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OLD TESTAMENT BOOKS

GENESIS THROUGH RUTH

GENESIS: GOD'S PERFECT CREATION, MAN'S REBELLION AND FALL, AND GOD
   BEGIN'S HIS PERFECT PLAN TO RESTORE US

• • Creation, Fall, Flood and Babel (1-11)
• • The Fathers of Israel (Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob/Israel) (12-50)

EXODUS: GOD RESCUES HIS NATION FROM SLAVERY AND GIVES HER HIS LAW -
   SYMBOLIC OF GOD RESCUING HIS PEOPLE FROM SLAVERY TO SIN AND
   TEACHING THEM HIS HOLY WAYS

• • Moses, God's chosen man, leads Israel out of slavery in Egypt and to Mt.    Sinai (1-18)
• • At Mt. Sinai, God gives His new nation His Law at Mt. Sinai (19-40)

LEVITICUS: THE PATH TO FELLOWSHIP WITH A HOLY GOD - GOD'S
   PLAN FOR ISRAEL TO LIVE AS A HOLY NATION; WHAT'S NEEDED
   FOR MEN TO LIVE IN FELLOWSHIP WITH A HOLY GOD; MAN'S NEED
   FOR MORAL CLEANSING AND GOD'S PLAN TO PURIFY US SYMBOLIZED.

• • Symbols of our uncleanness and God's plan for purification: that which is    unclean physically, socially, and morally; cleansing symbolized through the    sacrifices, by blood, the festivals, the cleansing of the priests, and other    cleansing ceremonies (all give us insights and guidelines on how we who    are unholy can gain and regularly experience fellowship with the true and    holy God.

NUMBERS:  ISRAEL'S UNBELIEF AND GOD'S DISCIPLINE - 40 YEAR
   OF WANDERING IN THE WILDERNESS!  SYMBOLIC OF OUR UNBELIEF THAT
   PREVENTS US FROM FELLOWSHIP WITH GOD

• • Signs of unbelief: grumbling, jealousy, fear of man – "grasshopper faith,"    rebellion, impatience, immorality = 40 years of wandering.  Symbolizes our    attempts to live the Christian life depending on our own human resources –    a life lived under the Law in the wilderness.

DEUTERONOMY: The second giving of the Law - Deutero = Second, nomos =
   law

• • Follows the pattern of an ancient treaty: author of treaty (1:1-5); history    of relationship between God the Ruler and His people (1:6-4:49);    responsibilities needed to fulfill the peoples' part of the treaty (5:1-26:19)    (detailed responsibilities – 5:1-11:32, general responsibilities
     12:1-26:19); and curses and blessing for obedience and disobedience of    the treaty (27-30)

JOSHUA: THE CONQUEST FOR THE PROMISED LAND – A SYMBOL OF OUR
   BATTLE FOR CHRIST'S POSSESSION AND RULE IN EVERY AREA IN OUR LIVES

• • Preparation for battle – be strong, courageous and remember whose battle
     it is (1-5)
• • The battle for the Land (6-12)
• • Occupying the Land (13-22)
• • Holding on to the Land (23,24)

JUDGES: ISRAEL DOES WHAT IS RIGHT IN THEIR OWN EYES AND GOD'S
   DISCIPLINE

• • Sin – Israel turns to other gods
• • Servitude – Israel is overrun by another
• • Supplication – Israel cries out to God
• • Savior – God raises up a savior; a judge (The most famous judges were
     Deborah, Gideon, and Samson)

RUTH: JESUS OUR KINSMAN REDEEMER SYMBOLIZED BY BOAZ REDEEMING
   RUTH

• • Naomi, an Israelite, leaves God's land; Ruth, a Moabite, seeks out Naomi's • God, her land, and a kinsman redeemer
  • We, like Ruth, leave God and later on seek out the Kinsman Redeem,
     Jesus Christ!

I SAMUEL THROUGH II CHRONICLES

I SAMUEL:  CHOOSE YOUR LEADER!  ISRAEL REJECTS SAMUEL, GOD'S CHOSEN
MAN, AND THE RULE OF GOD, AND SEEKS AFTER A HUMAN KING LIKE THE
OTHER NATIONS.

• • Samuel (God's man, Israel's last Judge)
• • Saul (Man's king - A king after man's heart)
• • David (God's king – a king after God's heart)

II SAMUEL: THE FALL OF GOD'S KING LEADS TO FAMILY AND NATIONAL
TROUBLES

• • David's victories (1-10)
• • David's fall (11,12)
• • David's family troubles (13-19)
• • David's national troubles (20-24)

I KINGS: THE PATH TO DIVISION – FROM A DIVIDED KING TO A DIVIDED
NATION

• • Solomon, the king with a divided heart (1-11)
• • Israel, the divided nation (12-16)
• • Elijah, prophet of judgment on the northern kingdom (18-25)

II KINGS: ISRAEL'S LAST DAYS

• • The last days of the divided kingdom (1-17)
• 1. The final ministry of Elijah and Elisha (1:1-8:15)
• 2. The last kings of the divided kingdom (8:16-17:41)
• • The last days of the surviving kingdom (18-25)

I CHRONICLES: THE FAMILY TREE OF THE FUTURE KING

• • Geneologies of the nation of God (1-9)
• • The reign of David (10-29) (Focus on the Temple worship: 22-29)

II Chronicles: FOCUS ON THE SOUTHERN KINGDOM

• • Solomon's building and dedication of the Temple
• • Five reforms: under kings Asa, Jehosophat, Joash, Hezekiah, and Josiah
• • Four deliverances: Abijah against Jeroboam, Asa against the Ethiopians,
  • Jehosophat against the Moabites, Hezekiah against the Assyrians
• • Nuggets: A call to revival – 7:14;  a spiritual exodus - ll:16,17; God's    attitude toward the committed – 16:9; Forgiveness for an evil king –    33:18,19; the cause of the 70 year exile of Israel – 36:21