1 Book 1 Story 1 Hero Part 2

1 Book 1 Story 1 Hero part 2

INTRODUCTION

The Principles

1 Author

26But the Counselor, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you all things and will remind you of everything I have said to you. John 14:26

God’s Word says it is

The highest authority

has to declare itself as the highest authority,

otherwise it is not the highest authority.

1 Story

Progression

1 Hero

He [Jesus] said to them [the believers], “This is what I told you while I was still with you: Everything must be fulfilled that is written about me in the Law of Moses, the Prophets and the Psalms.”45Then he opened their minds so they could understand the Scriptures. 46He told them, “This is what is written: The Christ will suffer and rise from the dead on the third day, 47and repentance and forgiveness of sins will be preached in his name to all nations, beginning at Jerusalem. 48You are witnesses of these things. Luke 24:44-48

Patterning

Three sections

GardenGenesis 1-22

Israel Genesis 23 –Malachi 4

ChristMatthew - Revelation

Four stages

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1. Eden
2. Evil
3. Exile
4. Expectation

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Potential

Before we begin

1. The purpose of Bible overviews

To understand the Bible better as 1 Book with 1 Story and 1 Hero.

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2. The Story so far

Garden
Eden: God’s good design / Evil: Humanity’s rejection / Exile: God’s punishment / Expectation: God’s promises to Abraham
God’s Land / Heavens and earth  Garden / Rejected / Removed / Genesis 12:1, 7 Land
God’s Rule / God’s in charge  1 rule / Broken / Removed / Genesis 17:1, 9 Abraham is to obey God
God’s People / Image: male and female / They believe that God doesn’t want them to be like Him! 3:5
Become serpent’s people by obeying him! / The image of God is cursed / Genesis 12:1, 17:6 God promises a people and kings!
God’s Presence / God speaks and visits! / They hide / Banished / Genesis 17:1 God speaks to Abraham and visits him & 17:7 God will be their God
God’s Good Times / Abundance / Doubted / Over! / 12:2; 22:17-18 Blessing!
God’s Good Work / Serve Him by taking care of garden / Serve themselves / Over! Hard work now / 22:1 Abraham doesn’t have the land to work, but he is to serve God.

2. ISRAEL

A. EDEN

Rescue

Exodus 1:6-11

Plagues and Passover

Exodus 6:7

7I will take you as my own people, and I will be your God. Then you will know that I am the Lord your God, who brought you out from under the yoke of the Egyptians.

Exodus 7:5

5And the Egyptians will know that I am the Lord when I stretch out my hand against Egypt and bring the Israelites out of it.”

Exodus 12:12-13

12“On that same night I will pass through Egypt and strike down every firstborn—both men and animals—and I will bring judgment on all the gods of Egypt. I am the Lord. 13The blood will be a sign for you on the houses where you are; and when I see the blood, I will pass over you. No destructive plague will touch you when I strike Egypt.

Rule

Exodus 19:3-6

Exodus 20:1-3

1 And God spoke all these words: 2“I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery 3“You shall have no other gods before me...

The ten words
20:3 / 1 / No other gods
20:4-6 / 2 / No images
20:7 / 3 / No blasphemy
20:8-11 / 4 / Keep the Sabbath
20:12 / 5 / Honour your parents
20:13 / 6 / No murder
20:14 / 7 / No adultery
20:15 / 8 / No stealing
20:16 / 9 / No lying
20:17 / 10 / No coveting

Relationship

Splendid, Holy, Eden-like

Garden (Genesis 1-3) / Tabernacle (Exodus 25-40)
The Lord speaks to create in 6 days and rests on the 7th - Sabbath / The Lord speaks 7 times (25:1 etc) and the last time is about the Sabbath
Cherubim guard the entrance / Cherubim guard the ark 25:18-20
The tree of life / The lampstand is like a tree 26:31-33
The garden’s rich resources of gold and precious stones / The priests’ clothing 28:15-30
The work of the Spirit bringing order from chaos / The work of the Spirit through Bezalel 31:1-11
God finishes, sees and blesses his work / Moses finishes, sees and blesses the work 39:32-43

Exodus 29:43-46

43there also I will meet with the Israelites, and the place will be consecrated by my glory... 45Then I will dwell among the Israelites and be their God. 46They will know that I am the Lord their God, who brought them out of Egypt so that I might dwell among them. I am the Lord their God.

Sacrifice

Obedience

Leviticus 19:2

Be holy because I, the Lord your God, am holy.

Warning

Leviticus 26:30-32

Wilderness years The next generation

Conquer and divide!

Joshua 21:43-45

What hasn’t been fulfilled?

The need for a king

Judges 2:1-3

The Judges of Israel
Verses / Sin / Punishment / Repentance / Mercy
Judge / Rest
1. / 3:7-11 / Serve idols / Ruled by king of Mesopotamia for 8 years / They cry out to God / Othniel / 40 years
2. / 3:12-30 / Serve idols / Ruled by king of Moab for 18 yrs / They cry out to God / Ehud / 80 years
3. / 3:31 / Shamgar
4. / 4:1-5:31 / Serve idols / Ruled by king of Canaan for 20 yrs / They cry out to God / Barak / 40 years
5. / 6:1-8:32 / Serve idols / Ruled by king of Midian for 7 yrs / They cry out to God / Gideon / 40 years
8:33-9:57 / Abimelech: self-appointed, sinful murderer. Not a judge. Doesn’t rescue. Anti-judge.
6. / 10:1-2 / Tola / 23 years
7. / 10:3-5 / Jair / 22 years
8. / 10:6-12:7 / Serve idols / Ruled by Philistines and Ammonites for 18 years / They cry out to God / Jephthah / 6 years
9. / 12:8-10 / Ibzan / 7 years
10. / 12:11-12 / Elon / 10 years
11. / 12:13-15 / Abdon / 8 years
12. / 13:1-16:31 / Serve idols / Ruled by Philistines for 40 years / Samson / 20 years

Judges 21:25

In those days Israel had no king; everyone did as he saw fit.

Samuel, Saul and David

1 Samuel 12:9-12

2 Samuel 8:15

David reigned over all Israel, doing what was just and right for all his people.

Solomon’s wisdom

Solomon’s kingdom

I Kings 4:20-25

What are the good things here?

1 Kings 4:34

34Men of all nations came to listen to Solomon’s wisdom, sent by all the kings of the world, who had heard of his wisdom.

1 Kings 10:4-5

4And when the queen of Sheba had seen all the wisdom of Solomon, the house that he had built, 5the food of his table, the seating of his officials, and the attendance of his servants, their clothing, his cupbearers, and his burnt offerings that he offered at the house of the Lord, there was no more breath in her.

Solomon’s Temple

Like Eden!

1 Kings 6:1

In the four hundred and eightieth year after the people of Israel came out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon's reign over Israel, in the month of Ziv, which is the second month, he began to build the house of the Lord.

1 Kings 8:56

“Blessed be the Lord who has given rest to his people Israel, according to all that he promised. Not one word has failed of all his good promise, which he spoke by Moses his servant.

Israel
Eden: God’s good design
God’s Land
God’s Rule
God’s People
God’s Presence
God’s Good Times
God’s Good Work

B. EVIL

Israel’s idolatry

Joshua 24:2

2And Joshua said to all the people, “Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, ‘Long ago, your fathers lived beyond the Euphrates, Terah, the father of Abraham and of Nahor; and they served other gods.

Joshua 24:14

14“Now therefore fear the Lord and serve him in sincerity and in faithfulness. Put away the gods that your fathers served beyond the River and in Egypt, and serve the Lord.

Exodus 32:1

When the people saw that Moses delayed to come down from the mountain, the people gathered themselves together to Aaron and said to him, “Up, make us gods who shall go before us.

Joshua 24:23

23He said, “Then put away the foreign gods that are among you, and incline your heart to the Lord, the God of Israel.”

Solomon’s idolatry

1 Kings 11:4-10

The Kingdom splits

Southern kingdom: Judah: David’s descendants

Northern kingdom: Israel: Various kings, beginning with Jeroboam.

The Kings’ idolatry

1 Kings 12:28-30

1 Kings 14:22

How does idolatry play out in our categories?

Israel
Evil: Humanity’s rebellion
God’s Land
God’s Rule
God’s People
God’s Presence
God’s Good Times
God’s Good Work

C. EXILE

2 Kings 17:6-17

2 Kings 25:9

9He set fire to the temple of the Lord, the royal palace and all the houses of Jerusalem. Every important building he burned down.

2 Kings 25:21

So Judah went into captivity, away from her land.

Lamentations 1

What does the exile means for our categories?

Israel
Exile: God’s Punishment
God’s Land
God’s Rule
God’s People
God’s Presence
God’s Good Times
God’s Good Work

D. EXPECTATION

Deueteronomy 32:36, 43

The Lord will judge his people and have compassion on his servants when he sees their strength is gone and no one is left, slave or free...he will take vengeance on his enemies and make atonement for his land and people.

Isaiah 53:5-6

But he was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was upon him, and by his wounds we are healed.We all, like sheep, have gone astray, each of us has turned to his own way; and the Lord has laid on him the iniquity of us all.

God’s Land

Ezekiel 37:21

I will take the Israelites out of the nations where they have gone. I will gather them from all around and bring them back into their own land.

God’s Rule

Ezekiel 36:27

27And I will put my Spirit in you and move you to follow my decrees and be careful to keep my laws.

God’s People

Isaiah 61:8-9

“For I, theLord,love justice;I hate robbery and iniquity.

In my faithfulness I will reward themand make an everlasting covenantwith them.

Ezekiel 37:25

They will live in the land I gave to my servant Jacob, the land where your fathers lived. They and their children and their children’s children will live there forever, and David my servant will be their prince forever.

God’s Presence

Ezekiel 37:27

My dwelling placewill be with them; I will be their God, and they will be my people

God’s Good times

Isaiah 25:6-8

On this mountain the Lord Almighty will prepare a feast of rich food for all peoples, a banquet of aged wine— the best of meats and the finest of wines.

7On this mountain he will destroy the shroud that enfolds all peoples, the sheet that covers all nations; 8he will swallow up death forever. The Sovereign Lord will wipe away the tears from all faces; he will remove the disgrace of his people from all the earth. The Lord has spoken.

Amos 9:14-15

14I will bring back my exiled people Israel; they will rebuild the ruined cities and live in them. They will plant vineyards and drink their wine; they will make gardens and eat their fruit. 15I will plant Israel in their own land, never again to be uprooted from the land I have given them,”

God’s Good work

Jeremiah 30:8-9

“‘In that day,’ declares the Lord Almighty, ‘I will break the yoke off their necks and will tear off their bonds; no longer will foreigners enslave them.

9Instead, they will serve the Lord their God and David their king, whom I will raise up for them.

Return?

Questions for Reflection

1. How has this helped me have faith in Jesus?

1. How has this helped me obey Him?

1. Where do I need to repent (in thinking as well as behaviour)?

1. What shall I praise God for?

1. What I can tellothers about?

1. How have I been helped to keep going as a Christian?

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