QUEENSLAND MAILBOX BIBLE CLUB INC. PANORAMA OF THE BIBLE COURSE OUTLINE

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1 QUEENSLAND MAILBOX BIBLE CLUB INC. PANORAMA OF THE BIBLE COURSE OUTLINE MODULE 1 1. The Bible - The Book from God 1.1 How the Bible came to us 1.2 Internal Proofs of its Truth 1.3 External Proofs of its Truth 2. The Creation and the Fall of Man 2.1 Creation of the Heavens and the Earth 2.2 Creation of Man 2.3 Sin and its Consequences 3. A Brief History of Man from Adam to Noah 3.1 The First Family Members 3.2 The Two Off-Springs (or Seeds) 3.3 The World in Total Disarray 3.4 The Noahic Flood 4. A Brief History of Man from Noah to the Dispersion 4.1 The New Rules 4.2 The Covenant 4.3 Noah s Sin and Its Consequences 4.4 The Tower of Babel 4.5 The Dispersion MODULE 2 5. Abraham the Friend of God 5.1 The Call of Abraham 5.2 God s Sevenfold Unconditional Promise 5.3 Abraham and Lot 5.4 The Rescue Mission and Melchizedek 5.5 The Abrahamic Covenant 5.6 Hagar and Ishmael 5.7 Abraham s Other Misdemeanours 6. Abraham and His Family 6.1 The Covenant of Circumcision 6.2 Abraham the Intercessor 6.3 The Cities Destroyed but Lot Saved 6.4 The Birth of Isaac 6.5 Hagar and Ishmael Sent Away 6.6 Abraham s Supreme Test 7. Abraham and His Descendants 7.1 The Death of Sarah 7.2 Isaac and Rebekah 7.3 Jacob and Esau 7.4 The death of Abraham 7.5 The Life of Jacob 7.6 The Life of Joseph MODULE 3 8. Moses and the Exodus 8.1 The Egyptian Bondage 8.2 The Birth and Early Life of Moses 8.3 Moses in Midian 8.4 The Return of Moses to Egypt 8.5 The Ten Plagues 8.6 The Exodus

2 9. Early Desert Experiences 9.1 The Firstborn Consecrated 9.2 The Crossing of the Red Sea 9.3 Songs of Victory 9.4 Marah, Elim, the Desert of Sin, and Rephidim 9.5 The Amalekites Defeated 9.6 The Visit of Jethro 9.7 Arrival at Mount Sinai 10. The Law and the Tabernacle 10.1 The Mount Sinai Visits 10.2 The First Giving of the Law 10.3 The Worship of the Golden Calf 10.4 The Second Giving of the Law 10.5 The Tabernacle, Priesthood, and Offerings Note on the Names of God MODULE Moving On from Mount Sinai 11.1 Taberah, Kibroth-hattaavah, and Hazeroth 11.2 The Explorer s Report 11.3 The Rebellion of Korah 11.4 The Budding of Aaron s Staff 11.5 The Sin of Moses and Aaron 11.6 The Death of Aaron 12. Desert Experiences under Moses 12.1 The Snake on the Pole 12.2 War with Sihon and Og 12.3 Balak and Balaam 12.4 Balaam s Oracles 12.5 Worship of the Baal of Peor 12.6 The Death of Moses 13. Entering Canaan under Joshua 13.1 Joshua the New Leader 13.2 The Crossing of the Jordan 13.3 Circumcision, the Passover, and the Manna 13.4 The Capture of Jericho 13.5 Rahab the Prostitute 13.6 The Sin of Achan MODULE The Israelites Established in Canaan 14.1 Victory at Ai 14.2 Treaty with the Gibeonites 14.3 Battles South and North 14.4 The Allotment of the Land 14.5 The Cities of Refuge 14.6 Tribes Return to East Jordan 14.7 Joshua s Farewell Speeches 14.8 The Death of Joshua 15. Israel s Judges Part 1 of The First Five Judges 15.2 Gideon the Sixth Judge 16. Israel s Judges Part 2 of Abimelech the Would-Be King 16.2 The Next Six Judges 16.3 Samson the Thirteenth Judge MODULE Eli, Samuel and Saul 17.1 Eli the Fourteenth Judge

3 17.2 Samuel the Fifteenth Judge 17.3 Eli and His Sons 17.4 The Ark of God Taken 17.5 The Ark of God Returned 17.6 Saul Israel s First King 18. Saul the King, and David the Anointed 18.1 Samuel s Farewell Speech 18.2 Saul s First Act of Disobedience 18.3 Victory over the Philistines 18.4 Saul s Second Act of Disobedience 18.5 The LORD Rejects Saul as King 18.6 Samuel Anoints David to be King 18.7 David and Goliath 18.8 Saul s Downward Steps and Death 19. David King of All Israel 19.1 David s Early Acts 19.2 David King of Judah 19.3 War Between the Houses of Saul and David 19.4 David King of All Israel 19.5 The LORD s Promise and David s Response 19.6 David s Victories 19.7 David and Mephibosheth 19.8 More of David s Victories MODULE David s Last Days 20.1 David s Sin with Bathsheba 20.2 David s Family Troubles Begin 20.3 Absalom s Revolt 20.4 War Between Absalom and David 20.5 Sheba s Revolt 20.6 More Wars and Rest at Last 20.7 Numbering of the People 20.8 Adonijah s Attempt to Seize the Kingship 21. The Reign of Solomon 21.1 Solomon Consolidates His Kingdom 21.2 Solomon s Foreign Policy 21.3 Solomon Builds the Temple 21.4 Solomon s Other Projects 21.5 Solomon s Downward Steps 21.6 The Kingdom Divided 22. A Divided Kingdom Kings of Israel 22.1 The Reign of Jeroboam The Reign of Ahab and Elijah s Ministry 22.3 The Reign of Joram and Elisha s Ministry 22.4 The Reign of Jehu 22.5 The Last Four Kings and the Fall of Israel MODULE Kings of Judah 23.1 The Reign of Rehoboam 23.2 The Reign of Asa 23.3 The Reign of Joash 23.4 The Reign of Uzziah 23.5 The Reign of Josiah 23.6 The Last Three Kings and the Fall of Judah 24. Judah s Captivity in Babylon 24.1 Judah in Captivity 24.2 Daniel and His Friends in Captivity 24.3 Cyrus God s Facilitator

4 24.4 Restoration in Jerusalem 25. Judah s Return and Subsequent History 25.1 The Jews under the Persian Empire 25.2 The Jews under Alexander the Great 25.3 The Jews under the Ptolemies 25.4 The Jews under Antiochus 3 and The Revolt of the Maccabees 25.6 The Hasmonean Dynasty 25.7 The Jews under the Roman Empire MODULE Jesus Birth, Early Life, and Early Judean and Galilean Ministry 26.1 The Birth of Jesus 26.2 Events in the Early Life of Jesus 26.3 Final Preparation for the Ministry of Jesus 26.4 The Early Ministry in Judea and Galilee 27. Jesus Early and Middle Galilean Ministry 27.1 The Early Galilean Ministry 27.2 The Middle Galilean Ministry 28. Jesus Middle Galilean, Later Galilean, Judean and Perean Ministry 28.1 The Middle Galilean Ministry (Continued) 28.2 The Later Galilean Ministry 28.3 The Later Judean Ministry 28.4 The Perean Ministry MODULE Jesus Last Week, His Death and Burial 29.1 The Triumphal Entry 29.2 The Second Cleansing of the Temple 29.3 Debate About the Resurrection 29.4 The Last Passover 29.5 The Lord s Prayer of Intercession 29.6 The Betrayal and Arrest 29.7 The Jewish Trials 29.8 The Roman Trials 29.9 Calvary 30. Jesus Resurrection, Ascension, and the Two Resurrections 30.1 The Evidence in the Empty Tomb 30.2 The Many Convincing Proofs 30.3 The Guards and the Chief Priests 30.4 The Ascension 30.5 The Natural Body and the Spiritual Body 30.6 The Two Resurrections 31. The Descent of the Holy Spirit, the First Church, and the Spread of Christianity 31.1 Waiting for the Holy Spirit 31.2 The Descent of the Holy Spirit 31.3 The Effects of the Holy Spirit 31.4 The Activities of the First Christian Church 31.5 Stephen s Speech and His Stoning 31.6 The Spread of Christianity MODULE The Spread of Christianity Paul s First Missionary Journey 32.1 The Conversion of Saul of Tarsus 32.2 The Conversion of Caesarean Gentiles 32.3 Blessing at Syrian Antioch 32.4 Peter s Second Escape from Prison 32.5 Paul s First Missionary Journey (AD 48-48) Blessing at Pisidian Antioch Iconium, Lystra and Derbe

5 The Return to Syrian Antioch 33. Paul s Second Missionary Journey and His First Letters 33.1 The Council at Jerusalem (AD 49) 33.2 Paul s First Letter (AD 50) 33.3 Paul s Second Missionary Journey (AD 49-52) Lystra Philippi Thessalonica Berea Athens Corinth 33.4 Paul s Letters to the Thessalonians (AD 51) Thessalonians Thessalonians 34. Paul s Third Missionary Journey and More Letters 34.1 Paul s Third Missionary Journey (AD 53-57) 34.2 Paul s Letters to the Corinthians (AD 55) Corinthians Corinthians MODULE Paul s Letter to the Romans and His Arrest 35.1 Paul s Letter to the Romans 35.2 Paul Under Arrest 36. Paul s Voyage to Rome and His Ministry in Rome 36.1 The Voyage to Rome (AD 61-62) 36.2 Paul s Ministry in Rome 36.3 Paul s Prison Letters (AD 60-61) Ephesians Colossians Philippians Philemon 36.4 Paul s Fourth Missionary Journey (AD 63-67) 37. Paul s Pastoral Letters Paul s Pastoral Letters (AD 64-67) Timothy 37.2 Titus Timothy MODULE The Letters of James, Jude and Peter Other New Testament Letters (AD 48-90) 38.1 James Peter 38.3 Jude Peter 39. The Letter to the Hebrews Part 1 of Christ Superior to the Prophets 39.2 Christ Superior to Angels and First Warning 39.3 Christ Made Like His Brothers 39.4 Christ Superior to Moses and Second Warning 39.5 Christ Superior to Joshua and Third Warning 39.6 Christ Superior to Aaron and Fourth Warning 39.7 The Certainty of God s Promise 39.8 Christ Superior to Melchizedek 40. The Letter to the Hebrews Part 2 of Christ s Superior Priesthood and Sacrifice 40.2 First Call to Persevere and Fifth Warning 40.3 The Triumph of Faith

6 40.4 Second Call to Persevere and Sixth Warning 40.5 Practical Instructions and Closure MODULE The Letters of John John Introduction Walking in the Light Distinguishing Truth and Error Walking in Love Recognizing Truth and Error The Manifestation of Divine Love Basic Christian Truths The Assurance of Eternal Life John The Christian s Walk The Christian s Danger John Commendation of Gaius Condemnation of Diotrephes Commendation of Demetrius 42. Church History Part 1 of 2 AD The Early Christian Church ( ) 42.2 The Age of the Christian Roman Empire ( ) 42.3 The Christian Middle Ages ( ) 42.4 The Renaissance ( ) MODULE Church History Part 2 of 2 AD The Reformation ( ) 43.2 The Age of Reason and Revival ( ) 43.3 The Age of Progress ( ) 43.4 The Modern Era ( ) 44. John s Vision and the Seven Letters 44.1 The Lord Appears to John 44.2 The Seven Letters as Prophecy 44.3 The Seven Letters as Christian Teaching 44.4 What the Letters Would Speak to our Hearts MODULE The Lamb and the Seal Judgments 45.1 A Glimpse of Heaven and of the Lamb 45.2 The Scroll with Seven Seals 45.3 The Lamb Opens Six Seals 45.4 The 144,000 Servants and the Great Multitude 45.5 The Lamb Opens the Seventh Seal 46. The Trumpet Judgments and Associated Tribulation Events 46.1 Angels Sound Six Trumpets 46.2 The Angel and the Little Scroll 46.3 The Two Witnesses 46.4 An Angel Sounds the Seventh Trumpet 46.5 The Woman and the Dragon 46.6 The Beast out of the Sea 46.7 The Beast out of the Earth 47. The Bowl Judgments and the Fall of Babylon 47.1 Preview of Closing Tribulation Events The 144,000 Redeemed from the Earth An Angel with the Eternal Gospel An Angel Announces the Fall of Babylon An Angel with a Terrible Warning

7 Blessed Are the Dead Who Die in the Lord The Harvest of the Earth The Vintage of the Earth 47.2 Seven Angels with Seven Plagues 47.3 The Seven Bowls of God s Wrath Poured Out 47.4 The Woman on the Beast MODULE The Return and Reign of Christ and Final Earthly Judgments 48.1 An Angel Announces the Fall of Babylon 48.2 Another Voice Speaks from Heaven 48.3 The Deep Mourning over Babylon 48.4 Rejoicing in Heaven 48.5 The Triumphant Return of Christ 48.6 The Millennial Reign of Christ 48.7 The Battle of Gog and Magog 48.8 Satan s Final Defeat 49. The Great White Throne Judgment and the Eternal State 49.1 The Great White Throne Judgment 49.2 A New Heaven and New Earth 49.3 The Holy City, the New Jerusalem 49.4 Believers and Unbelievers 50. The Millennial Holy City, the River of Life, and Closing Messages 50.1 The Bride, the Wife of the Lamb 50.2 The Holy City, Jerusalem 50.3 The Measurements of the City 50.4 The Materials of the City 50.5 The Lamb the Temple and Light of the City 50.6 The River and Tree of Life 50.7 Jesus Is Coming Soon 50.8 Closing Messages EPILOGUE