Know Your Bible

VOL. 6                           April 22, 2007                           NO. 14

A Summary Of The Books Of The Old Testament

    How well do you know your Old Testament? Here is a review of Old Testament books.

Genesis -- Beginnings of the human race: 4 events (creation, fall, flood, nations), 1-11; Beginning of the Hebrew race: 4 people (Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Joseph), 12-50.

Exodus -- Moses; plagues in Egypt; departure; Red Sea; Sinai; the Ten Commandments; the Tabernacle; and the Law.

Leviticus -- Priests' handbook. Sacrifice, tabernacle worship, ritual purity, feast days.

Numbers -- Census of fighting men; departure from Sinai; the guiding cloud; murmuring; the spies; wandering 40 years in the wilderness.

Deuteronomy -- The "second" giving of the Law; Moses' last words.

Joshua -- Conquest and partition of the land of promise.

Judges -- Dark ages of Israelite history; continuous cycles of sin, servitude, supplication, and salvation;"Judges" were deliverers; "In those days there was no king...".

Ruth -- Love story of a foreign ancestor of David (and Jesus); focus in Bethlehem.

1 Samuel -- Transition between Judges and United Monarchy - king Saul, rise of David.

2 Samuel -- Reign of David: the good, bad, and ugly.

1 Kings -- Prominence of Solomon; beginnings of a Divided Kingdom

2 Kings -- Divided kingdom; captivity for both north and south.

1 Chronicles -- Post-captivity history and genealogy of Israel; focus on Davidic institutions.

2 Chronicles -- History of the United and Divided kingdoms from post-captivity Judahite perspective.

Ezra -- Rebuilding respect for the Law after the return from exile.

Nehemiah -- Rebuilding the walls of Jerusalem.

Esther -- Staving off extermination; lesson of divine providence.

Job -- Problem of human suffering.

Psalms -- National hymn book of Israel.

Proverbs -- Wisdom for life (especially valuable for teenagers).

Ecclesiastes -- Meaning and purpose of life.

Song of Solomon -- Romantic love.

Isaiah -- Judahite crisis at the end of the 8th century B.C.; prophecies of comfort after the coming Babylonian captivity; glimpses of Messianic glory.

Jeremiah -- Downfall of Jerusalem and spiritual commentary.

Lamentations -- Funeral song for a fallen people.

Ezekiel -- Apocalyptic message for a people facing a long captivity.

Daniel -- A picture of captivity from inside the royal courts; a peek at the distant future for God's people.

Hosea -- Northern Israel an unfaithful adulteress and God's punishment: Assyrian captivity.

Joel -- Locust plague and its apocalyptic dimensions.

Amos -- Judgment pronounced on Israel; much like Hosea, but from the mouth of a "southern" herdsman.

Obadiah -- Woe to Edom, an unfaithful "brother".

Jonah -- Running away from God (ch. 1); to God (2); with God (3); and ahead of God (4).

Micah -- Contemporary of Isaiah, with much the same emphasis.

Nahum -- Judgment pronounced against Nineveh of Assyria, historic enemy of God's people.

Habakkuk -- Focuses on God's judgment, using Babylonian power, against Judah; questions God's justice.

Zephaniah -- Parallel to Jeremiah; fall of Jerusalem and apocalyptic dimensions of future restoration.

Haggai -- Catalyst to rebuilding the Temple.

Zechariah -- Exhortations after the return from exile, and the apocalyptic/messianic dimensions.

Malachi -- Cleaning up abuses in the Temple; prediction of a new era with the coming of "Elijah".

---Focus Magazine, April 2001

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BIBLE FACTS ABOUT THE

SIGNIFICANCE OF THE GOSPEL!

It Is God's Power To Save Us: -- "For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ, for it is the power of God to salvation" (Rom. 1:15). The word "gospel" means "good news." Therefore, this is God's "message" to us. It is not a feeling, what we think, a "church creed," but God's message concerning our salvation.

There Is Only One Gospel But Many Perversions: -- This was true even during the first century and it is true now. Further, if we teach or believe and obey an altered gospel, we are accursed. "I marvel that you are turning away so soon from Him who called you in the grace of Christ, to a different gospel, which is not another; but there are some who trouble you and want to pervert the gospel of Christ. But even if we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel to you than what we have preached to you, let him be accursed. As we have said before, so now I say again, if anyone preaches any other gospel to you than what you have received, let him be accursed" (Gal. 1:6-9).

We Must Obey The Gospel. If We Do Not, We Are Condemned Along With Those Who Refuse Any Knowledge Of God: -- "...to give you who are troubled rest with us when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with His mighty angels, in flaming fire taking vengeance on those who do not know God, and on those who do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ. These shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of His power" (2 Thes. 1:7-9)."For the time has come for judgment to begin at the house of God; and if it begins with us first, what will be the end of those who do not obey the gospel of God" (1 Pet. 4:17)?

We Are To Preach The Gospel To Everyone: -- If there is only one gospel, it is God's message concerning our salvation, it has been perverted, and everyone must obey it to be saved, then we see the great significance of helping people know what it is. Jesus said, "Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature. He who believes and is baptized will be saved; but he who does not believe will be condemned" (Mk. 16:15,16).

---Phillip Owens

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***SENTENCE SERMONS***

God can use reverses to move us forward.

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People who do things that count

never stop to count them.

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He who is not content with what he has

would not be contented with what he would like to have.

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Guard your thoughts today, for they produce

your actions tomorrow.

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