The Branch: A Plausible Case for the Substructure of the Four Gospels

The thesis of the book may be stated simply: it is an argument based upon the four prophetic texts of Jer 23.5; Zech 3.8; 6.12; and Isa 4.2 as a foundational pattern for the four Gospels. These four prophetic texts it will be argued mention a King Branch a Servant Branch a Man/Priest Branch and a Lord God Branch. This study seeks to show how Matthew presents Jesus as the King Branch Mark as the Servant Branch Luke as the Priest/Man Branch and John as the Lord God Branch. Consideration will also be given to explore the ramification of the four living Beings as described in Rev 4:6-7. Given the sum total of this sequence of literary facts the conclusion of this book will raise a number of possible implications. One of these implications will offer the conclusion that the four evangelists could not have written their four Gospels solely on their own human unaided efforts.