School of Messianic Theology

Instructor Rabbi Jamie Cowen

Course contains 16 sessions of about 25 minutes each.

Course Description:

The course will provide a foundational understanding of the New Covenant teaching on the Last Days. Students will examine specific scriptures in both the Major and Minor Prophets (primarily Isaiah, Jeremiah and Ezekiel) focusing on the following themes:

• The eschatological hope of the prophets in light of Israel’s failures
• The return of Israel from exile
• The return of the Messiah
• Judgment on the nations
• The defeat of Israel’s enemies
• The revelation of God to the nations under the rule of Messiah
• The new order of creation

Instructor Rabbi Jamie Cowen

Course contains 16 sessions of about 25 minutes each.

Course Description:

This course examines how God is involved throughout all of human history even up to the present day.  The Jews will be examined as a people group, focusing on their distinctive attributes as a people called by God to be unique among all the nations of the earth. The course will also present an overview of Jewish history, revolt, exile and return to the land. The relationship of the various Jewish sects – the Pharisees, Sadducees, Essenes, Zealots and Nazarenes – will be presented, along with an explanation of the historical formation of Rabbinic Judaism.  The Talmud, Mishnah and Gemara will be discussed and an example from Bava Metzia will be analyzed. Additionally, the roots of anti-Semitism will be explored with a focus on the rise of Christianity and its split with Messianic Judaism.

Instructor Rabbi Jamie Cowen

Course contains 16 sessions of about 25 minutes each.

Course Description:

In this final of three surveys on Jewish History and Culture, the learner will explore the historical roots of the return to the Land of Israel, the forces that helped mobilize the world behind the need to establish the state of Israel, and the consequences of the decision to do so.

Zionism, the Holocaust, Israel’s re-birth, Arab radicalization and the challenges facing Israel in the future will be examined in detail. World War 1 and II will be discussed with a view to championing the commitments of those who worked fearlessly to bring the plight of the Jewish people to the world’s attention, despite growing world anti-Semitism. The work and impact of such leaders as Theodor Herzl, David Ben-Gurion, Vladimir Jabotinsky, A.D. Gordon, Golda Meir and others will be highlighted, along with others in the Arab and European world. The philosophical underpinnings of Hitler’s Nazi regime, the impact of immigration, and the growth of political parties in Israel will be examined in terms of Scripture and prophecy, confirming God’s plan to return Jewish peoples back to Israel as Messianic followers of Yeshua.

In addition, the profound impact that Jewish peoples have had on the social, educational, scientific, technological, agricultural, and business life of Israel and the world will be juxtaposed against the continuing strife of Arab-Israeli tension.

At the end of this course, the learner will have a much better understanding and appreciation of the challenges that brought the State of Israel into existence, and will acquire a new appreciation of how to share the reality of the Messiah with a people who have yet to know Him.

Instructor Jeffrey L. Seif, Th.B., M.T.S., D.Min

Course contains 16 sessions of about 25 minutes each.

Course Description:

This course provides an overview of the institutionalization and Christianization of Europe, focusing on the philosophical system that came to triumph throughout the Roman Empire and how Christianity was institutionalized in response.The survey will provide insight into how the Latin Church of the Medieval period held sway over a precarious world, helping to hold a crumbling empire together…and how the Jews were affected.