CHAPTER I. — THE PERIOD OF PREPARATION.

CHAPTER II. — THE MINISTRY OF CHRIST.

CHAPTER III. — THE CHURCH IN JERUSALEM.

CHAPTER IV. — THE CHURCH IN PALESTINE.

CHAPTER V. — THE CHURCH OF THE GENTILES.

INTRODUCTION.

1. The Bible finds its center in the life of Jesus.

2. The life of Jesus is the center of the world's history.

3. We have gone through a period of 4,000 years of Old Testament history to prepare for a better understanding of the life of Jesus.

4. In the 39 books of the Old Testament a period of 4,000 years is covered, but the 27 books of the New Testament cover a period of not more than a hundred years.