The OT as a story - covering creation through to Abraham's call.

2. 4MAINMOVES

3. 1.EDENTOISRAEL
(via Ur)

4. Haran
Ur
1.EDENTOISRAEL
(VIA UR)
Canaan
Eden

5. Eden?
Eden?
Eden?

10. Eden
Ur
1.EDENTOISRAEL
(VIA UR)

11. Haran
Ur
1.EDENTOISRAEL
(VIA UR)
Canaan

12. TheBigPicture

13. ๏ The universe is created—Humanity
is placed in Eden—it then spreads
out.
๏ The Bible follows it through the
Flood to Mt. Ararat, Babel and then
south east to Ur.

14. ๏ In Ur we meet Abram whom God
tells to pack up and go to the distant
land of Canaan.
๏ Abram went via Haran

15. ๏ Abram travelled throughout Israel.
๏ The promises of God are fulfilled
including the birth of his son Isaac.
๏ Abraham believed God and acted in
faith.

16. What is the name of the land given
to Abraham and his Descendants?
Palestine; Philistia, a SW coastal strip
of the Israel occupied by the
Philistines.
Canaan; original name of the land

17. Israel, The Promised Land;
the land promised by God to
Abraham and his
descendants

18. Israel
1) Son of Isaac (also called Jacob)
2) The 12 sons / tribes of Jacob

19. 3) When the kingdom divided, Israel
was the name of the area occupied by
the ten northern tribes.
4) The land promised to Abraham and
his descendants

20. KEYEVENTS(What Happened)

21. 1.CREATION

22. God Creates the Universe
God spoke…and it came into being
(creation was ex nihilo=out of nothing)
Gen 1: 31 ‘Very good’

23. Gen 1: 27-28 ‘God created
mankind in His own image’
Gen 2:2 ‘on the seventh day he
rested from all his work’
All is perfect and peaceful.

24. Eden
Hebrew word (eden) meaning
‘luxury, pleasure, delight’.
‘in the east’ (Gen. 2:8)—four rivers;
Pishon, Gihon, Tigris, Euphrates.

27. Adam
Gen 1:26: ‘adam’ (ah-dahm) = man,
mankind
Is about humanness, not maleness
Imago Dei - in the image of God

28. 2.THEFALL

30. The word evil in the tree's name in Latin is mali (Genesis
2:17). Apple is mala (Proverbs 25:11) or malum (SoS 2:3).
Similarity may have led to confusion.

32. Rebellion leaves a trail of brokenness.
๏ Relationship of Man and Woman
—naked, blame

33. ๏ Creation, ‘the ground is cursed
because of you. All your life
you will struggle to scratch a
living from it.’ Gen 3: 17

34. ๏ God and humanity, ‘So the
Lord God banished them
from the Garden of Eden’
Gen 3: 23

35. Sin and Death Spread
๏ Cain murders Abel
๏ The Flood
๏ The Tower of Babel

36. NO DETAIL ABOUT
ENOCH
(OR LATER ON) RAINBOWS
MELCHIZEDEK
On many occasions we shall miss
your favourite character—sorry

37. 3.THEFLOOD

39. Noah & The Flood
Rain for 40 days / nights.
Noah spends just over a year on the ark
(Gen 7:11-8:14) = 371—376 days.