Ephesians 81-82_04 Background of Ephesians
Ephesians 1981-82 Corps Teachings. Lesson 1: Background of Ephesians. BACKGROUND OF EPHESIANS September 9, 1981 Tonight’s opening of the introduction to the greatest revelation the Church has ever received, and the greatest treatise in the Bible, the Book of Ephesians. So we go to the background of Ephesians tonight. And the only way I know that the Corps will ever get all of this is you’re just going to have to listen to the tape again and then make your notes (gotta take my coat off; it’s too hot)…and then make your notes to help yourself on it so that you really get the background of Ephesians. The Research Department under Rev. Walter Cummins took all of the work that I did last year, which was just fantastically extensive and sort of capitulated, epitomized it, whatever it is; reduced it in size, what is that? Huh? condensed it and put the salient facts in. And I’m really grateful to Walter and the Research Department for doing this ‘cause this will make it very simple for our people and very concise that should they take Ephesians and put it as one of the teachings in…uh, uh…what do you call it? The University of Life, I think this particular introduction may be the one they will utilize. You see, in the first century, Ephesus was a major seaport on the west coast of Asia Minor, and that corresponds to our modern Turkey. So get yourself a map and look it up. And Ephesus was on one end of a major caravan, land route that linked inland Asia with the coast. It was also a major sea port linking Greece and Europe with the East. Hence, the established 300,000 inhabitants in New Testament times participated in much commerce and trade with travelers. Now according to the historian, Pliny, in his work on Natural History, he states that the waters of the Aegean Sea used to wash up to the Temple of Diana. However, by New Testament times, Ephesus was one and one-half mile inland, yet still located on a natural harbor along the Cayster River. But it was one and one-half mi
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Tweet Topic: logospedia Format: AUDIO Publication Date: 09-09-1981 Victor Paul Wierwille was a Bible scholar and teacher for over four decades. By means of Dr. Wierwille's dynamic teaching of the accuracy and integrity of God's Word, foundational class and advanced class graduates of Power for Abundant Living have learned that the one great requirement for every student of the Bible is to rightly divide the Word of Truth. Thus, his presentation of the Word of God was designed for students who desire the in-depth-accuracy of God’s Word. In his many years of research, Dr. Wierwille studied with such men as Karl Barth, E. Stanley Jones, Glenn Clark, Bishop K.C. Pillai, and George M. Lamsa. His formal training included Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Theology degrees from Mission House (Lakeland) College and Seminary. He studied at the University of Chicago and at Princeton Theological Semi