jesus
• The Sermon on the Mount

Closing Scripture: Matthew 7:1-20

LINKS

• Bible Project video on Matthew Part I: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Dv4-n6OYGI
• Herod the Great article: https://www.worldhistory.org/Herod_the_Great/
• Maccabees Article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maccabees
• Zealots Article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zealots
• Antiochus Article: https://www.britannica.com/biography/Antiochus-IV-Epiphanes
• Hanukkah Article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanukkah

Coming Up Next on the Podcast…Matthew Part II

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