The Annunciations: Joseph, Mary, & the Virgin Birth

TG09-15 December 20, 2009 View Class	Intermezzo: Roman Reversionism: Jeffers’s “Religion in the Greco-Roman World”; Rome’s Moral Decline & the Augustan Census, Luke 2:1–5; Mic 5:2; Divine Omniscience Coordinates the Virgin Birth with Historic Events; Augustus Appoints Himself Pontifex Maximus
TG09-16 December 20, 2009 View Class	Augustus’s Diatribe to Roman Bachelors; Institution of the Census of 8 B.C.; Joseph & Mary: From Betrothal to Nuptials: the Romance, the Dowry, & the Betrothal; Joseph’s Dilemma; Thieme on Men’s Responsibility to Protect Women; Mary & the Miracle of Parthenogenesis
TG09-17 December 27, 2009 View Class	Gabriel’s Annunciation to Joseph, Matt 1:20–21; His Annunciation to Mary: Mary’s Initial Confusion, Gabriel’s Order to Relax, His Revelation of Her Impending Pregnancy, Naming the Messiah, & Declaration of the Hypostatic Union; Mary Offended by Insinuation She Is an Adulteress; Gabriel’s Revelation of Divine Parthenogenesis; Mary’s Commitment to Be God’s Slave Woman, Luke 1:28–38
TG09-18 December 27, 2009 View Class	The Origin of Human Life: the Neuter Genders, Future Tense, & Masculine Gender in Luke 1:35b; Elizabeth’s Pregnancy of John the Baptist; Mary Commits to Become a Slave Woman for God, Luke 1:36–38
TG09-19 January 3, 2010 View Class	Ensoulment: Traducianism & Creationism; Fallacy of Traducianism: Theotokos; Mary’s Qualifications to Be the Mother of Messiah’s True Humanity; the Divine Timing of the Virgin Pregnancy; Mary Commits to Being a Slave Woman to God; Mary’s Visit to Elizabeth in Judah; Intro to “Magnificat”
TG09-20 January 3, 2010 View Class	“Magnificat”: Mary Professes Her Trichotomy & Salvation, Luke 1:46–47, cf. Hab 3:18; 1 Sam 2:1, Hannah’s Song; Mary’s True Humility, v. 48 cf. Ps 138:6; Divine Blessings to Mary, v. 49 cf. Pss 71:19; 126:2–3; 111:9; Recognition of God’s Mercy: Eleos & Cheseth: His Unfailing Love, v. 50 cf. Ps 103:7; Messiah’s Control of History, v. 51 cf. Ps 98:1; His Removal of Evil Rulers, v. 51 cf. 1 Sam 2:7–8; Israelites Reject Theocracy for Monarchy, 1 Sam 8:19a–20
TG09-21 January 10, 2010 View Class	Israelites Reject Theocracy & Opt for Monarchy; Mary Foresees the Return to Theocracy through the Messiah; the Pitfalls of Human Government: How to Balance Freedom & Authority; Kuehnelt-Leddihn: Good & Bad Forms of Government
TG09-22 January 10, 2010 View Class	Kuehnelt-Leddihn: Democracy Defined; Fallen Men Cannot Govern Fallen Men; Only Messiah Can Rule Justly without Prejudice; Orwell’s “Animal Farm,” Capitalism, the Economic System of the Millennium, Isa 65:21–23; Mary Closes the Magnificat by Referencing the Unconditional Covenants, Luke 1:54–55
TG09-23 January 13, 2010 View Class	Mary Recalls the Covenants, Luke 1:54–55; Jeremiah’s Prophecy of the Regathering of Israel, Jer 31:1–4; Mercy (Cheseth): the Unfailing Love of God; Mary’s Double Entendre in Luke 1:54; the “Mercy” of the Virgin Birth
TG09-24 January 14, 2010 View Class	Ann Coulter on Brit Hume; The Nuptials of Joseph & Mary: Order of the Annunciations; the Regathering of Israel, Matt 24:27–31; 1st-Century Jewish Marriage: The Groom (Christ) & the Bride (The Church), the Wedding Procession, & the Wedding Banquet of the Lamb, Rev 19:9
TG09-25 January 17, 2010 View Class	The Magnificat (Music: 1539 & Lyric: 1966), Luke 1:46–55; Baptism of Fire of Tribulational Survivors: Context: Matt 24: the Disciples 3 Questions, v. 3; Parable of Preparedness: the Ten Virgins: 5 Foolish Had Oil for Their Lamps; 5 Prudent Did Not, Matt 25:1–7
TG09-26 January 17, 2010 View Class	The Oil Crisis: Salvation is not an Entitlement: The Fable of the Ant & the Grasshopper; Closing to Door to the Kingdom; Principle: Be prepared! Matt 25:1–13; Joseph & Mary Leave for Bethlehem
TG09-27 January 20, 2010 View Class	The Likely Route to Bethlehem; What Time Is It: Four Calendar Systems & We Still Don’t Know; the Virgin Birth Occurred in 5 B.C. Reckoned on the Death of Herod the Great
TG09-28 January 21, 2010 View Class	The Nativity in Bethlehem: The Virgin Birth & the Angelic Annunciation; the Sign of the Cross: Burial Cloths & a Wooden Feeding Trough, Luke 2:7–12; Prophecies: Mic 5:2; Isa 7:14; 53:5, 9; the Two Deaths of Christ
TG09-29 January 24, 2010 View Class	The Spiritual & Physical Deaths of Adam & Eve, Gen 2:17; Spiritual Death, Rom 5:12; Gabriel’s Annunciation to the Shepherds, Luke 2:13–14; Operation Reconciliation, Col 1:19–23; the Shepherd’s Visit the Christ Child, Luke 2:15–16