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Bible overview
18+ weekend away – 31/10/09
Matt Pritchard
[email protected]


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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.


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Reading a Bible passage
What does the passage mean
3. APPLY today?
•What is a similar situation today?
•A specific teaching about God etc.?
•Is there an example to follow, or a
warning, or a promise?
•What actions need to be taken?

2. EXPLAIN

What does the passage mean?
•What did it mean to the original readers?
•What is the main point or teaching?
•How does it compare to other passages?
•Can a general principle be extracted?

1. UNDERSTAND What does the passage actually say?
•Words
•Setting (when and where)
•Purpose
•Context
•Form (history, law, poetry, prophecy, letter etc.)


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The Bible
•66 books
•40+ authors
•Written over 1,400 years

Old Testament (39)

Hebrew

New Testament (27)

Greek


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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


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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


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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


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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
History

Gospels

Letters (Epistles)

Paul

Apocalypse

General

Matthew – Jewish audience. Quotes OT. “Jesus is Messiah.”
Mark – Roman mindset. “Jesus is the perfect servant.”
Luke – Greek mindset. “Jesus is the perfect man.”
John – Broad audience. “Jesus is the Son of God.”


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Time line

4000BC

3000BC

2000BC

1000BC

0AD

1000AD

??
OT History – Law+General
OT Wisdom*
OT Prophets
NT History
NT Letters

2000AD


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Turkey


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Mediterranean
Sea

Sea of Galilee
River Jordan
Dead Sea

Red
Sea

Garden
of Eden?

Persian
Gulf

GoogleMaps


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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


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Early times

Bible ref.
Genesis 1-11
Keywords
Pattern
Perished

Creation

Adam and Eve

Cain and Abel

Noah

Tower of Babel


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Patriarchs

Bible ref.
Genesis 11-50
Keywords
Promised
Partial

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
“Abram believed the LORD, and he credited it to him as righteousness.”
Genesis 15v6


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Haran

Egypt

Abraham’s travels

Ur


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Patriarchs

Bible ref.
Genesis 11-50

Abraham

Keywords
Partial

Isaac

Esau

Jacob

Joseph

Slavery in Egypt (400 yrs)


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Patriarchs - 12 tribes

+Leah

Reuben (1)
Simeon (2)
Levi (3)
Judah (4)
Issachar (9)
Zebulun (10)
Dinah (D)
Manasseh (1)

+Rachel

Joseph (11)
Benjamin (12)

+Bilhah (Rachel’s servant)

Dan (5)
Naphtali (6)

+Zilpah (Leah’s servant)

Gad (7)
Asher (8)

Jacob
(Israel)

Ephraim (2)


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Time line

We are
here
4000BC

3000BC

2000BC

1000BC

0AD

1000AD

??
Early times

Patriarchs

Exodus &
judges

GENESIS
Adam

Abraham

Moses
Samuel

OT History – Law
OT History – General
OT Wisdom*
OT Prophets
NT History
NT Letters

2000AD


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Exodus - Moses
Escape from Egypt

Mount Sinai

Burning bush
10 plagues
Crossing Red Sea
Law
Priests, Tabernacle and Ark

Spies explore Promised Land

Rebellion and 40yrs in the wilderness

Move towards Promised Land
Exodus
Leviticus
Numbers
Deuteronomy
Joshua

Moses
born

Moses
died

Bible ref.
Exodus
Leviticus
Numbers
Deuteronomy

Keywords
Partial


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Crossing
Red Sea

Moses
dies

40 years of
wandering
Mount Sinai
The Exodus route


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Joshua and the Judges
Joshua

The Judges

Samuel

Bible ref.
Joshua
Crossing River Jordan
Judges
Defeat of Jericho
Ruth
Asher
Taking the Promised Land
1 Samuel
Naphtali
Keywords
Partial
Gideon
Deborah
Samson
Manasseh

“In those days Israel had no king;
everyone did as he saw fit.” Ephraim Gad
Dan
Judges 17v6; 18v1; 19v1; 21v25
Benjamin
Joshua
Judges
Ruth
1 Samuel

Moses Joshua
died
died

Samuel Saul
died

Reuben
Judah

Simeon


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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 Samuel 8v19-20

Keywords
Partial

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


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Theocracy


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Kings
Captures Jerusalem
Subdues foes
Bathsheba
Absalom’s revolt

David

Judah
(South)

Saul David
died died

Keywords
Partial

Wisdom
Temple
Greedy

Solomon

Rehoboam

Bible ref.
2 Samuel
1&2 Kings
1&2 Chronicles

Jeroboam 1
Israel
(North)

Northern Kingdom also called:
•Israel
•Ephraim
•Samaria

1 Samuel
2 Samuel
1 Kings
2 Kings
1 Chronicles
2 Chronicles

Fall of
Jerusalem


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Northern Kings

Good

“He did evil in the eyes of the LORD”

Israel defeated
by Assyria.
722 BC
Elijah vs. the Baal prophets
on Mount Carmel

Jeroboam 1
Nadab
Baasha
Elah
Zimri
Tibni
Omri
Ahab
Ahaziah
Joram
Jehu
Jehoahaz
Joash
Jeroboam II
Zechariah
Shallum
Menahem
Pekahiah
Pekah
Hoshea

Bad

Time


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ASSYRIA

Assyria conquers the Northern kingdom


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Kingdoms captured

Assyrians

722BC
Combined
Kingdom

North
South (Judah)


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Southern Kings

“He did what was right in the eyes of the LORD”
OR
“He did evil in the eyes of the LORD”

Fall of
Jerusalem
586BC

Good

Assyria threatens.
Isaiah helps.
Book of the Law
found. Renews
covenant.

Rehoboam
Abijah
Asa
Jehoshaphat
Jehoram
Ahaziah
Athaliah
Joash
Amaziah
Uzziah
Jotham
Ahaz
Hezekiah
Manasseh
Amon
Josiah
Jehoahaz
Jehoiakim
Jehoiachin
Zedekiah

Bad

Time


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Kingdoms captured

Assyrians

Babylonians

722BC
Combined
Kingdom

Persians

458BC

586BC

North
South (Judah)

537BC


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Return from exile

Bible ref.
Ezra
Nehemiah
Esther

Main party returns (537BC) – To build temple

Keywords
Prophesied

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


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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


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Wisdom literature

Job – where the pain of suffering is transformed by a vision of God the creator.
Psalms – reflect on life in God’s presence, as it is, without pretence.
Proverbs – help us to think through the choices we face in a complex world.
Ecclesiastes – encourages us to get out of our ghetto and see the big picture.

Song of Songs – shows how the power of sexuality needs to be faced and
harnessed.


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Prophets

Keywords
Prophesied

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


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Israel (North)

Northern powers

Prophets

Keywords
Prophesied

Assyrians

Babylonians

Jonah

Persians

Ezekiel
Daniel

Amos
Hosea

Judah (South)

Nahum
Isaiah
Micah

Habakkuk
Zephaniah
Jeremiah
Obadiah

Haggai
Zechariah

Malachi


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Prophets

Keywords
Prophesied

"This is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after that time,"
declares the LORD.
"I will put my law in their minds and write it on their hearts. I will be their God,
and they will be my people. No longer will a man teach his neighbor, or a man
his brother, saying, 'Know the LORD,' because they will all know me, from the
least of them to the greatest," declares the LORD. "For I will forgive their
wickedness and will remember their sins no more." Jeremiah 31v33-34

Jesus


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Inter-Testament times

Assyrians

Babylonians

Old
Testament

Persians

Greeks

Romans

New
Testament


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The Gospels

Keywords
Present

Matthew – Jewish audience. Quotes OT. “Jesus is Messiah.”
Mark – Roman mindset. “Jesus is the perfect servant.”
Luke – Greek mindset. “Jesus is the perfect man.”
John – Broad audience. “Jesus is the Son of God.”

Matthew
Mark
Luke
John
Acts

Jesus
born

John
Resurrection
Baptist

“The time has come," he said.
"The kingdom of God is near.
Repent and believe the good news!”
Mark 1v15


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Acts and epistles

Keywords
Proclaimed

The great commission
“Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the
Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I
have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.”
Matthew 28v19-20

Pentecost

Church growth

Gentiles accepted
Paul’s conversion
Paul’s missions

Peter’s vision


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Revelation

Keywords
Perfected

•An encouragement to keep going.
•God wins! Salvation will be completed. The world will be perfected.
Jesus

Pentecost

Genesis 1-3

Evangelism

2nd Coming

Victory

Revelation 21-22