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THE HISTORY OF ISRAEL
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| Exodus | Israel’s Exodus from Egypt
Receiving God’s Laws The Tabernacle |
3:1-12
7:14-12:33 14:15-28 20:1-17 32:1-35 |
The Burning Bush
The Ten Plagues Journey through the Red Sea The Ten Commandments The Golden Calf |
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| Leviticus | More Laws of God
The Priests |
8
10:1-7 |
Consecration of the priests
Nadab and Abihu |
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| Numbers | Wanderings of Israel
They forfeit the land of Canaan |
14
21:4-8 |
Israel’s possession of Canaan is postponed by 40 years
The Bronze Snake |
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| Deuteronomy | Obedience | 6:4-9 | Love service to God | ||
| Joshua | Possession of Canaan | 6:1-8-29
10:13 |
Conquering of Jericho
The sun stands still |
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| Judges | Disobedience and deliverance | 7:1-7 | Gideon and his 300 men | ||
| Ruth | A young woman’s faith in God | 1-4
1:16, 17 |
Read all four chapters
Ruth’s Faith |
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| 1 Samuel | The Prophet Samuel
Kings Saul and David |
1-2
15:22 17 28:7-19 |
Hannah prays and receives a son
Obedience is better than sacrifice David defeats the giant Goliath Saul consults a sorceress (witch) |
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| 2 Samuel | Life and reign of King David | 11 | David’s sin with Bathsheba | ||
| 1 Kings | King Solomon
The temple The prophet Elijah Empire divided: Judah and Israel |
3:16-28
5-8 18 |
Solomon’s wise court ruling
The temple Elijah and the Baal Prophets |
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| 2 Kings | The Two Kingdoms
Both Kingdoms go into exile |
4:1-7
5:1-14 |
Elisha multiplies the oil
Elisha heals Naaman’s leprosy |
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| 1 Chronicles | Repetition of Israel’s history | ||||
| 2 Chronicles | Repetition of Israel’s history | ||||
| Ezra | Return of Israel from exile
Rebuilding the temple |
3:8-13 | Initiation of rebuilding of the temple | ||
| Nehemiah | Rebuilding walls of Jerusalem | 2:20
8:11c |
We will build and God will give us the victory.
The joy in (of) the Lord |
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| Esther | God safeguards Israel in capti-vity | 4:13-16 | Esther sacrifices/risks her life | ||
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THE POETIC BOOKS
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| Job | Job’s incomprehensible suffer-ing, his grumbling, repentance, and subsequent blessings | 1
30:26-31 42 |
Job trusts in God
He complains His repentance and God’s blessing |
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| Psalms | The believer’s spiritual experien-ces
Majority written by David |
22
23 34 51 73 103 |
Jesus’ sufferings on the cross
The Lord is my Shepherd The Lord, my protector David’s Repentance Asaph’s doubts Praise the Lord, O my soul |
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| Proverbs | Practical wisdom, concise and pithyly rendered | 2:6; 18:15
3:5-8; 16:32 5:15-20 22:13; 26:13 16:23,24 17:17; 18:24 3:9; 11:28 30:7 20:15; 22:6 |
Wisdom
Trust in God Self-control Sexual purity Thrift and laziness Words Friends Money Food Child rearing |
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| Ecclesiastes | Without God, everything is in vain | 12:13 | The main thing: fear God | ||
| Song of Songs | The B/bridegroom and the B/bride | 8:6,7 | Power of Love | ||
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THE MAJOR PROPHETS
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| Isaiah | Judgment and deliverance of Israel and humanity | 7:14
38 43:1,2 50:4-11 53 |
Jesus’ birth foretold
Hezekiah’s illness and recovery God is with you (Jesus) The servant of the Lord (Jesus) The suffering Savior |
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| Jeremiah | Judgment on Israel and other nations and promises of resto-ration | 23:5,6
25:11,12 31 (v31) |
Coming of the Messiah promised
Exile of 70 yrs., predicted The New Covenant |
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| Lamentations | Lamentation over Israel’s harde-ning of heart | 3:21-23 | The Lord’s lovingkindness is new every morning | ||
| Ezekiel | The Glory of God
In time, his glory will oversha-dow everything |
3:23
11:22-25 33:1-9 36:26,27 37:1-14 |
Vision of God’s glory
God leaves the temple The watchman and his message Promise of a new heart Dry bones come to life |
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| Daniel | The omnipotence of God.
He rules the pagan nations through his just a few of His servants. He controls the distant future of humanity |
5:21
1 3 5 6 7 9 |
God rules over all
Young men choose to serve God In the fiery furnace The writing on the wall In the lion’s den Vision of the four animals Prophecy about the 70 weeks |
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THE LESSER PROPHETS
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| Hosea | Israel’s unfaithfulness compared with God’s faithfulness | 2:23 | Undeserved grace | ||
| Joel | The Day of the Lord | 2:13 | God’s grace for whoever returns to him | ||
| Amos | Punishment of Israel | 3:3
4:12 5:18 |
Appointment to walk with God
Get ready to meet God The Day of the Lord |
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| Obadiah | Judgment of the Edomites | 1:18 | As you have done will be done to you. | ||
| Jonah | Jonah’s Mission to Nineveh and God’s universal grace for all | 1-4
4:2 |
Read the whole book
God is gracious |
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| Micah | Judgment on Israel and promises of the Messiah | 6:6-8 | God expects you to do right; especially in humility and love | ||
| Nahum | The fall of Nineveh | 2:1
2:8 |
An avenger is the Lord
Nineveh is like a dam suddenly emptying |
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| Habakkuk | Trusting in God’s governance of a godless world | 2:4
3:17 |
The righteous will live by faith.
Though my hand be empty, yet will I trust the Lord |
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| Zephaniah | The judgment of God on Judah and the nations announced | 2:3 | Seek the Lord all that are meek | ||
| Haggai | Call for rebuilding of the temple | 1:2-4 | You build your houses, but let God’s house lie decayed. | ||
| Zechariah | God’s deliverance of his people Israel and of mankind in the end-times | 2:6
9:9 11:4-13 14:4 |
Not by might nor by power, but by my Spirit says the Lord
Jesus’ entry on a donkey foretold Prediction of Jesus’ betrayal for 30 pieces of silver Prediction of Jesus’ return to the Mount of Olives |
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| Malachi | Rebuking of coldhearted service to God | 3:10 | Give God all that is due to him, then enjoy his full blessing | ||
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