Engaging the Wider World

external and internal challenges

external challenges

internal challenges

no challenges

65-70 CE

70-80 CE

85-90 CE

100 CE

Presenting Jesus as the Jewish Messiah

Preparing Christians for persecution

Legitimation of the Christian movement

Presenting Jesus as defender of the underdog

True

False

1. Mission in Jerusalem (1-2); 2. Mission in Antioch (3-14); Mission to Rome (15-28)

1. Mission in Jerusalem (1-2); 2. Mission in Galilee (3-5); Mission to Asia Minor (6-12); Mission to Rome (13-28)

1. Mission in Bethlehem (1); 2. Mission in Jerusalem (2-5); Mission in Judea and Samaria (6-12); Mission to "the ends of the earth" (13-28)

1. Mission in Jerusalem (1-5); 2. Mission in Judea and Samaria (6-12); Mission to "the ends of the earth" (13-28)

Purim

Feast of Weeks

Shavuot

Celebration of the Wheat Harvest

1. Coming of the Messiah; 2. Outpouring of the Spirit; 3. End of the Age

1. Outpouring of the Spirit; 2. Coming of the Messiah; 3. End of the age

1. End of the age; 2. Coming of the Spirit; 3. Outpouring of the Spirit

1. Coming of the Spirit; 2. Arrival of the Messiah; End of the Age

Jerusalem

Tiberius

Tel Aviv

Caesarea

the "Gentile Pentecost"

the "Jewish Pentecost"

the "Second Outpouring"

Passover

Luke

Theophilus

Paul

Peter