1. Welcome to “Learning and Living the God-centered life”
Carmel Baptist Church
www.learningandlivingtheword.com
December 7, 2008

3. Principle #4 - The Bible contains 5 Christ centered divisions:
1. Anticipation - The Old Testament
2. Manifestation - The gospels (Matthew-Luke)
3. Proclamation - Acts
4. Explanation - The Epistles (Romans-Jude)
5. Consummation - Revelation
Principle #5 - The theme of the Bible is “the glory of God”
 The chief end of God is to enjoy Himself and glorify Himself
forever
 This week devotion time in Romans 1:1-5

4. Principle #6 - Layout for the Old Testament is “5-12-5-5-12”
 5 books - Genesis through Deuteronomy (The Pentateuch)
 12 books - Joshua through Ester (Historical)
 5 books - Psalm through Song of Solomon (Poetical)
 5 books - Isaiah through Daniel (Major prophets)
 12 books - Hosea through Malachi (Minor prophets)
Principle #7 - The historical books cover storyline of OT
 Creation to 400 B.C.
 The poetical and prophetic books fit into their proper place
within the storyline of the Old Testament

5. G E L N D J J R 1 2 1 2 1 2 E N E
Samuel Kings Chronicles
Job Psalms Proverbs
Ecclesiastes
Song of Solomon
Prophets (Isaiah-Malachi)
Old Testament Historical Storyline

6. Principle #8 - The OT storyline has 9 major categories
1. Creation
2. Patriarchs
3. Exodus
4. Conquest
5. Judges
6. Kingdom
7. Exile
8. Return
9. Silence

7. REVIEW FROM GENESIS-RUTH

8. Genesis
Genesis Chapters 1-11 (4 major events) and Genesis 12-50
(4 major relationships)
In Genesis 1-2 God created the earth and He culminated that in
creating both male and female in His image.
In Chapter 3 we have the fall into sin, and the snowball of sin at
this point starts to grow
Read Genesis 3:1-7

9. What strategy does Satan employ when talking with Eve?

10. ORTHODOX BIBLE READING AND STUDY
AUTHOR (Meaning)
READER (Interpretation) = what the author meant
NEO-ORTHODOX BIBLE READING AND STUDY
AUTHOR (Meaning)
READER (Interpretation) = I decide what it means to me

11. So what is SIN?

12. 1 John 3:4 - Everyone who practices sin also practices lawlessness;
and sin is lawlessness.
James 4:17 - Therefore, to one who knows the right thing to do and
does not do it, to him it is sin
Romans 3:23 - For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God
Romans 14:23 - “…and whatever is not from faith is sin.
Hebrews 11:6 - “And without faith it is impossible to please him…”
Romans 10:17 - “So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the
word of God.

13. So what is FAITH?
John 6:35 - And Jesus said to them,
“I am the bread of life.
He who comes to Me
shall never hunger,
and he who believes in Me
shall never thirst.

14. Genesis is divided as follows:
Chapters 1-11 (Events)
 Creation
 Fall
 Flood
 Tower
Chapters 12-50 (Relationships)
 Abraham
 Issac
 Jacob
 Joseph

15. Exodus
 Turn to Chapter 12:21-32 - Discussion of Passover
Leviticus - See previous notes
Numbers - See previous notes
Deuteronomy - See previous notes
Joshua
 Turn to Joshua 1:8 - command to meditate on God’s word

16. Judges - See previous notes
What do you remember?
Ruth - See previous notes
What do you remember?

17. 1 Kings
In 1 Kings 1-11 we have the kingship of Solomon who was David’s
son. He rules for 40 years and then in 1 Kings Chapter 12 the
kingdom splits.
931 B.C. – The Kingdom Splits
 Northern Kingdom – Samaria (10 tribes)
 Southern Kingdom – Judah (2 tribes)
2 Kings
2 Kings Chapter 17 – 722 B.C the Assyrians come into world power
and conquer the northern kingdom.
2 Kings Chapter 22 – 605, 597 and 586 B.C the Babylonians are now
the world power and they capture the southern kingdom of Judah.
It is here that Israel will be held captive for a period of 70 years as
told to them by Jeremiah

18. 1 Chronicles and 2 Chronicles cover the same periods of time and
approach from a spiritual perspective instead of a political
perspective. One person I heard comment on this said you might
call 1 and 2 Chronicles the rest of the story.
Ezra
We see as the book opens King Cyrus of Persia has his heart stirred
by the LORD. In doing so he decides to allow the Jews to go back
to their land.
So in approximately 538 B. C. a leader by the name of Zerubabbel
carries a contingent of 50,000 Jews back to the promised land.
Then in 536 B.C. the people start to lay the foundation for the
temple
The work is stopped for a period of 16 years
In 520 B.C. they start again
In 516 B.C. the temple is restored

19. Ezra who is a teacher and a scribe comes back around 497 B.C. and
brings revival to the people
Nehemiah
Then about 444 B.C. Nehemiah who is the cupbearer to the king of
Persia goes back to his homeland to rebuild the wall.
Ester
The book of Ester chronologically takes place between Ezra 6 and
7. This tells what takes place with all the Jews that did not return to
the land and remained scattered.
Ester becomes queen of Persia.
And the famous lines in the book to me are when her uncle
Mordecai says:
“and who knows whether you have not attained royalty for such a
time as this?”
Ester replies to Mordecai words “and thus I will go in to the king,
which is not according to the law; and if I perish, I perish.”

20. In Summary:
 Zerubbable rebuilds the temple
 Ezra rebuilds the people
 Nehemiah rebuilds the wall
And with this you have the end of the Old Testament

21. Here is a summary review of the events
 Creation, fall, flood and tower
 Patriarchs – Abraham, Isaac, Jacob and Joseph
 Exodus – Moses leads the people of Israel out of Egypt
and hands the mantle to Joshua
 Conquest – Joshua is all about victory and conquest
 Judges – one generation removed the people fall back into
their evil ways, it is a dark time
 Kingdom – Israel comes under one king but then after
some time the kingdom splits, with the North being captured
by the Assyrians and the South being captured by the
Babylonians
 Exile – the Jews are scattered around the world
 Return – God as He promises brings His people back to
the land. Zerubabble rebuilds the city, Ezra rebuilds the
people and Nehemiah rebuilds the wall
 Silence- we have 400 years of silence at end of OT