Learn the Bible
in 6 months
Week One
Introduction
Who is the God of the Old
Testament?
Who is the God of the Old
Testament?
- Exodus 34:6-7
- The Lord passed before him and
proclaimed, “The Lord, the Lord, a God merciful
and gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in
steadfast love and faithfulness, 7 keeping steadfast
love for thousands, forgiving iniquity and
transgression and sin, but who will by no means
clear the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on
the children and the children's children, to the third
and the fourth generation.”
Books and Authors
Job
Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy
Joshua
Judges, 1 & 2 Samuel,
1 & 2 Kings
1 & 2 Chronicles, Ezra, Nehemiah
Esther
Psalms
Proverbs, Ecclesiastes
Isaiah
Jeremiah, Lamentations
Ezekiel
Daniel
Minor Prophets
Matthew
Luke
John, 1,2, 3 John, Revelation
Mark, 1, 2 Peter
14 epistles
James
Jude
66 books
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Moses
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Samuel
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Ezra
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David +
Solomon +
Isaiah
Jeremiah
Ezekiel
Daniel
The 12
Matthew
Luke
John
Peter
Paul
James
Jude
40 +
~2000 years
Old Testament
Torah - 5
Genesis
Exodus
Leviticus
Numbers
Deuteronomy
History - 12
Joshua
Judges
Ruth
1 Samuel
2 Samuel
1 Kings
2 Kings
1 Chronicles
2 Chronicles
Ezra
Nehemiah
Esther
Poetry Books - 5
Job
Psalms
Proverbs
Ecclesiastes
Song of Songs
Major Prophets - 5
Isaiah
Jeremiah
Lamentations
Ezekiel
Daniel
Minor Prophets - 12
Hosea
Joel
Amos
Obadiah
Jonah
Micah
Nahum
Habakkuk
Zephaniah
Haggai
Zechariah
Malachi
Objectives
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Big picture Story of the Bible
Understanding the Cohesive narrative
Learn to connect the dots
Gain a better understanding of Jesus
and his mission
Big picture Story of the Bible
• Write these characters in order of
chronology.
– Peter, Elijah, Abraham, David, Daniel
Bible Timeline
6,000 Years?
The Nation Israel
Genesis
Rest of OT
NT
400 yrs
The Diaspora
Understanding the Cohesive narrative
• What is the main conflict of the Bible?
• Sinful human beings rebelling against
the word of God.
• What is God’s solution to the conflict?
– Genesis 12:1-3
– Exodus 19:4-6
Gain a better understanding of Jesus
and his mission
• Matthew 5:17-18
– How did Jesus fulfill the laws and the
prophets?
– Exodus 23:10-12
• Luke 24:25-27
– How does events in Joshua say
concerning Jesus Christ?
The Torah
Genesis
Exodus
Leviticus
Numbers
The Book of Beginnings
The Birth of the Nation
The Law of the Nation
The Wilderness Wanderings
Deuteronomy The Laws Reviewed
Genesis
Genesis 1, 2
Genesis 3
Genesis 4
Genesis 5
Genesis 6-9
Genesis 10-11
Genesis 12-20
Genesis 21-26
Genesis 27-36
Genesis 37-50
Creation
Fall of Man
Cain & Abel
Genealogy of Noah
Flood of Noah
Tower of Babel
Abraham
Isaac
Jacob
Sons of Jacob
Things to look for in Genesis, Exodus
• Try to see from the context and culture
of the original readers
• See stories as connected narrative, not
small, individual stories
• See God as who he says He is –
Merciful, gracious, loving, faithful,
forgiving, righteous and holy.