66 different manuscripts, yet one Book 40 different transcribers, yet one Author written over 2000 years, yet it is timeless 3 languages, yet one complete message Unaffected by human hands or intellect
Week 1} Genesis Pre-History Creation & Fall The Patriarchs Week 2} Feasts of Israel The Promised Land The Monarchy Poetical books Week 3} Daniel Post Exile History Major Prophets Minor Prophets Week 4} Un-fulfilled OT The NT Gospels The Last Week Week 5} Acts Church Epistles Hebrew Christian Epistles Week 6} The End Times Revelation Conclusion Our Goal: To achieve a strategic grasp of the Design of the Bible, build a solid foundation upon its major truths, and attain an awareness to make it all fit together.
And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your seed and her Seed.
You are in the Fight Whether you realize it or not.
The Old Testament is Incomplete The OT is in the NT Revealed Filled with: Unexplained Ceremonies Unachieved Purposes Unappeased Longings Unfulfilled Prophecies The NT is in the OT Concealed John 5:39 You search the Scriptures, for in them you think you have eternal life; and these are they which testify of Me.
The Panorama of History Week 1 Week 2 The Church 1K 2K 3K 4K 5K 6K 6,000 Years The Nation of Israel Israel scattered 1000 year Kingdom Genesis Rest of OT 400 years You Are (about) Here NT
39 Book of Beginnings Birth of the Nation Week 1 Law of the Nation Week 2 Wilderness Wanderings Laws Reviewed
against the gods of Egypt I will execute judgement. Ex 12:12 All 10 plagues demonstrated the supremacy of God above all the gods of Egypt
This date in history: First Fruits, 17th of Nisan Noah's ark rests on Mt. Ararat Israel crosses the Red Sea Israel eats the First Fruits of the Promised Land Haman's plot is exposed and he is executed Jesus is resurrected
The Law was given to expose our sin nature, and drive us to dependence upon the Holy Spirit (Romans 7)
Offerings & Feast Days Three Purposes 1. Introduced by actual historic events 2. Celebrated each year on the anniversary of the event 3. Prophetic - pointed to God s provision of redemption and salvation through the coming Messiah, Jesus
Why Study the Feasts? Mo ed; an appointment, a fixed time The Feasts are to be holy convocations migra in Hebrew which means a rehearsal. These are God s Feasts His appointed times
1.Passover 2.Unleavened Bread 3.First Fruits 4. Pentecost 5. Feast of Trumpets 6. Day of Atonement 7. Feast of Tabernacles
Israel s deliverance by the blood of the Lamb Jesus crucified
The going out of Egypt Jesus in the tomb
Crossing the Red Sea Resurrection of Jesus
Giving of the Law at Mount Sinai Pouring out of the Holy Spirit
Exodus 32:28 The Levites did as Moses commanded, and that day about three thousand of the people died. Acts 2:41 Those who accepted his message were baptized, and about three thousand were added to their number that day. 2 Corinthians 3:6 for the letter (of the Law) kills, but the Spirit gives life.
In the Wilderness Satan had 400 years to spawn the Nephilim in Canaan Numbers 13:32-33 The land we explored devours those living in it. All the people we saw there are of great size. We saw the Nephilim there (the descendants of Anak come from the Nephilim). We seemed like grasshoppers in our own eyes, and we looked the same to them. Giants = Nephilim = The Fallen Ones
The Brass Serpent Numbers 21 He (King Hezekiah) broke into pieces the bronze snake Moses had made, for up to that time the Israelites had been burning incense to it 2 Kings 18:4
John 3:14-16 Just as Moses lifted up the snake in the desert, so the Son of Man must be lifted up, that everyone who believes in him may have eternal life. For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.
Exodus 17:6 Numbers 20:8 Strike the Rock, Moses Speak to the Rock, Moses
Suffering Servant Triumphant King Matthew 26:31 I will strike the shepherd 1 Cor 10:2-4 that rock was Christ 1 Thes 4:16 For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout
Joshua 10: 12-14 So the sun stood still in the midst of heaven, and did not hasten to go down for about a whole day. And there has been no day like that, before it or after it, that the Lord heeded the voice of a man; for the Lord fought for Israel.
Why did God kill millions of people in the OT? Having a correct interpretation of Genesis 6, and the post-flood Nephilim, is crucial to understanding the fact that: Even when He kills off the entire world with a flood And entire cities of people in Canaan! There was a gene-pool problem that threatened every human on Earth War was being waged upon the Seed of the Woman the Messiah
Interesting There were 3 areas that Joshua failed to completely eradicate all the Rephaim - descendants of Nephilim (Joshua 15:13-19 & throughout the book of Judges) The Golan Heights, Hebron (West Bank), and The Gaza Strip.
Most likely written by Samuel prior to King David. A record of occasional deliverers rather than a succession of governors. Covers about 450 years from Joshua s conquest of Canaan.
Boaz = The Lord of the Harvest & The Kinsman-Redeemer Naomi = Israel Ruth = Gentile Bride - Church May your house be like the house of Perez, whom Tamar bore to Judah Ruth 4:12 In order to bring Ruth to Naomi, Naomi had to be exiled from her land Ruth doesn t replace Naomi Ruth learns of Boaz through Naomi Naomi meets Boaz through Ruth Boaz had to wait for Ruth to make the move toward Him Boaz confronts Ruth s rightful Kinsman & purchases her The book of Ruth is always read during Pentecost Revelation ch. 5 depicts the book of Ruth Boaz was Rahab s Son Great Grandparents of David
4:12 in Genesis 38 - Counting every 49 Hebrew letters (7 x 7) of the text, we get the following letters: B O A Z O B E D J E S S E D A V I D Boaz Obed Jesse David The exact lineage of King David (and Jesus) encrypted 800 years before he was born!
Rise and Fall of the Monarchy Samuel Saul David Solomon Southern Kingdom - Judah Northern Kingdom - Israel Elijah Elisha Assyrian Exile Babylonian Exile 1 Samuel 2 Sam 1 Kings 2 Kings 1 Chron 2 Chronicles
Finishing Well 4 brothers 5 stones Proud Disobedient - Impatient If obedient by killing Agag in 1 Sam 15, Haman (book of Esther) would not have been born Humble Obedient - Repentant Patiently allows Shimei to curse & doesn t kill him 2 Sam 16. Because of his mercy, Mordecai is born
2 Samuel 7:16 Your house and your kingdom shall be established forever before you. Your throne shall be established forever. Psalm 89:29 His seed also I will make to endure forever, And his throne as the days of heaven. Psalm 89:35-37 Once I have sworn by My holiness; I will not lie to David: His seed shall endure forever, And his throne as the sun before Me; It shall be established forever like the moon, Even like the faithful witness in the sky. Acts 2:30
The Seed of the Woman the race of man Abraham the promised nation & chosen people Jacob the tribe of Judah The Law Established The Promised Land Given King David the Royal Family line
Explains the design of our Body, Soul, Spirit, Mind Demonstrates the Flow of Worship Solomon & The Temple Communicates the pathway to Salvation Reveals Jesus Christ
Does the Bible have errors? 1 Kings 7:23 He made the Sea of cast metal, circular in shape, measuring ten cubits from rim to rim and five cubits high. It took a line of thirty cubits to measure around it. Diameter = 10 cubits Circumference = 30 cubits p = C / D p = 30 / 10 p = 3??? Shouldn t it be: p = 3.14159265358979
But the Hebrew word for circumference (qav) is deliberately misspelled! The addition of the letter heh, makes the Hebrew word qaveh. God increases the value of the word circumference in 1 st Kings by a factor of 1.0471698113207547169811320754717 Original circumference x factor of increase = hidden meaning of the circumference 30 cubits x 1.0471698113207547169811320754717 = 31.415094339622641509433 cubits
What does this mean for p? Circumference = 31.415094339622641509433 Diameter = 10 cubits p = C / D p = 31.415094339622641509433 / 10 p = 3.1415094339622641509433 p = 3.14159265358979 47 1 ½ 15 times more accurate than the 22/7 estimate Accurate to 15 thousandths of an inch!
1 Kings 7:23 What are the odds that this astonishingly accurate calculation for p would be in the only verse in the Bible that expresses the relationship between a circumference and a diameter?
Divided kingdom Proverbs 14:12 There is a way that seems right to a man, But its end is the way of death 2 Chronicles 7:14
The Mystery of Suffering Oldest book of the Bible Written after the flood, possibly before Abraham Highly developed poetry Considered a literary masterpiece Ch. 1-2 Challenge of Satan Ch. 3-37 The Dialogues Ch. 37-42 The Divine Response Includes a science quiz about the earth, the heavens, even dinosaurs!
Structured like the Books of Moses Genesis About Man 1-41 Exodus Deliverance 42-72 Leviticus Sanctuary 73-89 Numbers Unrest, Wandering 90-106 Deuteronomy Word of the Lord 107-150 Full of Messianic details pointing to Jesus Christ Describe Him as Son of God, Son of Man, and Son of David Detail His Office as Prophet, Priest, and King Quoted more in the NT than any other OT book Psalm 2 appears to be a dialog within the Trinity Psalm 22 describes the Crucifixion scene in amazing detail
3 Structure Types Contrastive Completive Comparative A proverb doesn t argue, it assumes Solomon wrote over 3,000 Arranged during the reign of Hezekiah Proverbs is to our practical life what Psalms is to our devotional life
Not pessimistic Just brutally honest Let us hear the conclusion of the His commandments, for this is work into judgment, including every whole matter: fear God and keep man s all. For God will bring every secret thing, whether good or evil
Ultimate Love: Love of God for Israel Love of Christ for His Bride, the Church Handbook for sexual intimacy between husband and wife
Week 1} Genesis Pre-History Creation & Fall The Patriarchs Week 2} Feasts of Israel The Promised Land The Monarchy Poetical books Week 3} Daniel Post Exile History Major Prophets Minor Prophets Week 4} Un-fulfilled OT The NT Gospels The Last Week Week 5} Acts Church Epistles Hebrew Christian Epistles Week 6} The End Times Revelation Conclusion Our Goal: To achieve a strategic grasp of the Design of the Bible, build a solid foundation upon its major truths, and attain an awareness to make it all fit together.
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