Transcript Bible overview

Bible overview
Part 1 - The Old Testament
Matt Pritchard
Aims
Starting point
“All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking,
correcting and training in righteousness, so that the man of God
may be thoroughly equipped for every good work.”
2 Timothy 3v16-17
• The Bible is God inspired.
• Written by human authors.
Each with their own style.
• Written at specific points in
history.
UNDERSTAND
EXPLAIN
APPLY
Reading a Bible passage
What does the
passage mean today?
What does the
passage mean?
What does the
passage actually say?
The Bible
•66 books
•40+ authors
•Written over 1,400 years
Old Testament (39)
Hebrew
New Testament (27)
Greek
Old Testament
Malachi
Zechariah
Haggai
Zephaniah
Habakkuk
Nahum
Micah
Jonah
Obadiah
Amos
Joel
Hosea
Daniel
Ezekiel
Lamentations
Jeremiah
Isaiah
Song of Solomon
Ecclesiastes
Proverbs
Psalms
Job
Esther
Nehemiah
Ezra
2 Chronicles
1 Chronicles
2 Kings
1 Kings
2 Samuel
1 Samuel
Ruth
Judges
Joshua
Deuteronomy
Numbers
Leviticus
Exodus
Genesis
Old Testament
Malachi
Zechariah
Haggai
Zephaniah
Habakkuk
Nahum
Micah
Jonah
Obadiah
Amos
Joel
Hosea
Daniel
Ezekiel
Lamentations
Jeremiah
Isaiah
Song of Solomon
Ecclesiastes
Proverbs
Psalms
Job
Esther
Nehemiah
Ezra
2 Chronicles
1 Chronicles
2 Kings
1 Kings
2 Samuel
1 Samuel
Ruth
Judges
Joshua
Deuteronomy
Numbers
Leviticus
Exodus
Genesis
Minor
Major
Law
Prophets
Wisdom
History
(Torah, Pentateuch)
Events
Experience
Expectation
Concerned with:
Past
Present
Future
Reveal God’s:
Work
Ways
Will
New Testament
Revelation
Jude
3 John
2 John
1 John
2 Peter
1 Peter
James
Hebrews
Philemon
Titus
2 Timothy
1 Timothy
2 Thessalonians
1 Thessalonians
Colossians
Philippians
Ephesians
Galatians
2 Corinthians
1 Corinthians
Romans
Acts
John
Luke
Mark
Matthew
New Testament
Revelation
Jude
3 John
2 John
1 John
2 Peter
1 Peter
James
Hebrews
Philemon
Titus
2 Timothy
1 Timothy
2 Thessalonians
1 Thessalonians
Colossians
Philippians
Ephesians
Galatians
2 Corinthians
1 Corinthians
Romans
Acts
John
Luke
Mark
Matthew
General
Paul
Gospels
Apocalypse
Letters (Epistles)
History
Time line
4000BC
3000BC
2000BC
1000BC
0AD
1000AD
??
Early times
Patriarchs
GENESIS
Adam
Abraham
Moses
OT History – Law
OT History – General
OT Wisdom*
OT Prophets
NT History
NT Letters
2000AD
Turkey
Promised
Land
Mediterranean
Sea
Sea of Galilee
River Jordan
Dead Sea
Garden
of Eden?
Egypt
River
Nile
Red
Sea
Persian
Gulf
GoogleMaps
Creation
1. Day and night
2. Sky and water
3. Land and sea + vegetation
4. Sun, moon and stars
5. Birds and sea creatures
6. Animals and humans
Bible ref.
Genesis 1-11
Early times
Bible ref.
Genesis 1-11
Creation
Adam and Eve
Cain and Abel
Noah
Tower of Babel
Patriarchs
Bible ref.
Genesis 11-50
Abraham – “father of many”
The LORD had said to Abram, "Leave your country, your people and your
father's household and go to the land I will show you.
"I will make you into a great nation and I will bless you;
I will make your name great, and you will be a blessing.
I will bless those who bless you, and whoever curses you I will curse;
and all peoples on earth will be blessed through you."
Genesis 12 v1-3
Abraham’s travels
Haran
Egypt
Ur
GoogleMaps
Patriarchs
Bible ref.
Genesis 11-50
Abraham
Isaac
Esau
Jacob
Twelve
tribes
Joseph
Slavery in Egypt (400 yrs)
Jacob’s sons and the 12 tribes
Zebulun
Issachar
Judah
Manasseh
Ephraim
Levi
Simeon
Reuben
Leah
Asher
Benjamin
Gad
Zilpah
Joseph
V
Naphtali
Dan
Rachel Bilhah
Time line
We are
here
4000BC
3000BC
2000BC
1000BC
0AD
??
Early times
Patriarchs
The Exodus
and judges
GENESIS
Adam
Abraham
Moses
Joshua
Samuel
1000AD
2000AD
The Exodus
Moses born
Bible ref.
Exodus
Leviticus
Numbers
Burning bush
10 plagues
Escape from Egypt
Mount Sinai
Law
Priests
Tabernacle and Ark
12 spies explore the Promised Land
Except Joshua and Caleb
40 years in the wilderness
The Exodus route
Crossing
Red Sea
Moses
dies
40 years of
wandering
Mount Sinai
GoogleMaps
Moses
Bible ref.
Exodus
Leviticus
Numbers
Deuteronomy
Genesis
Exodus
Leviticus
Numbers
Deuteronomy
Joshua
Moses
born
Mount
Sinai
Moses
died
Joshua and the Judges
Joshua
Bible ref.
Joshua
Crossing River Jordan
Defeat of Jericho
Taking the Promised Land
Asher
Naphtali
Manasseh
Ephraim Gad
Dan Benjamin
Reuben
Judah
Simeon
Joshua and the Judges
Joshua
The Judges
Bible ref.
Joshua
Judges
Ruth
1 Samuel
Crossing River Jordan
Defeat of Jericho
Taking the Promised Land
Gideon
Deborah
Samson
“In those days Israel had no king;
everyone did as he saw fit.”
Judges 17v6; 18v1; 19v1; 21v25
Samuel
Joshua
Judges
Ruth
1 Samuel
Moses Joshua
died
died
Samuel Saul
died
From Judge to King
Bible ref.
1 Samuel
“But the people refused to listen to Samuel. "No!" they said.
"We want a king over us. Then we will be like all the other
nations, with a king to lead us and to go out before us and fight
our battles." 1 Sam 8v19-20
Saul becomes king (~1050 BC)
David anointed
David and Goliath
Saul is jealous of David
David goes into hiding
Saul dies
Joshua
Judges
Ruth
1 Samuel
Moses Joshua
died
died
Samuel Saul
died
Theocracy
The main characters so far…
Adam
Noah
Abraham
Isaac
Jacob
Joseph
Moses
Joshua
Samuel
Saul
David
Kings
Captures Jerusalem
Subdues foes
Bathsheba
Absalom’s revolt
David
Wisdom
Built temple
Got greedy
Solomon
Jeroboam 1
Israel
(North)
Bible ref.
2 Samuel
1&2 Kings
1&2 Chronicles
Rehoboam
Judah
(South)
1 Samuel
2 Samuel
1 Kings
2 Kings
1 Chronicles
2 Chronicles
Saul David
died died
Fall of
Jerusalem
“Goodness”
Northern Kings
“He did evil in the eyes of the LORD”
“He did what was right in the eyes
of the LORD”
Israel defeated
by Assyria.
722 BC
Elijah vs. the Baal prophets
on Mount Carmel
Hoshea
Pekah
Pekahiah
Menahem
Shallum
Zechariah
Jeroboam II
Joash
Jehoahaz
Jehu
Joram
Ahaziah
Ahab
Omri
Tibni
Zimri
Elah
Baasha
Nadab
Jeroboam 1
Time
Assyria conquers the Northern kingdom
ASSYRIA
GoogleMaps
Kingdoms captured
Assyrians
722BC
Combined
Kingdom
North
South (Judah)
“Goodness”
Southern Kings
“He did evil in the eyes of the LORD”
“He did what was right in the eyes
of the LORD”
Fall of
Jerusalem
586BC
Assyria threatens.
Isaiah helps.
Book of the Law
found. Renews
covenant.
Zedekiah
Jehoiachin
Jehoiakim
Jehoahaz
Josiah
Amon
Manasseh
Hezekiah
Ahaz
Jotham
Uzziah
Amaziah
Joash
Athaliah
Ahaziah
Jehoram
Jehoshaphat
Asa
Abijah
Rehoboam
Time
Kingdoms captured
Assyrians
Babylonians
Persians
722BC
458BC
586BC
Combined
Kingdom
North
South (Judah)
537BC
Return from exile
Bible ref.
Ezra
Nehemiah
Esther
Main party returns (537BC) – To build temple
Esther saves Jews in Persia
Ezra the priest returns (458BC)
Nehemiah returns (445 BC) – To build walls and gates
Ezra
Nehemiah
Esther
Persia captures
Babylon 539BC
~433BC
Time line
We are
here
4000BC
3000BC
2000BC
1000BC
0AD
1000AD
??
Early times
Patriarchs
Kings
Exodus &
judges
Adam
Abraham
Moses
Exile
Nehemiah
Samuel
OT History – Law
OT History – General
OT Wisdom*
OT Prophets
NT History
NT Letters
2000AD
Wisdom literature
Job – explores the problem of pain
Psalms – praise and prayer
Proverbs – practical wisdom
Ecclesiastes – the emptiness materialism
Song of Songs – a book about love
Prophets
Prophetic books both forth-tell and fore-tell.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
The holiness of God
The sinfulness of sin
The necessity of repentance
The certainty of judgement
The indestructibility of grace
The everlasting love of God
Prophets
Babylonians
Israel (North)
Northern powers
Assyrians
Jonah
Persians
Ezekiel
Daniel
Amos
Hosea
Judah (South)
Nahum
Isaiah
Micah
Habakkuk
Zephaniah
Jeremiah
Obadiah
Haggai
Zechariah
Malachi
Inter-Testament times
Assyrians
Babylonians
Old
Testament
Persians
Greeks
Romans
New
Testament
Jesus
JESUS
GOD
US
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