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Running head: BIBLE OVERVIEW PROJECT

The Bible Overview Project

Jordan K. Wade

The Kanakuk Institute

November 30, 2008


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The Bible Overview Project

Creation

Godcreates the absolute perfect world and gives man the keys. Man (Adam) totals the car

by sinning and thus ruins the perfect relationship and plan Godhad for the world. However,

all is not lost

Creation: From Nothing to Something (Genesis 1-2) [Anno Mundi 4004 B.C.]

In a weeks time, God creates the entire universe from nothing.

Day 1- Light Created, Separation of Light (Day) from Darkness(Night) [Gen. 1:3-

5]

Day 2-Separate Waters Above (Firmament aka Heaven) from Waters Below [Gen.

1:6-8]

Day 3: Separate Land from Seas and Sprouting of Vegetation, Plants, and Fruit-

bearing Trees All Over [Gen1:11]

Day 4: Creation of the Sun, Moon, and Stars [Gen. 1:14-18]

Day 5: Creation of Sea Animals and Birds [Gen. 1:24-25]

Day 6: Creation of the Land Animals and Me (man: male and female) [Gen. 1:24-

30]

Day 7: God Rested From Creation and Blessed the Day for Rest [Gen. 2:1]

Edenic Covenant: Man to Rule Creation Forever

o 26Then God said, "Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our

likeness; and let them rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the

sky and over the cattle and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing


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that creeps on the earth." 27God created man in His own image, in the

image ofGod He created him; male and female He created them. 28God

blessed them; and God said to them, "Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the

earth, and subdue it; and rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of

the sky and over every living thing that moves on the earth (Genesis 1:26-

28).

Everything God creates is good, except for man. He is found to be very good. [Gen. 2:25]

Fall: We Fall Down (Genesis 3)

God Places Them in Garden of Eden [Gen. 2:8-15]

Serpent tempts Adam and Eve and they sin[Gen. 3:1-5]

Realize They Are Naked and Hide From God [Gen. 3:7]

Expelled from Garden of Eden, Sentenced to Death, and Lose Communion With

God [Gen. 3:14-19, 24]

Adamic Covenant: Seed of Woman Will Come and Stomp a Mudhole in Evil

o And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed

and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel

(Genesis 3:15).

Flood: Its Raining, Its Pouring (Genesis 6-8) [2349 B.C.]

Man Populates the Earth but is in His Hear is Nothing but Evil.

God, Sorry He Made Man Decides to Destroy the World With a Flood (CleanSlate). [Gen. 6:1-13]

Noah, the Only Godly Person Living is Told by God to Build an Ark


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Noah Obeys, Saves His Family and One (Male & Female) of Every Kind of

Animal

Noahic Covenant: God Will Never Flood the Earth Again

o Genesis 9:8-17

Nations: My City (Genesis 9-11)

God Tells Noah and his Sons to Scatter and Repopulate the Earth (AND EAT

MEAT!)

Even After the Flood, People Still Disobey

Tower of Babel

o One World Language

o People Try to Build a City With a Tower Reaching to God

Genesis 11:7-"Come, let Us go down and there confuse their

language, so that they will not understand one another's speech."

o God Scatters the People Over the Face of the Earth

Patriarchs

Godchooses Abraham, an ordinary old guy from Ur of the Chaldes to be the father of Gods

chosen people. These people will be the shining example of the goodness of the one true God

to all of humanity.

Abraham- Big Daddy (Genesis 12-23) [1921 B.C.]

Dwelled in the Land ofCanaan (Land ofPromise) With Wife Sarah (Barren)

Has Two Sons: Isaac (Son ofPromise) and Ishmael (Son of Flesh)

Friend of God (James 2:3)


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Institution of Circumcision (Genesis 17)

Abrahamic Covenant: Land, Seed, Blessing

o 1Now the LORD said to Abram,

"Go forth from your country,

And from your relatives

And from your father's house,

To the land which I will show you;

2And I will make you a great nation,

And I will bless you,

And make your name great;

And so you shall be ablessing;

3And I will bless those whobless you,

And the one who curses you I will curse

And in you all the families of the earth will beblessed." (Genesis 12:

1-3)

Isaac Little Daddy (Genesis 24-26)

The Child ofPromise (Seed) from Abrahamic Covenant

Husband of Rebekah (Barren)

Exhibited Prayerful Patience in Waiting 20 years for God to Bless Him With Children

Father of Two Sons: Jacob and Esau

Jacob- Silly Rabbit, Trix are for Kids (Genesis 27-35)

Deceives His Brother and Father: Taking the Family Birthright and Blessing [Gen.

25]

Name is Changed By God to Israel: The Nation of Which He is the Father [Gen.

32:24-32]


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Has 12 Sons (Eventually Becoming 12 Tribes) That Continue Gods Promise to

Abraham

Joseph- The Dreamer (Genesis 37-50)

Jacobs Favorite Son

Hated by His Brothers, He is Sold Into Slavery

Becomes 2nd in Command in Egypt (Submits Only to Pharaoh) Because of His

Unwavering Faithfulness to God

Saves Egypt and Family (Which Moves to Egypt) From Famine and Death

A Type ofChrist

Exodus- Hit the Road, Jack

After 400 years of slavery, God hears the cries of His people. He raises up Moses to deliver

them from Egyptian slavery, take them to their Promised Land, and give them the Law that

He wants them to follow

Moses- Let Em Go! (Exodus 1-18) [1491 B.C.]

Moses (Hebrew) Grows Up as an Egyptian But Calls for Freedom After a

Commission From God (Exodus 3)

Ten Plagues Upon Egypt, Ending in the Passover(Exodus 12)

Hebrews Leave Egypt, Pass Through the Red Sea to Freedom

The Law- Getting the Job Done (Exodus 19-40, Book of Leviticus)

Moses Meets With God on Top ofMt. Sinai to Receive the Ten Commandments [Ex.

20]

Mosaic Covenant (Bilateral): Conditional God Will Bless Obedience and Curse

Disobedience (Leviticus 26 and Deuteronomy 28)


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Kadesh (Oasis) Barnea A Leaders Recon (Numbers 10-14)

Moses and People Positioned South ofPromised Land

Counting the Faces

Send 12 Spies to Recon (Spy/Survey) the Land

o 10 Give Bad Report: 2 Give Good Report

People Believe the Bad and Refuse to Follow Moses

Wanders Dies- You Got Me Goin in Circles (Numbers 20-36)

God Forces Israel to Wander in Wilderness for 40 Years for Their Disobedience

Wipes Out an Entire Generation (People 21 and up Die)

Duet Nomas: Second Law (Deuteronomy)

Moses Gives Law a Second Time Before Entering Promised Land

People Promise to Obey and Follow God

MosesDies

Palestinian Covenant: God Says Israel Will Possess Palestine Forever

o Deuteronomy 30 and 31

Command and Conquer(1451 B.C.)

God raises up another leader in Joshua to lead His people. He rallies the people to take the

PromisedLand BY FORCE!

Water Move Outa My Way (Joshua 1-5)

Israelites Cross on Dry Ground Through Jordan River

Enter Promised Land East ofJericho Near Dead Sea


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Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho (Joshua 6)

Jericho is a Heavily Protected City With the Walls to Prove it

Joshua Leads the People According the Instructions of the Lord and the Walls Come

Tumbling Down

Divide- Conquer (Joshua 7-12)

Joshua Splits a Divided Canaan in Half and Conquers the Land From South to North

(Joshua 11:23)

Divide-Settle (Joshua 13-20)

Tribes of Israel Cast Lots to Determine Land Breakup

Joshua Places the Responsibility of Destroying all Remnants of the Godless People

Formerly Inhabiting the Land.

They Do Not Do This

Judges

For 400 years, Godraises up judges to lead the people through a perpetual pattern (seven

instances) of unfaithfulness, oppressor, and judge.

Whos Who (Judges)

Deborah (Judges 4-5)- Early Woman Judge

Gideon (Judges 6-9)- Coward Who God Chooses and Strengthens to Defeat Midianite

and Amalekite Oppression

Samson (Judges 13-16)- Strongman: Judged for 20 Years

Samuel- The Last Judge and First Prophet of Israel

Im in Rebellion (Judges)


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All The Things Israel Doesnt Do When Entering Promised Land (Deuteronomy 7:1-

5)

o Destroy All Inhabitants ofCanaan

o Do Not Intermarry With Canaanites

o Do Not Worship Canaanite gods

Thats Why They Get Into So Much Trouble

Ruth- My Kind of Woman

Non-Hebrew Woman Placed in Lineage ofChrist

Morally, Emotionally, and Spiritually Strong in Her Caring for Naomi (Mother-in-

Law)

Example of How God Blesses Obedience

The Bottom Line

25In those days there was no king in Israel; everyone did what was right in his own

eyes (Judges 21:25).

The Kingdom

Israel Calls for a King, andGodgives them their wish. Some of them were good. Most of

them were chumps!

United Kingdom: 120 Years (1 and 2 Samuel, Chronicles) [1095 B.C.]

Saul (1 Sam. 9-31)

o Israels Ideal Choice for a King

He Looks the Part, But Thats It


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o No Heart for God

David (2 Sam/Chron.)

o Most Famous King: Whole Heart forGod

o Man AfterGods Own Heart

7But the LORD said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on

the height of his stature; because I have refused him: for the LORD

seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but

the LORD looketh on the heart (1 Samuel 16:7).

o DavidicCovenant: One of Davids Descendants to Reign on Earthly Throne

Forever

2 Samuel 7:8-16

o Not Without His Own Sin (Bathsheba, Murder, etc.)

Solomon

o Son ofDavid

o God Blessed Him With Immense Wealth and Wisdom

o Had Half a Heart for God (Followed After gods of His 700 Wives)

Divided Kingdom [975 B.C.]

Civil War Breaks Out After Solomons Death and Israel Breaks Apart

North (2 Kings)

o 19 Kings

o All Unrighteous


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South (2 Kings)

o 20 Kings

o 8 Righteous

Breakdown of the Divided Kings

Northern Kingdom

of Israel

Dates of Reign Southern Kingdom

of Judah

Jereboam 931-910 931-913 Reheboam

Nadab 910-909 913-911 Abijah

Baasha 909-886 911-870 Asa

Elah 886-885 872-848 Jehoshaphat

Zimri 885 853-841 JehoramOmri 885-874 841 Ahaziah

Ahab 874-853 841-835 Athaliah

Ahaziah 853-852 835-796 Joash (Jehoash)

Jehoram (Joram) 852-841 796-767 Amaziah

Jehu 841-814 792-740 Azariah (Uzziah)

Jehoahaz 814-798 750-732 Jotham

Jehoash (Joash) 798-782 735-716 Ahaz

Jereboam II 793-753 716-687 Hezekiah

Zechariah 753-752 697-643 Manasseh

Shallum 752 643-641 AmonMenahem 752-742 641-609 Josiah

Pekahiah 742-740 609 Jehoahaz

Pekah 752-732 609-598 Jehoiakim

Hosheah 732-722 598-597 Jehoiachim

597-586 Zedekiah

Good King Bad King VERY Bad King

Castaway: The Period of Exile

After 400 years of disobedience (The Kingdom), Israel has to pay the Piper to the tune of 70

in Exile

Three Stage Process of Exile

Daniel and Friends Taken (605 BC)


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Ezekiel and Daniel are Known as Exilic Prophets. They Prophesy to the Children of

Israel While in Exile.

Ezekiel Writes Mostly Prophecy

Daniel

o Government Leader in Babylonia

o Prophesies About the End Times (Seventy Weeks and Statue of

Nebuchadnezzar)

o Daniel Urges the People to Remain Faithful to the God of Their Forefathers

While Exiled

o Uses His Life of Faithfulness as an Example to Lead the People (The Lions

Den)

Changing of the Guard- Israel Changes Hands (Daniel)

Israel is First Taken by Assyria

Babylonia Conquers Assyria

The Persian Empire Conquers the Lands ofAssyria and Babylonia Starting at the

Tigris and EuphratesRivers

Welcome Back: The Return From Exile

After 70 years of exile, Ezra among others leads the charge of returning to Jerusalem and

rebuilding physically and spiritually.

Destruction- Man, It Looks Like Somebody Dropped a Bomb Over Here (Nehemiah 1:1-3)

The Israelites Return to a Decimated City, With No Walls, Temple, or Hope

The People That Make It Happen (Ezra, Nehemiah, Zerubbabel, and Esther)


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Zerubbabel

o Prince of Judah

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God Uses Him to Rebuild the Temple (Ezra 3,6)

o Returns With Remnant of 50,000

o Takes 20 Years to Complete

Ezra

o Scribe

o God Uses Him to Rebuild the People Spiritually (Ezra 7)

o He Learns the Law and Teaches it to the People

Nehemiah

o Cupbearer to King Artaxerxes

o God Uses Him to Rebuild the Walls

o Completes This Task in 52 Days

Esther

o God Makes Esther Queen of Persia

o Helps the Jews that Remain in Persia

The Expedition Movement

Zerubbabel (536 B.C.)

Ezra (458 B.C) 78 Years Later

Nehemiah (444 B.C.) 14 Years Later


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The Silent Anticipation

400 year span between Old and New Testament where God does not speak to His people in

anticipation of the Messiah. Religious leaders enforce a legalistic law that exasperates the

people.

Revolving Door of Power

Jerusalem Rule Progression

o Persians 539-331 B.C.

Defeated by Alexander the Great

o Greeks 331-61 B.C.

Greek Becomes Language(As Well as the Philosophy i.e. Hellenism) of

the World

Antiochus Ephiphanes Makes Abomination of Desolation at Jerusalem

Temple

Sacrificed Pig on Altar and Put Up Statue of Zeus

o Maccabeans (165-63 B.C.)

Militant Jews Attempting to Take Back Control of Jerusalem From

Foreign Rulers

Period of Influence Known as Hasmonian Dynasty

o Romans (63 B.C.- A.D. 70)

Takes Control From Greeks, but Greek is Still the Language

Herod Comes to Power as King of the Jews


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Begins Rebuilding the Temple in 20 B.C.

Religious Leaders of the Day

Pharisees

o Largest Group of Religious Leaders That Separated Themselves by Their

Adherence to The Law and Oral Traditions.

Sadducees

o Wealthy Religious Leaders Who Only Believed the Torah.

Both

o Force People to Abide By Laws With No Care For the Heart

Anticipation: Cant Wait

Oppression From Rulers and Dogmatic Religious Leaders Causes People to Hope for

the Coming of the Prophesied Savior. Enter Jesus Christ.

The Gospel

Four-Pronged, interconnected set of books covering the life, ministry, and sacrifice ofJesus

Christ. He is the fulfillment of Old Testament Prophecy (going all the way back to the

Adamic Covenant), but He is rejected.

Book Target Audience (Legitimacy Proofs of Christ)

Matthew- Jews

Mark- Romans

Luke- Greeks


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John- All

Early Life

Virgin Birth: Mary and The Holy Spirit

Son of a Carpenter Joseph

o 52And Jesus kept increasing in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God

and men (Luke 2:52).

Baptized by John the Baptist (Type ofElijah) [Matt. 3:13-17]

Tempted by Satan

Early Ministry Acceptance

Jerusalem

Selects 12 Disciples

Performs Miracles: Many Applicable Only to the Messiah

Challenges People to Live to Gods Standards, Not the Religious Leaders

Later Ministry Rejection

Capernaum

Begins Preparing Disciples for Life Without Him

Firmly Rebukes Religious Leaders for Their Hard Hearts

Final Rejection and Resurrection

Religious Leaders Plot to Kill Jesus During Time of Passover (Christ The Passover

Lamb)

Betrayed by Judas and Denied by Peter (Matt. 26)


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Dies on Cross (Matt 27)

Rises on Third Day and Appears to Many Before Ascending Into Heaven

Church

Goduses Peter (little pebble) to build the church, Gods next BIG THING. Based on the

profession ofChristasLord(The Bedrock).

The Great Commission and Church Birth (Acts 1-5)

19"Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of

the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, 20teaching them to observe all that I

commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age (Matthew

28:19-20)."

Believers Receive Promised Holy Spirit (New Covenant!) on Day of Pentecost

o People Speak in Tongues

Church Growth (Acts 6)

The Amount of Believers in Christ Grows and the Ministry Influence Spreads

o Missions

o Caring for the Poor

Church Leadership Established

Church Persecution (Acts 7)

Stephen Recognized as the First Christian Martyr as he is Stoned

As Christians Flee, The Gospel Continues to Spread

Transitions- Now Its My Turn (Gentiles)! (Acts 8-12)

Saul of Tarsus, a Pharisee and Christian Persecutor Becomes a Christian

o Name Changed to Paul


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Paul Heads Up Ministry to Gentiles

Missions

Paultravels throughout the Roman Empire spreading the Gospel over the course of 20years. He was commissioned by ChristHimself to preach to the Gentiles.

Pauls First Missionary Journey (Acts 13-14)

Galatia for Two Years

Writes Book of Galatians

Pauls Second Missionary Journey (Acts 15-17)

Greece for Three Years

Writes 1 & 2 Thessalonians

Pauls Third Missionary Journey (Acts 18-21)

Asia for Four Years

1 & 2 Corinthians and Romans

Trials and Imprisonment (Acts 22-28)

Roman Prison for Two Years

First Imprisonment

o Writes Ephesians, Colossians, Philemon, and Philippians

Release

o 1 Timothy and Titus


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Final Imprisonment

o 2 Timothy

Eventually Beheaded Although Case Never Goes to Trial


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12.Selected dates and content from Geo Mullers The New Panorama Bible Study

Course.

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