REV. AUSTIN J. YOUNG
BOOKS OF THE
BIBLE
OLD TESTAMENT:
THE PENTATEUCH
GENESIS:
WE LEARN IN GENESIS THAT GOD CREATED THE HEAVENS AND THE EARTH AND HUMAN KIND. SOME OF GENESIS TOOK PLACE IN EGYPT AND CANAAN.
THE IMPORTANT PEOPLE IN GENESIS ARE ADAM AND EVE, NOAH, ABRAHAM AND SARAH, ISAAC AND REBEKAH, JACOB, AND RACHEL, AND JOESPH. WE ALSO LEARN THAT GOD MADE EVERYTHING AND EVERYTHING GOD MADE IT WAS GOOD.
GENESIS:
EXODUS WAS WRITTEN BY MOSES. EXODUS SHOWS HOW GOD USED HIS POWER TO RESCUE THE ISRAELITES FROM SLAVERY. GOD BRINGS TEN TERRIBLE PLAGUES ON EGYPT. HE FORCES PHARAOH TO LET HIS PEOPLE GO. GOD GIVES THE ISRAELITES THE TEN COMMANDMENTS AND OTHER LAWS TO WHICH TO LIVE.
WE LEARN THAT GOD USES HIS POWER TO RESCUE HELPLESS PEOPLE. GOD EXPECTS HIS PEOPLE TO LIVE MORAL AND RIGHTEOUS LIVES. THE IMPORTANT PEOPLE IN THIS BOOK ARE MOSES AND AARON. THE ISRAELITES LEFT EGYPT ABOUT 1446 B.C. THE LAW WAS GIVEN SHORTLY AFTER WARD. EXODUS CHAPTERS 1-12 TOOK PLACE IN EGYPT. MOST OTHER EVENTS TOOK PLACE AT MOUNT SINAI.
EXODUS
EXODUS
MOSES WROTE LEVITICUS. LEVITICUS SHOWS THE ISRAELITES HOW TO WORSHIP GOD AND LIVE A HOLY LIFE. MOSES GIVES THE PEOPLE AND PRIEST OF ISRAEL GOD’S INSTRUCTIONS. WE LEARN THAT GOD EXPECTS HIS PEOPLE TO BE HOLY.
GOD ACCEPTS SACRIFICES AND FORGIVES PEOPLE WHO SIN. GOD’S INSTRUCTIONS WERE GIVEN ABOUT 1445 B.C. THE ISRAELITES WERE CAMPED AT MOUNT SINAI WHEN THESE INSTRUCTIONS WERE GIVEN.
LEVITICUS
LEVITICUS
MOSES IS THE WRITER OF NUMBERS. NUMBERS TELLS HOW ISRAEL’S DISOBEDIENCE KEPT THE ISRAELITES FROM ENTERING THE PROMISE LAND. THE ISRAELITES ARE FRIGHTENED BY THE POWER OF THE CANAANITES. THEY DISOBEY WHEN GOD TELLS THEM TO ATTACK CANAAN. THE ISRAELITES WANDER IN THE DESERT FOR 40 YEARS, UNTIL ALL THE ADULTS WHO DISOBEYED GOD HAVE DIED.
WE LEARN THAT GOD WILL NOT BLESS PEOPLE WHO REFUSE TO TRUST AND OBEY HIM. THE EVENTS IN THIS BOOK HAPPENED IN 1445 AND 1405 B.C. NUMBERS CHAPTERS 1-10 HAPPENED AT MOUNT SINAI. NUMBERS 11-14 HAPPENED JUST OUTSIDE OF CANAAN. THE REST OF THE BOOK TOOK PLACE IN THE WILDERNESS AND ON THE WAY BACK TO CANAAN 40 YEARS LATER.
NUMBERS
NUMBERS
MOSES WROTE DEUTERONOMY. DEUTERONOMY TELLS A NEW GENERATION OF ISRAELITES HOW TO PLEASE GOD, SO THAT GOD WILL BLESS THEM. MOSES SPEAKS TO THE ISRAELITES. HE TELLS WHAT GOD HAS DONE FOR HIM AND REVIEWS GOD RULES FOR HOLY LIVING. THE ISRAELITES PROMISE TO OBEY GOD.
WE LEARN THAT GOD HELPS PEOPLE BECAUSE HE LOVES THEM. GOD’S RULES FOR LIVING ARE GIVEN IN LOVE, AND HE BLESSES PEOPLE WHO KEEP HIS RULES. THESE EVENTS HAPPENED ABOUT 1405 B.C. DURING THIS TIME THE ISRAELITES WERE CAMPED ACROSS THE JORDAN RIVER FROM CANAAN, THE PROMISED LAND.
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DEUTERONOMY
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DEUTERONOMY
HISTORICAL BOOKS
THE BOOK JOSHUA TELLS HOW GOD HELPED THE ISRAELITES DEFEAT THE CANAANITES. JOSHUA BECOMES ISRAEL’S LEADER. JOSHUA LEADS ISRAEL’S ARMIES TO VICTORY. JOSHUA ASSIGNS LAND TO ISRAEL’S 12 TRIBES.
WE LEARN THAT GOD WILL GIVE VICTORY TO HIS PEOPLE WHEN THEY OBEY THEM.
THE IMPORTANT PERSON IN THIS BOOK IS JOSHUA. THE ISRAELITE CONQUEST OF CANAAN PROBABLY HAPPENED BETWEEN 1405 AND 1390 B.C. THE EVENTS IN THIS BOOK HAPPENED IN THE LAND OF CANAAN. TODAY WE CALL THAT LAND ISRAEL.
JOSHUA
JOSHUA
JUDGES SHOWS WHAT HAPPENED WHEN THE ISRAELITES ABANDONED GOD TO WORSHIP IDOLS. GOD’S PEOPLE SIN AGAIN AND AGAIN. GOD LETS ISRAEL’S ENEMIES WIN. WHEN THE ISRAELITES SUFFER, THEY TURN TO GOD.
THEN GOD SENDS A “JUDGE” TO DEFEAT THE ENEMY AND LEAD ISRAEL. WE LEARN THAT GOD IS EAGER AND WILLING TO HELP PEOPLE WHO HAVE SINNED IF ONLY THEY TURN BACK TO HIM. THE MOST IMPORTANT PEOPLE ARE DEBORAH, GIDEON, JEPHTHAH, AND SAMSON. THE EVENTS IN THIS STORY HAPPENED BETWEEN 1390 AND 1050 B.C. THIS BOOK WAS IN DIFFERENT PARTS OF CANAAN.
JUDGES
JUDGES
RUTH SHOWS THAT SOME PEOPLE TRUSTED GOD EVEN IN TIMES OF JUDGES. RUTH, A YOUNG MOABITE WIDOW, TRAVELS TO ISRAEL WITH HER JEWISH MOTHER-IN-LAW AND MARRIES A GOOD MAN THERE.
WE LEARN THAT GOD LOVES PEOPLE OF EVERY NATION WHO PUT THERE TRUST IN HIM. THE IMPORTANT PEOPLE ARE NAOMI, RUTH, AND BOAZ. THE STORY OF RUTH TOOK PLACE IN THE DAYS OF THE JUDGES, PROBABLY ABOUT 1100 B.C. RUTH AND NAOMI LIVED IN BETHLEHEM THE CITY WHERE DAVID AND JESUS WERE LATER BORN.
RUTH
RUTH
THE BOOK OF 1 SAMUEL SHOWS HOW THE ISRAELITES BECAME A KINGDOM. SAMUEL SERVES AS THE PROPHET. KING SAUL BECOMES ISRAEL'S FIRST KING. DAVID KILLS GOLIATH AND JOINS SAUL’S ARMY. SAUL DISOBEYS GOD AND THEN HE GETS KILLED.
WE LEARN THAT GOD WANTS LEADERS WHO WILL OBEY GOD. THE IMPORTANT PEOPLE IN THIS BOOK ARE SAMUEL, SAUL, AND DAVID. THE EVENTS OF THIS BOOK HAPPENED BETWEEN 1105 AND 1010 B.C. THIS STORIES IN THIS BOOK HAPPENED IN THE LAND OF ISRAEL.
1 SAMUEL
1 SAMUEL
2 SAMUEL
IT’S ABOUT SOLOMON AND HOW HE MADE A TEMPLE MADE OUT OF GOLD IN HONOR OF GOD. ADONJAH WAS DAVID’S FOURTH SON AND HE WAS PLANNING ON BEING KING AFTER DAVID, HIS DAD, DIED BUT SOLOMON BECAME KING AND NOW ADONJAH WAS AFRAID OF HIM. IT SHOWS HOW THE KINGS OF ISRAEL AND JUDAH OBEYED GOD.
1 KINGS
1 KINGS
2 KINGS HAS STORIES ABOUT THE KINGS OF JUDAH AND ISRAEL AND ELIJAH IS TAKEN UP TO HEAVEN. WE LEARN THAT GOD IS VERY PATIENT, BUT IF YOU KEEP ON DISOBEYING HIM THEN GOD WILL PUNISH YOU FOR IT.
2 KINGS
2 KINGS
1 CHRONICLES IS ABOUT PEOPLE’S DESCENDANTS. DAVID BECOMES KING OF ISRAEL, DAVID DEFEATS ISRAEL’S ENEMIES AND WORKS TO MAKE ISRAEL A MIGHTY NATION AND WE LEARN THAT GOD GIVES PEOPLE WHO SERVE HIM MANY DIFFERENT ABILITIES.
1 CHRONICLES
1 CHRONICLES
2 CHRONICLES TELLS ABOUT HOW GOD THOUGHT ABOUT THE KINGS OF JUDAH AND ISRAEL. SOLOMON BECOMES KING FOR 40 YEARS. KING SOLOMON DIES, AND HIS KINGDOM
was divided into two nations. The people of both Hebrew nations sin and God punishes them by sending them into exile.
2 CHRONICLES
2 CHRONICLES
IN HERE WE KNOW THAT GOD KEPT HIS PROMISE BY SENDING THE JEWS BACK TO THEIR HOMELAND, AND IN HERE WE LEARN THAT GOD KEEPS HIS PROMISE.
EZRA
EZRA
THIS BOOK SHOWS HOW GOD USES NEHEMIAH TO REBUILD JERUSALEM’S WALLS. ALSO NEHEMIAH IS Governor of Judah.
God wants us to be courageous and keep doing his work. Before Nehemiah died he asked to be remembered.
NEHEMIAH
NEHEMIAH
A STORY ABOUT A JEWISH GIRL NAMED ESTHER, SHE BECOMES QUEEN OF PERSIA. A MAN NAMED HAMAN PLOTTED TO KILL ALL JEWS EVERYWHERE, BUT HIS PLAN FAILED.
WE LEARN THAT GOD DOESN’T NEED TO DO MIRACLES TO SAVE US, HE CAN US ORDINARY PEOPLE.
ESTHER
ESTHER
BOOKS OF POETRY
IN THIS BOOK WE LEARN THAT SUFFERING IS ALWAYS NOT A PUNISHMENT FROM GOD. SATAN DESTROYS JOB’S WEALTH AND JOB QUESTIONS AND GOD SAYS TO JUST TRUST, AND JOB DID, AND HIS WEALTH IS RESTORED.
GOD DOES LET BAD THINGS HAPPEN TO GOOD PEOPLE. WHEN BAD THINGS DO HAPPEN TO YOU IT’S NOT ALWAYS GOD PUNISHING YOU FOR YOUR SIN.
JOB
JOB
QUESTIONS TO WRESTLE WITH:
PURPOSE
PSALMS MEANS POETRY TO PRAISE GOD. PSALMS SHOW HOW TO PRAISE AND TALK TO GOD.
PSALMS
PSALMS
PROVERBS WAS WRITTEN TO HELP PEOPLE MAKE WISE CHOICES. PROVERBS WAS WRITTEN FOR EVERYBODY EVEN THOSE WHO DON’T BELIEVE IN GOD, EVERYBODY NEEDS SOME OF PROVERB’S GOOD ADVICE.
THERE’S ADVICE ABOUT IMPORTANT THINGS LIKE LIVING IN A FAMILY, MAKING FRIENDS, HANDLING MONEY, AND ECT.
PROVERBS
PROVERBS
WE KNOW THAT NO ONE CAN HAVE A HAPPY LIFE WITHOUT GOD. ECCLESIASTES IS FOR PEOPLE WHO THINK GOD IS NOT IMPORTANT; GOD IS MORE IN IMPORTANT THAN ANYTHING IN THE WORLD.
ECCLESIASTES
ECCLESIASTES
THIS BOOK WAS WRITTEN FOR MEN AND WOMAN TO UNDERSTAND MARRIAGE AND LIFE.
SONGS OF SONGS
SONGS OF SONGS
6 MAJOR PROPHETS
ISAIAH THE PROPHET WROTE THIS BOOK. ISAIAH WARNS THE PEOPLE IF THEY KEEP DOING WICKED THINGS THAT GOD WILL PUNISH THEM JUST LIKE HE’S PUNISHING ISRAEL. ISAIAH TELLS THE PEOPLE THAT GOD WILL COMFORT HIS PEOPLE AFTER THE PUNISHING IS DONE AND HE WILL MAKE HIS PEOPLE’S NATION STRONG AGAIN, THAT’S WHY THIS BOOK IS WRITTEN.
WE LEARN THAT ISAIAH USES DIFFERENT NAMES FOR GOD TO SHOW THAT HE IS HOLY, HE IS JUDGE, AND HE IS OUR SALVATION. THE THING THAT’S SPECIAL ABOUT THIS BOOK IS ISAIAH GIVES MANY WONDERFUL PROPHECIES ABOUT JESUS, THE COMING SAVIOR. ISAIAH WAS A PROPHET CALLED BY GOD TO PROPHESY TO JUDAH. SOME OF HIS PROPHESIES ARE ABOUT THE COMING MESSIAH.
ISAIAH
ISAIAH
THE PROPHET JEREMIAH WROTE THIS BOOK. JEREMIAH IS FAITHFUL TO GOD EVEN THOUGH PEOPLE OF JUDAH MOCK AND HATE HIM. HE PROPHESIES THAT GOD WILL FORGIVE AND RESTORE HIS PEOPLE.
SOME OF JEREMIAH’S EXPERIENCES ARE: GOD CALLS FOR HIM, HE’S BEEN BEATEN AND THREATENED, HE AND A FALSE PROPHET, HE BUYS A FIELD HE’S IN A CISTERN [WHICH IS A PIT DUG INTO THE GROUND FOR STRONG RAINWATER], AND HE’S SET FREE.
JEREMIAH
JEREMIAH
THESE PEOPLE IN BABYLON WERE SAD CAPTIVES, UNTIL THEY FINALLY REALIZED THAT GOD WAS PUNISHING THEM FOR THERE SIN.
LAMENTATIONS IS ABOUT SAD POETRY, LIKE SADNESS OVER A PERSON’S DEATH.
LAMENTATIONS WAS WRITTEN IN BABYLON, WHERE THE JEWISH PEOPLE WERE TAKEN AS CAPTIVES, AND ALSO LAMENTATIONS ARE POEMS SAD ABOUT EVENTS.
LAMENTATIONS
LAMENTATIONS
THE PROPHET EZEKIEL WROTE THE BOOK. IN THE BEGINNING EZEKIEL SHOWS WHY GOD HAS TO PUNISH THE PEOPLE OF JUDAH FOR DOING WICKED THINGS. THE SECOND PART OF EZEKIEL IS ABOUT HOW GOD WILL BRING HIS PEOPLE BACK TO THEIR LAND ,THEIR FAITH, AND POSITION
GOD IS HOLY AND HE WILL NOT LIVE AMONG WICKED PEOPLE. EZEKIEL ACTS OUT MOST OF HIS PROPHECIES. EZEKIEL WAS CAPTIVE IN BABYLON WHEN HE WROTE THIS BOOK. EZEKIEL WAS A PRIEST WHO WAS CALLED TO BE A PROPHET TO THE JEWISH PEOPLE WHILE THEY WERE IN EXILE IN BABYLON. HE HAD MANY VISIONS FROM THE LORD.
EZEKIEL
EZEKIEL
DANIEL, A JEW WHO BECAME AN IMPORTANT GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL IN BABYLON AND PERSIA, WROTE THIS BOOK. WE LEARN THAT GOD IS IN CHARGE OF HISTORY. HE KNOWS AHEAD OF TIME WHAT WILL HAPPEN IN OUR WORLD. THE FIRST PART OF THE BOOK IS ABOUT DANIELS LIFE. THE SECOND IS ABOUT FUTURE GOVERNMENTS THAT WILL HAVE POWER OVER THE HOLY LAND.
DANIEL WAS BEEN THROWN INTO THE LION’S DEN AND DIDN’T GET EATEN. ONE OF THE STORIES IS ABOUT KING NEBUCHADNEZZAR HAD A DREAM THAT HE COULDN’T FIGURE OUT, BUT HIS BUTLER HAD REMEMBERED DANIEL, AND DANIEL COULD INTERPRET DREAMS. NOW, BABYLON WAS THE RICHEST AND MOST FAMOUS CITY IN THE WORLD! THE CITY HAD 50 TEMPLES DEDICATED TO PAGAN GODS.
DANIEL
DANIEL
12 MINOR PROPHETS
THE PROPHET HOSEA WROTE HOSEA. HOSEA WARNS ALL THE PEOPLE OF ISRAEL ABOUT THEIR UNFAITHFULNESS TO GOD. WE LEARN THAT GOD LOVES US EVEN IF WE ARE UNFAITHFUL.
WHEN YOU HAVE A PUNISHMENT IT DOESN’T MEAN THAT GOD DOESN’T LOVE YOU ANYMORE, HE’LL LOVE US FOREVER. THE WIFE OF HOSEA IS NOT FAITHFUL TO HIM, BUT HOSEA KEEPS ON LOVING HER ANYWAY. EVEN THOUGH THE PEOPLE OF ISRAEL ARE UNFAITHFUL TO GOD, GOD KEEPS LOVING US, JUST LIKE HOSEA.
HOSEA
HOSEA
JOEL THE PROPHET WROTE THE BOOK AFTER THE SWARM OF LOCUSTS DESTROYED ALL OF THE CROPS. JOEL WANTS ALL THE PEOPLE OF JUDAH TO REPENT AND STOP SINNING.
JOEL REALIZES THAT THE SWARM OF LOCUSTS (GRASSHOPPERS) IS SIMILAR TO THE GREAT ENEMY GOD WILL USE TO PUNISH JUDAH FOR THEIR SINS. JOEL PROMISE IS THAT GOD WILL SAVE THEM AND BLESS THEM RICHLY AFTER THE PUNISHMENT.
JOEL
JOEL
THE SHEPHERD WHOM GOD SENT FROM JUDAH TO PREACH TO THE PEOPLE OF ISRAEL WROTE THIS BOOK AMOS. AMOS PREACHES AGAINST RICH PEOPLE WHO ARE CRUEL TO POOR PEOPLE. HE WARNS THE ISRAELITES THAT GOD IS ANGRY AND TELLS THEM THAT THEY MUST BEGIN DOING RIGHT.
WE LEARN THAT GOD CARES VERY MUCH ABOUT PEOPLE WHO ARE POOR AND HELPLESS. HE WANTS FAIR TREATMENT FOR EVERYONE. AMOS SHOWS US THAT SINS BRING A NATION UNDER GOD’S JUDGMENT. HE ALSO SHOWS US HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO SEE THAT EVERYONE IN A NATION IS TREATED FAIRLY.
AMOS
AMOS
Obadiah wrote this book Obadiah speaks of the punishments God will bring on the Edomites, who have invaded Judah and plundered Jerusalem. God keeps his promise to Abraham: “Whoever curses you will be cursed.” [Genesis 12:3.]
OBADIAH
OBADIAH
Jonah the prophet wrote this book. Jonah shows Israel that God does not punish if people repent and are sorry for their sins. We learn that God forgives his disobedient prophet and gives Jonah a second chance.
God also forgives the people of Nineveh. God does not punish people who repent. The thing that is so special about this book is that God shows love for the foreign people in Nineveh as well as for his own Hebrew people.
JONAH
JONAH
Micah, the prophet wrote this book. He preached in Judah around 742 to 687 B.C. We learn that God will judge the rich who mistreat the poor and God cares for poor and helpless. Micah tells others to turn to God. If you only have love for God, it will lead you to do right.
MICAH
MICAH
Nahum is a the author of this book. It was written between 663 and 612 B.C. Nahum assures the people that God will destroy Nineveh, capital city of Assyria, also enemy.
We learn that God will punish the enemies of people, who he loves. Later in the book, Nineveh is destroyed, just like Nahum had told them.
NAHUM
NAHUM
The prophet Habakkuk wrote this book, which was written about 605B.C. during the reign of King Josiah who ruled Judah about 639 to 597 B.C. Habakkuk tries to show the people that they can’t get away with sin. But it seems like whenever the people sin, they get richer. Well Habakkuk was very confused about this, so he began to complain to God.
God responded and said that the Babylonians will punish them, but Habakkuk paid no attention. At the end of this book the Babylonians come and invade the country, just like God had told, the prophet in the first place. And at that moment Habakkuk began to trust God.
HABAKKUK
HABAKKUK
Zephaniah the prophet and great-great grandson of good King Hezekiah. This book was written in 620 B.C. Zephaniah spends most of his time preparing Judah for Josiah's’ revival of 621 B.C. and warning the people that God will judge sinful people.
ZEPHANIAH
ZEPHANIAH
This book was written by Haggai after some of the Jews returned from captivity in Babylon. Haggai was a prophet who encouraged the Israelites to rebuild the temple, but they stopped building.
Haggai understood that you have to put God first and you will be blessed. So once he told them that, they began to rebuild the temple again.
HAGGAI
HAGGAI
A prophet named Zechariah wrote this book. And most of his teachings and writings were done in about 520 B.C. Zechariah made strange symbols that were hard to understand.
ZECHARIAH
ZECHARIAH
Malachi was a prophet who wrote this book between 465 and 430 B.C. In this book Malachi shows how the people have strayed from God.
MALACHI
MALACHI
Intertestamental Period
Bible Study Handout Options
THE NEW TESTAMENT
THE 4 GOSPELS
Matthew – Jesus as a man
Mark – Jesus as a Lion
Luke – Jesus as an Ox
John – Jesus as an Eagle
Cultural Context of the NT
Jewish Beliefs
Jewish Institutions
Political Parties
The Synoptic Gospels
Similar context, content, and structure
The Gospel of John
The Gospels
MATTHEW
MATTHEW
MARK
Mark THEMES
LUKE
LUKE THEMES
JOHN
JOHN THEMES
Stories in All Accounts
Differences in the Gospels
HISTORY OF THE EARLY CHURCH
Old Temple
Jewish
New Temple
ACTS OF THE APOSTLES
Structure of Acts
ACTS
ACTS 1
JERUSALEM
ACTS 2-7
The Gospel Gone International
ACTS 8-12
The Multiethnic & Monotheistic Church
ACTS 13-20
From Jerusalem to Rome
ACTS 21-28
THE 13 PAULINE EPISTLES
The Letters
Who is Paul?
The New Testament Letters
Paul & His Letter
Paul & His Letter
ROMANS
The City of Rome
ROMANS THEMES
1 & 2 CORINTHIANS
THE CITY OF CORINTH
1 & 2 CORINTHIANS
This book is a letter by Paul and was to several different churches in Galatia. The Book is Paul’s Angry Letter about misinformation and confusion in the church.
GALATIANS
Paul’s Audience:
Paul’s Problem w/ the Galatians:
Paul’s Angry Letter - Galatians
The Rival Version or “Judaizers”:
Themes:
Paul’s Angry Letter - Galatians
Paul wrote Ephesians and it was a letter to Christians in Ephesus.
The church is not just a building it’s people who love and obey Jesus.
EPHESIANS
EPHESUS
EPHESIANS THEMES
It gives you instructions on how to live a good Christian life. Paul wrote Philippians and it was a letter to Christians in Philippi. The letter is centered around Joy.
PHILIPPIANS
PHILIPPI
PHILIPPIANS THEMES
It shows that Jesus is supreme and that he saves us completely. Paul wrote Colossians and it was a letter to Christians at Colossae.
COLOSSIANS
COLOSSAE
COLOSSIANS THEMES
Paul wrote 1 Thessalonians and it was a letter to Christians at Thessalonica. It teaches the Christians in Thessalonica how to please God.
1 THESSALONIANS
Thessalonica
Conduct of Paul’s Ministry
Honor & Shame
Working for a Living
Death of Believers Prior to the Parousia
Thessalonian Themes
Paul wrote 2 Thessalonians. It tells Christians to work hard until Jesus comes again. It was a letter sent to Christians at Thessalonica.
Written between 50-53.
Written while Paul was in Corinth
2 THESSALONIANS
The Certainty of Judgment
The Problem with Idleness
2 THESSALONIANS
Paul wrote 1 Timothy it was a letter to Paul’s young helper, Timothy. It gives Timothy advice on how to do his important work.
1 TIMOTHY
Paul wrote 1 & 2 Timothy it was a letter to Paul’s young helper, Timothy. It gives Timothy advice on how to do his important work.
1 & 2 TIMOTHY
WHO IS TIMOTHY?
Avoid False Doctrine
Encourages Fervent Prayer
Summary Job descriptions
Personal Advice & Exhortation to Timothy
Don’t Be Ashamed of the Gospel
1 & 2 TIMOTHY THEMES
Paul wrote Titus. In this book it shows Titus how to be a good teacher and leader. Also this book was a letter to Titus, a young helper. Titus talks about how to live a Christian life also it also talks about how Christians are to always do good.
TITUS
WHO IS TITUS?
Advice Against False Teachers
Advice on conversations with older people
The Gospel in Relation to Human Behavior
TITUS THEMES
Paul wrote this book, and it asks Philemon to welcome back a runaway slave named Onesimus, who become a Christian. This book was personal letter sent to a Christian Philemon. Philemon was written while Paul was in prison in Rome.
There were lots of slaves in Paul’s days. They worked lots of jobs. Most slaves, if they were obedient and did their job well, could plan on eventually being free. Paul asked if Philemon to talk back a Christian brother, not as a slave.
PHILEMON
Shortest of all of Paul’s Letters (355 Greek Words)
Personal Letter written between friends
Philemon owes Paul a favor
The Fight over Onesimus
PHILEMON
8 GENERAL EPISTLES
The books show the Christian faith is superior to the faith of the Old Testament times. This book is a letter sent to Jewish Christians. In here it talks about how we must believe, God disciplines, and how God keeps his promises. This book is mostly about faith.
HEBREWS
Referred to as a Word of Exhortation/Sermon
Who is the audience:
HEBREWS
The Relationship between Christianity & Judaism
Christology
High Priest Jesus
HEBREWS
James, the brother of Jesus wrote this book. James shows Christians how to practice their faith. This book was written to Christians everywhere. James shows that: We are to do what God tells us to do, Not to show favoritism, to be carful of what you say and to have faith.
JAMES
Jesus & His Siblings (Mark 6:3)
Jesus Disciples didn’t believe in Him (John 7:5)
James as a leader in the Church
WHO IS JAMES?
Audience: James wrote this letter to the Christians who lived outside of Palestine
Purpose: offers evangelical counsel and pastoral exhortation to believers who might be tempted to compromise their faith through devotion to the world.
JAMES
Trials & Temptations
Wisdom from Above
Faith & Works
Rich & Poor
THEMES IN JAMES
Peter, a disciple of Jesus wrote this book. This book encourages Christians to live holy lives despite suffering. The book talks about holiness.
The Book discusses the hope of Heaven.
1 PETER
Written by Peter, the Apostle (Simon Peter or Cephas)
Written from Rome
Written to the exiles of the Dispersion in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia (Modern-Day Turkey)
Peter is encouraging the churches to live in accordance with what they know to be true in God.
1 PETER
SUFFERING ABUSE FOR CHRIST
CHRISTIANS AS THE NEW ISRAEL
BAPTISM
SUBMISISON TO EARHTY AUTHORITIES
THEMES IN 1 PETER
Peter, a disciple of Jesus wrote 2 Peter. This book warns Christians against false teachers. This letter to Christians everywhere. In here it tells us what false teachers are like, and how the world will end.
2 PETER
The Delay of Parousia
Godliness
2 PETER
The disciple of Jesus, John, wrote the book in A.D. 90. John show a the Christians how to live close to other people, but more importantly to God. This book is a letter to Christians everywhere.
1, 2, & 3 JOHN
General Context: House Churches who had endured an outbreak of conflict and schisms
1 John
2 John
3 John
1, 2, & 3 JOHN
HUMANITY OF CHRIST
LOVE
CONFLICT & SCHISMS
1, 2, & 3 JOHN THEMES
The brother of Jesus, Jude wrote this book in about A.D. 65. Jude warns all Christian about false teachers. This book is a letter written to Christians everywhere.
JUDE
The Book of Jude is addressed to a particular unknown group of churches who have been infiltrated by FALSE CHRISTIANS WHO ARE WREAKING HAVOC
Jude admonishes the churches to notice the fruit, or lack of.
Themes:
JUDE
THE PROPHECY BOOK
John wrote Revelation in about A.D. 90. John wrote this book to tell people about a vision John had of Jesus and about “What must soon take place.” John writes this book to Christians everywhere.
REVELATION
Epistolary (1:11)
Prophetic (1:3; 22:7)
Apocalyptic
Type of Book
Angels Blowing Trumpets
Monsters rising from the deep
Lake of Fire
Rivers of Blood
A Dragon
Giant Bugs
Flying Horses
…What do they all mean?
REVELATION
While there are a plethora of widespread interpretations. There 3 general approaches to the book of Revelation:
HOW DO WE READ REVELATION?
Example:
The Letter to the Seven Churches
Revelation 2-3
Historical Approach: Revelation is a letter addressed to the churches that existed in the Asia Minor
Idealist Approach: Revelation is generic advice to churches that are similar to the churches described
Futurist Approach: Revelation describes churches that will exist in the future
HOW DO WE READ REVELATION?
Your Turn:
The Number of Beast
Revelation 13:18
Read the passage and interpret it through the following approaches:
Historical Approach
Idealist Approach
Futurist Approach
HOW DO WE READ REVELATION?
Your Turn:
The Number of Beast | Revelation 13:11-18 (Key verse: 18)
Historical Approach
Idealist Approach
Futurist Approach
HOW DO WE READ REVELATION?
Revelation 20:1-10
Summary: A time when Satan is bound and faithful saints reign w/ Christ for 1,000 years. Satan is released, but then cast into the lake of fire following a final battle.
Millennium
Premillennialism
Postmillennialism
Amillennialism
The Writer
Date
Audience:
History of Revelation
Life as a Christian in the Roman Empire
Context of Revelation
Revelation in Today’s Context
Symbols in Revelation
144,000
The Beasts
The Dragon
Satan/The Devil
The Roman Government
(Egypt, Assyria, Babylon, Persia, Greece, Rome)
The Beast
Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus
The False Prophets
1st Beast
2nd Beast
Caesar Domitianus Augustus
The Lamb
Jesus the Christ
Unveiling
Corruption of Humans
God is in Control
Worship
Themes in Revelation
The Good News
Chapter 21 – New Heaven & New Earth
Chapter 22 – The Throne of God
Genesis | Revelation |
Heavens and earth created, 1:1 � | New heavens and earth, 21:1 � |
Sun created, 1:16 � | no need of the sun 21:23 � |
The night established, 1:5 � | No night there, 22:5 � |
The seas created, 1:10 � | No more seas, 21:1 � |
The curse announced, 3:14–17 � | No more curse, 22:3 � |
Death enters history, 3:19 � | No more death, 21:4 � |
Man driven from the tree, 3:24 � | Man restored to paradise, 22:14 � |
sorrow and pain begin, 3:17 � | No more tears or pain, 21:4 � |