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Bible Overview - Isaiah Chapters 45-52:12

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Bible Overview - Isaiah Chapters 45-52:12

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The court trial format continues with God declaring His authority and challenging the idols to do anything. God foretells several events as a demonstration for the people to witness with His most important being the mission of the Messiah.

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Starting in chapter 40, Isaiah's message changes to one of hope and comfort. It reinforces God's promise to restore His people and provides hope in the coming Jesus.

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These chapters of Isaiah have an emphasis on the coming Judgment but with a repeated message of hope, love and mercy.

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Bible Overview - Isaiah Introduction and Chapters 1-6

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Bible Overview - Isaiah Introduction and Chapters 1-6

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Isaiah is one of the longest books of the Bible with 66 chapters. It is a message of warning to Judah but also of hope for restoration and salvation.

It is the second most quoted book by New Testament authors due to its many prophetic messages about Jesus.

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There are many prophets mentioned in the Bible. We have the writings by 16 of them in the Old Testament.

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This overview describes the long history of the books of our Old Testament and how they were organized into our Bible.

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This overview continues the Bible history with a look at the books of the New Testament. The discussion focuses on what it means to be Scripture and how our canon was recognized.

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Bible Overview - Creation to the Promised Land

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Bible Overview - Creation to the Promised Land

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The first 5 books of the Bible are called the Torah, the Law, or the Pentateuch. They describe how God created the world, how mankind corrupted the world with sin, and how God has planned for the redemption of the world. This redemptive plan started with the calling of one man for the purpose of blessing all the nations. That plan culminated in the birth of the Messiah and His ministry, death and resurrection.

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Bible Overview - Creation to the Promised Land

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Bible Overview - Settling the Promised Land

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Bible Overview - Settling the Promised Land

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Deuteronomy closed with the Israelites in Moab on the east side of the Jordan. The 2 books that follow, Joshua and Judges, describe the entry, conquest, and settlement of the Promised Land. Where Joshua is an example of obedience and blessing, Judges is an example of disobedience, idolatry, and failure of the following generations.

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Bible Overview – Ruth and Biblical Timelines

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Bible Overview – Ruth and Biblical Timelines

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Ruth takes place during the time of the Judges where we saw idolatry and depravity were common. Ruth tells the story of loyalty and obedience leading to blessings.

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1 Samuel is the first half of the book describing the transition from Judges to the Monarchy in Israel. The book is named for the prophet Samuel. It describes the life of Samuel, the failures of Saul as the first King of Israel, and early life of King David.

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Bible Overview - The Kingdom of David - 2 Samuel

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Bible Overview - The Kingdom of David - 2 Samuel

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2 Samuel is all about David as king. It covers his rise to king of Judah and then all of Israel, his great triumphs, and his bad personal failings. Through it all David remains faithful to God. Because of this, God promises that one of his descendants would rule forever. We have seen this fulfilled in Christ Jesus.

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Bible Overview - The Kingdom of David - 2 Samuel

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God granted Solomon wisdom as he ruled over Israel. However despite this wisdom, Solomon begins to embrace his own wealth and power. At the end of his reign, Solomon is disloyal to God.

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Divided Kingdom and Elijah - 1 Kings 12-22

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Divided Kingdom and Elijah - 1 Kings 12-22

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The second half of 1Kings describes how the kingdom established by God under David and expanded under Solomon fell into civil war and decline because they abandoned God.

God sends Elijah to warn the northern kingdom, but they continue their wicked ways.

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Bible Overview -Divided Kingdom and Elijah - 1 Kings 12-22

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The attached chart lists the kings named in 1Kings. It will be updated with the names from 2Kings when we study that book.

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Psalms is a collection of 150 songs of praise. These songs were a key part of the worship and festival practices for the Israelites and contain many prophetic messages about Jesus.

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Psalms includes songs written for specific events. Some are explicit in the superscript while others can only be inferred from the content. Some psalms are prophetic with the most significant being those looking forward to Christ.

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I copied this chart from Blue Letter Bible.  It includes references to the specific verse including a link, but you may want to read the entire psalm and related scripture to get the full context.

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The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, and knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.   Proverbs 9:10

Proverbs teaches how we should live in relation to other people using Wisdom to guide us.

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Songs of Songs is a book of poetry describing the love between a man and a woman. It provides insight into the marriage relationship established in Genesis 2.

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Ecclesiastes is written from the perspective of the Teacher who attempts to discover the meaning of life. He finds that all is futile without God.

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Job provides a story that considers the question of why the righteous suffer. In this first lesson, we see that Job loses everything. Job and his 3 friends try to understand and explain why this has happened.

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God appears to Job and asks how Job can challenge God's justice. God asks a series of questions that demonstrate His authority over creation.

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Bible Overview – 2 Kings 1-12 - Elijah, Elisha, and the House of Ahab

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Bible Overview – 2 Kings 1-12 - Elijah, Elisha, and the House of Ahab

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2 Kings is a continuation of 1 Kings. The book begins with the transition from Elijah to Elisha and describes many miracles of Elisha. Next, it describes the rise and fall of the House of Ahab and his evil wife Jezebel.

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Bible Overview – Fall of Israel and Judah: 2 Kings 13-25

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Bible Overview – Fall of Israel and Judah: 2 Kings 13-25

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2 Kings describes the downfall of both Israel and Judah and the exile from the land. It does this to demonstrate God's patience during their many years of rebellion and to explain why God brings judgment against them. The author wants to remind the people what has happened so that they can learn from it.

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Bible Overview - Fall of Israel and Judah- 2 Kings 13-25

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Jonah was a prophet who was directed by God to preach a warning to the city of Nineveh, the capital of the Assyrian Empire. Although the mission was to this Gentile city, the book was written as a message to the disobedient Israelites.

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Amos was a prophet from Tekoa in Judah who was sent by God to preach in the northern kingdom of Israel. He brought a warning of the coming judgment with a promise of future restoration for those who remain faithful.

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Micah was a prophet from Moresheth Gath which is 25 miles southwest of Jerusalem. His ministry was to the southern kingdom of Judah and the city of Jerusalem. His message was of the coming judgment and the promise of future restoration.